S5 Ep1: Mysterious Spurn

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Dec 13, 202318:00Society & Culture

Coastal Stories is back for a fifth series! At last! I know! Exciting. We kick off with the secrets and mysteries of Spurn Point, a spindly finger of land off the coast of East Yorkshire. Coastal Stories is researched, w...

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