Find your bargain at the Freeport

Hornsea is an attractive seaside town with a fine sandy beach and a good promenade.

The town has a history of smuggling, a trade which was aided and abetted even by the local church.

Under the chancel there is a vaulted crypt, known as Awd Nanny Canker Hole, which was used to stash contraband.

On a December night in 1732 the parish clerk was hiding goods there when a sudden hurricane unroofed the church and blew down the steeple, which has never been re-erected.

Bull-baiting was once practised in the area and opposite the Old Hall in Hornsea is a triangular piece of ground called the Bull Ring. The site of the actual ring to which they would have been tethered now has an elm tree planted there.

Hornsea Mere is the largest natural freshwater lake in Yorkshire at two miles long and one mile wide, with an RSPB reserve and plenty of opportunities for all kinds of watersports.

At one time when someone caught a fish there they had to weigh it at the New Inn door and the money they paid was given to the poor.

Visit the award-winning museum, housed in charming farm buildings.

Items relating to local trades and the social and agricultural history of the North Holderness area of Humberside are exhibited in period rooms.

North Holderness Museum of Village Life is at 11 Newbegin, Hornsea.

The former 18th century farmhouse was converted into a museum by an enterprising local doctor and his wife in 1978.

Explore the town, the amusements and the market, and walk along the seafront.

Indulge yourself at the Freeport Hornsea Shopping Village, with more than 40 designer outlet shops selling their merchandise with up to 50% discount and lots to keep the children entertained, including a model village, butterfly world and playground.