» "Spurn" can have other meanings, see the . Spurn Point (or Spurn Head as it's also known) is a narrow sand spit on the tip of the coast of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England that reaches into the North Sea and forms the north bank of the mouth of the Humber estuary. It is over 3 miles (5 km) long, almost half the width of the estuary at that point, and as little as 50 yards (45 m) wide in places. The southernmost tip is known as Spurn Head or Spurn Point and is the home to an RNLI lifeboat… (More on Spurn)