landmark
Robin Hood's Bay
Enchanting fishing village tumbling down steep cliffs to a rocky shore, famous as the endpoint of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk.
19 km · about 20 min drive
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Scarborough
England, United Kingdom · Europe
About Scarborough
Scarborough works well as a base: 10 minutes from East Ayton, 20km from Hole of Horcum.
Scarborough is in England, United Kingdom, with about 62,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is East Ayton, about 5 km away.
Scarborough, formerly Scarborough Central, is a Grade II listed railway station serving the seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It lies 42 miles 6 chains (67.7 km) east of York and is one of the eastern termini on the North TransPennine route; it is managed by TransPennine Express and is also served byRead more
Northern Trains. The station is also at the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast line and is reputed to have the longest station seat in the world at 456-foot (139 m).
From 1907 until 2010, the station approaches were controlled from a 120-lever signal box named Falsgrave; this is sited at the outer end of platform 1 and close to the former excursion station at Scarborough Londesborough Road. In its final years, Falsgrave box controlled a mixture of colour-light and semaphore signals, including a gantry carrying 11 semaphores. The signal box was decommissioned in September 2010 and the gantry was dismantled and removed in October 2010. Its new home is at Grosmont railway station, on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The new signalling is a relay-based interlocking with two- and three-aspect LED signals controlled from an extension to the existing panel at nearby Seamer.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Scarborough?
Within an hour or so of Scarborough: Robin Hood's Bay (19 km), Hole of Horcum (20 km), RSPB Bempton Cliffs (21 km), Goathland Station (Hogsmeade Station) (24 km).
Are there any good drives near Scarborough?
The nearest famous roads are Rosedale Chimney Bank, B6270 Swaledale and Buttertubs Pass.
Where is Scarborough?
Scarborough is in England, United Kingdom, about 5 km from East Ayton.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 61,749
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- England
- Timezone
- Europe/London
- Coordinates
- 54.2797, -0.4044
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in United Kingdom
112 also works. NHS non-emergency medical advice: 111. National Highways breakdown assistance on motorways: 0300 123 5000.
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Worth the detour from Scarborough
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
natural wonder
Hole of Horcum
A vast natural amphitheatre 120 m deep on the Pickering-to-Whitby road, hollowed out by spring sapping rather than by ice.
20 km · about 25 min drive
natural wonder
RSPB Bempton Cliffs
Chalk cliffs hosting half a million seabirds in season, including England's largest mainland gannet colony and thousands of puffins.
21 km · about 25 min drive
film location
Goathland Station (Hogsmeade Station)
This preserved North Yorkshire Moors Railway station was Hogsmeade Station in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, where students arrive by steam train.
24 km · about 30 min drive
film location
North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Hogwarts Express line)
The heritage line between Pickering and Grosmont carried the Hogwarts Express in the early films; steam services still run the route.
24 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
An 18-mile heritage steam line from Pickering across the moors to Grosmont and on to Whitby, one of the busiest in Britain.
24 km · about 30 min drive
waterfall
Mallyan Spout
The tallest waterfall in the North York Moors at around 21 m, in a wooded ravine below Goathland.
25 km · about 30 min drive
ancient ruins
Whitby Abbey
Haunting Gothic ruins crowning the East Cliff above Whitby harbour, inspiring Bram Stoker's Dracula and reached by 199 stone steps.
27 km · about 30 min drive
Driving roads near Scarborough
12 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 150km.
- 32 kmRosedale Chimney BankOne of England's steepest roads, hitting 1-in-3 (33%) as it climbs from Rosedale Abbey onto the North York Moors past old ironstone kilns. A rite of passage for drivers and cyclists; caravans are banned.
- 52 kmRoseberry ToppingA distinctive half-cone hill on the edge of the North York Moors, its shape the result of a 1912 landslip caused by mining.
- 53 kmSutton BankA steep escarpment with a 1-in-4 hairpin climb and a view James Herriot called 'the finest in England', looking over the Vale of York.
- 64 kmHumber BridgeVast single-span suspension bridge over the Humber estuary near Hull: the world's longest of its kind for 16 years after opening in 1981, with a 2.2km crossing that still feels like flying over water.
Driving in United Kingdom
- Drives on
- the left
- Petrol
- ~€1.73/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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