Spurn National Nature Reserve is an area of outstanding natural beauty and is one of Yorkshire’s great coastal wildernesses. Indeed this narrow spit of land is unique and provides a variety of fragile habitats where wildlife thrives. This wilderness is under threat! The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have made clear plans to develop a new 2 story, 6 meter high visitor centre at the very head of this narrow wildlife corridor. This petition aims to protect that wilderness.
Loved by many for a variety of reasons, Spurn & its surrounding area offers wide open views over the Humber Estuary & the North Sea. Changed only by nature itself over the last 5 decades it’s biggest attraction is it’s pull as a truly wild place.
The location proposed for this visitor centre is wholly unsuitable. Situated immediately adjacent to the National Nature Reserve, which has a range of special protection designations, this building will break the skyline & become a permanent man-made scar visible from almost every point in the surrounding area.
The proposed site is in the middle of a fragile area providing valuable cover for migrant birds where they can feed undisturbed. Also alongside a freshwater scrape providing valuable fresh water to a variety of wildlife. The environmental & visual impact will be of significant detriment to wildlife, habitat and natural surroundings.
An area of short grass meadow where wild plants such as vetch grows will be permanently lost, impacting on important insect life along with another area of grassland lost to car parking.
I am asking people to sign this petition to demonstrate their objection to the proposed site and demand that the YWT protect Spurn’s wilderness by moving the location of the visitor centre.
We, the undersigned, object to the proposed site of the YWT Visitor’s Centre at Spurn, and demand that the YWT protect Spurn’s wilderness by moving the location of the visitor centre to one with significantly less environmental & visual impact.
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Reached 500 supporters
June 18, 2015
June 12, 2015
The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is still ignoring our concerns about the visitor centre location at Spurn. Post this link on Facebook to show them that we are not going away quietly. Email your local representatives today and tell them that this wild landscape is not for sale.
January 14, 2015
We hit one hundred signatures today. Post this link to your Facebook wall right now so we can stop this development before work begins.
Reached 100 supporters
January 13, 2015
409 Comments
For over 40 years I have visited Spurn Point in autumn in the pursuit of tired migratory birds. The siting of a new centre as proposed would be highly detrimental to those birds and would be far more suitably housed at the Bluebell site
I too have cancelled my membership for YWT. I do not want to be conected to an organization who is hell bent on destroying an area of beauty.Spending money that is meant to be for the local community.I hope this Folly comes back to bite those who orchestrated this foolish venture.
Less is more YWT - your focus at Spurn should be on the birds within the existing landscape, not 'visitor attractions', 'stakeholders' and car parks. Take Blakeney Point as your inspiration and leave Spurn as the magical place it is.
The location for the visitor centre is totally ubsuitable. It will be a permanent man made eyesore. It will disturb good cover for migrating birds and take away the changes that nature alone makes. It will disrupt the op[eness and views over the Humber Estuary and North Sea.
I agree Spurn is a unique place and there is no need for some super visitor centre or if there is not in this location - A building of this size could alter the movement of the birds along the peninsula. An ideal location is next to the pub or similar
Stop trying to "attract" people to wild places. Those people who love wild places will continue to visit and help protect them. The cafe at Spurn is fine as it is. Is the visitor centre for the staff I wonder??
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Spurn National Nature Reserve is an area of outstanding natural beauty and is one of Yorkshire’s great coastal wildernesses. Indeed this narrow spit of land is unique and provides a variety of fragile habitats where wildlife thrives. This wilderness is under threat! The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have made clear plans to develop a new 2 story, 6 meter high visitor centre at the very head of this narrow wildlife corridor. This petition aims to protect that wilderness.
Loved by many for a variety of reasons, Spurn & its surrounding area offers wide open views over the Humber Estuary & the North Sea. Changed only by nature itself over the last 5 decades it’s biggest attraction is it’s pull as a truly wild place.
The location proposed for this visitor centre is wholly unsuitable. Situated immediately adjacent to the National Nature Reserve, which has a range of special protection designations, this building will break the skyline & become a permanent man-made scar visible from almost every point in the surrounding area.
The proposed site is in the middle of a fragile area providing valuable cover for migrant birds where they can feed undisturbed. Also alongside a freshwater scrape providing valuable fresh water to a variety of wildlife. The environmental & visual impact will be of significant detriment to wildlife, habitat and natural surroundings.
An area of short grass meadow where wild plants such as vetch grows will be permanently lost, impacting on important insect life along with another area of grassland lost to car parking.
I am asking people to sign this petition to demonstrate their objection to the proposed site and demand that the YWT protect Spurn’s wilderness by moving the location of the visitor centre.
We, the undersigned, object to the proposed site of the YWT Visitor’s Centre at Spurn, and demand that the YWT protect Spurn’s wilderness by moving the location of the visitor centre to one with significantly less environmental & visual impact.
Updates
Reached 500 supporters
June 18, 2015
June 12, 2015
The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust is still ignoring our concerns about the visitor centre location at Spurn. Post this link on Facebook to show them that we are not going away quietly. Email your local representatives today and tell them that this wild landscape is not for sale.
January 14, 2015
We hit one hundred signatures today. Post this link to your Facebook wall right now so we can stop this development before work begins.
Reached 100 supporters
January 13, 2015
409 Comments
A definite no to any wildlife one stop shop! let's keep things simple, uncluttered and allow birds, butterflies, dragonflies, flowers etc to retain their heritage in this fragile landscape. We don't need yet more human construction invasions into nature. Keep Spurn wild!
For over 40 years I have visited Spurn Point in autumn in the pursuit of tired migratory birds. The siting of a new centre as proposed would be highly detrimental to those birds and would be far more suitably housed at the Bluebell site
I too have cancelled my membership for YWT. I do not want to be conected to an organization who is hell bent on destroying an area of beauty.Spending money that is meant to be for the local community.I hope this Folly comes back to bite those who orchestrated this foolish venture.
Less is more YWT - your focus at Spurn should be on the birds within the existing landscape, not 'visitor attractions', 'stakeholders' and car parks. Take Blakeney Point as your inspiration and leave Spurn as the magical place it is.
The location for the visitor centre is totally ubsuitable. It will be a permanent man made eyesore. It will disturb good cover for migrating birds and take away the changes that nature alone makes. It will disrupt the op[eness and views over the Humber Estuary and North Sea.
I agree Spurn is a unique place and there is no need for some super visitor centre or if there is not in this location - A building of this size could alter the movement of the birds along the peninsula. An ideal location is next to the pub or similar
Stop trying to "attract" people to wild places. Those people who love wild places will continue to visit and help protect them. The cafe at Spurn is fine as it is. Is the visitor centre for the staff I wonder??
Listen to local people stop EON taking control
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A definite no to any wildlife one stop shop! let's keep things simple, uncluttered and allow birds, butterflies, dragonflies, flowers etc to retain their heritage in this fragile landscape. We don't need yet more human construction invasions into nature. Keep Spurn wild!