The spot near Withernsea where you can straddle two hemispheres

But East Yorkshire? The Greenwich Meridian is an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to South Pole through the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London and separates the Western hemisphere from the Eastern hemisphere.

But if you’d like to pay it a visit this weekend then you don’t need to go to the capital.

Just set your GPS for Withernsea and you can "straddle the line" with one foot in the Western hemisphere and one in the East.

Signs declaring "Greenwich Meridian" can be found on the roadside on the B1362 between Withernsea and Rimswell.

You can also follow the Greenwich Meridian Trail, which starts at Sand le Mere, near Tunstall, where the Prime Meridian line from the North Pole heading south makes its first landfall.

The long-distance 306-mile (493-kilometer) walk ends at the Meridian Monument in Peacehaven, West Sussex.

On its path from Pole to Pole, the Meridian passes through France, Spain, Algeria, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Ghana and Antarctica.

Stargazers guide to July - tips from amateur astronomer George McManus

The night sky in July is still showing a lot of light as we’ve just passed the shortest night in our calendar.

As July proceeds, the skies do become darker but looking for the planets this July is still a task for early risers or late retirees.

Whilst Venus and Mars come up just before sunrise, and they are brilliant, Jupiter and Saturn are up for most of the night.

Venus will be unmistakeable shining like a spotlight as it reaches maximum brightness.

At the beginning of the month it will rise about 3am and will sit in the constellation of Taurus the Bull. Look through your binoculars to the South Eastern sky and you’ll find it it in the fantastic ‘Open Cluster’ which is the Hyades.

Mars ‘The Red Planet’ displays its familiar red colour rising around 1am and will be found in the South Eastern sky in constellation Pisces.

Jupiter is my tip for this month. Brilliant white it rises in the South Eastern sky in Sagittarius, around 10:30pm.

Look at it around midnight with binoculars or a telescope and you could see the largest of its moons.

410 years ago, when Galileo first turned his primitive telescope towards Jupiter in 1610 he saw a miniature solar system and changed science forever. It’s fabulous.

Saturn also comes up around. 10:30pm just to the left of Jupiter. Not as bright though and you’ll need a good telescope to see the fantastic rings.

Happy planet finding but remember, if you’re using binoculars or a telescope in the early morning, anywhere near the sun, looking at the sun can cause instant blindness. So be careful.