Flamborough Head
Britishnoun
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Today, these breeding grounds, at Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire, are protected under law.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
The adult female was first sighted off Flamborough Head on 3 September before arriving in Redcar several days later.
From BBC • Sep. 8, 2023
Bonhomme Richard famously defeated British frigate HMS Serapis in the Battle of Flamborough Head off the U.K. coast on Sept. 23, 1779.
From Fox News • Dec. 11, 2018
Emergency services were called after a car was seen going over cliffs at Thornwick Bay, near Flamborough Head, shortly after 0700 BST.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2011
After they had been out twenty-four hours they both tacked off Flamborough Head, bearing west twenty miles, and stood to the N.E.
From The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century by Runciman, Walter
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