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My post of Scarborough a beautiful seaside town in Yorkshire, England, U.K.
By Mark on April 12, 2010
Has I have come back from North Yorkshire, I have been feeling that it would be interesting to go to Scarborough for a break. I have heard good and bad things about this seaside town, so I have decided to write a post and see what comes of it.So has I said Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England. Scarborough won an award in 2008/09 for the most creative and inspiring entrepreneurship initiative in Europe, as well as winning the enterprising town in Britain in 2008. This modern seaside town lies between 3 and 70 metres (10 and 230 ft) above sea level, and it rises quite alot towards the north and west of the harbour onto the limestone cliffs. Where as the older part of Scarborough lies around the harbour which it is protected by a rocky headland. One of the best things about York and Scarborough is that they both have a railway station close to the town or city centres and they service many of the big cities like, Leeds, Manchester and Liverpool on the North TransPennine route and from Hull on the Yorkshire Coast Line.
Now this town as a population of 50,000 and it makes Scarborough the largest holiday resort on the Yorkshire coast. It is because there is so much going on in Scarborough and with it’s residential communities, business, fishing and service industries, plus a growing digital and creative economy. You can understand why it is growing.
Now one of the most striking features is the high rocky hill which points to the east towards the North Sea, on this hill are the ruins of an 11th century Castle and this hill separates the sea front, which goes into a North Bay and a South Bay. The South Bay, used to be the site of an original early medieval settlement and the harbour, this went on to form the current Old Town district. Because of this it is the main focus for tourism, there you will find sandy beaches amusements, arcades, theatres and entertainment facilities. The more updated town centre has actually progressed by quarter mile north-west of the harbour area and a hundred feet above it and this is the part which contains the transport hubs, main services, shopping and nightlife. As you can imagine the harbour has been regenerated and this includes the new Albert Strange Pontoons, a more pedestrian-friendly promenade, street lighting and seating.
Now the North Bay has always been more of a traditional area, it is much lesser hyper than it’s sister harbour and more relaxing and this is where you will find Peasholm Park which in June 2007 was restored to its Japanese-themed glory, complete with reconstructed pagoda.
Even though the park as been has been changed it is still very popular and includes the mock maritime battle (based on the Battle of the River Plate) re-enacted on the boating lake with large model boats and fireworks throughout the summer holiday season. There is also a minature railway which goes from Peasholm Park to the Sea Life Centre at Scalby Mills. But if you were to go for a walk you would find that the two bays are joined together by Marine Drive which is a Victorian promenade, built around the base of the headland. You will also see that from Scarborough Castle you can see North and South Bay.
There is actually a South Cliff Promenade, it is situated above Spa and South Cliff Gardens and this is where the views really come from, it is so good the of South Bay and old town and because of the views the old postcards usually had these views on them. Plus also the wonderful Regency and Victorian terraces which are still are intact to this day and with a high quality of hotels and desirable apartments form a backdrop to the South Bay, you will be in your element.
For all you readers who are less knowledgable about Scarborough, the ITV television drama The Royal and its recent spin-off series, The Royal Today, are filmed in the area and on top of that did you know that South Bay has the largest illuminated “Star Disk” anywhere in the UK. It is 85 feet (26 m) across and is fitted with subterranean lights representing the 42 brightest stars and major constellations that can be seen from Scarborough in the northern skies.
Finally if you were to head south-west of Scarborough, you will notice an ornamental lake , it is beside the York to Scarborough railway line, and is known as Mere, during the last century, the Mere was actually a popular water park, where you were able to go in rowing boats, canoes and a miniature pirate ship – the Hispaniola – on which passengers were taken to “Treasure Island” to dig for doubloons. But more recently it has become more of a nature area and the there is a “Treasure Island” being paved over to form a new pier area. But at the moment the lake is now in the hands of Oliver’s Mount Country Park and the Hispaniola now sails out of the South Bay for ordinary people to try it out and see just what it was like to sail on one of these boats. So much to do and see, well worth a visit.
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One Response to “My post of Scarborough a beautiful seaside town in Yorkshire, England, U.K.”
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Nick Ramsay, exploring the world from a zabuton in Japan.
4:57 pm on April 11th, 2011
We used to visit Scarborough regularly as children, we lived in whitby and it used to be a nice family day out.
One of our favourite things to do was to visit the mere and go on the Hispaniola to dig for our doubloons! It was so much exciting and we had so much fun!
Why have these things all dissappeared it was a lovelynplace to go and spend the day with the family, am sure that the children of today would still love to visit such places.
Peasholm park was also another of our favourite places to visit once we had done the Hispaniola, we would spend our late afternoon evening walking around and taking in the lovely scenery, it is still a lovely place to go.