Easington is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, in the area known as Holderness. A coastal settlement, it is situated between the Humber estuary and the North Sea at the south-eastern corner of the county, and at the end of the B1445 road from Patrington. The coastal town of Withernsea is approximately 6 miles (10 km) to the north-east.
Many years ago, the parish of Easington included Turmarr, Hoton, Northorpe, Dimlington, Old Kilnsea and Ravenser. These villages have been lost to the ever-encroaching sea, and some had disappeared as early as 1400.[6]
Easington is significant for being the birthplace of the Anglo-Canadian poet and literary scholar, Robin Skelton (1925–97).[8]
Gas terminal
Easington is the site of a large natural gas terminal, Easington Gas Terminal, consisting of two terminals owned and operated by BP: Centrica Storage which processes and stores gas offshore; and Gassco, operating the Norway to UK Langeled pipeline. In October 2022, Centrica announced that the undersea Roughnatural gas storage facility, closed since 2017, was ready for partial re-opening.[9] Since December 2022 the terminal pumps gas to and from the facility, which acts as a reservoir to manage seasonal trends in the supply and demand of gas in the UK.[10]