Ravenspurn was an old East Riding of Yorkshire town, in England, which was lost due to coastal erosion. The town's one of more than 30 along the Holderness Coast which have been lost to the North Sea since the 1800s. The town was located close to the end of a peninsula close to Ravenser Odd, which has also been flooded. The peninsula still survives in some form today and's known as Spurn Head. The North Sea lies to the east of the peninsula; the river Humber lies to the west. The nearest major c… (More on Ravenspurn)