When you look out over the Humber you can not fail to notice at least one of the two Concrete Forts in the entrance to the Humber. In My opinion the Leisure Centre Car Park on a clear day is the best place to view them both. Dating from World War 1, These are known as the humber forts.

Bull Fort ( Nearest Spurn Head)	Haile Fort ( Nearest Cleethorpes)

Haile Fort is nearest cleethorpes and Bull fort nearest spurn point on the other side of the estuary

In the pictures above Haile forts looks like it is inland however they are both built in the estuary water. These are some distance from land so please excuse the poor picture of the furthest away fort.

In 1914, when relations broke down between Great Britain and Germany, there was some concern amongst the military that the humber lay open to attack and some defense plans should be drawn up. Work started on construction of the forts in August when the war broke out.

Bull fort was to be equipped with guns and observation posts and be lit by electricity. The garrison would hold 200 personnel and stores. 80 Feet in Diameter and 50 Feet above sea level, and the Haile fort was to be slightly smaller, they were formidable structures standing on submerged sandbanks. Construction was hindered by the weather, and in 1915 very heavy storms hit the humber mouth.

There is believed to be 40,000 tons of concrete on Bull Fort. Ironically the war ended before a shot could be fired from them in anger.