All Entries in the "Attractions" Category
Staithes Gallery
Staithes Gallery is housed in an elegant Georgian building on Staithes High Street. The village of Staithes has always been and still is a magnet for art and artists. Staithes Gallery aims to provide a showcase right in the heart of the old village for the very best contemporary artwork inspired by Staithes and the [...]
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Captain Cook and Staithes Heritage Centre
The Captain Cook and Staithes Heritage Centre is located in the village of Staithes, just off the main A174 road some 20 miles east of Marton on Teesside, where Captain Cook was born. The Captain Cook and Staithes Heritage Centre is a wide variety of memorabilia and antiquities related to the world-famous seaman, Captain James [...]
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The Old Coastguard Station
The Old Coastguard Station is a visitor and education centre owned by the National Trust and run in partnership with the North York Moors National Park. It’s exhibition room helps visitors discover how the natural landscape at Robin Hood’s Bay was formed, through the use of interactive models and nature itself. The exhibition room contains [...]
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Farsyde Riding Centre
Farsyde Riding Centre is the perfect place for riders of all abilities to enjoy the spectacular coastal countryside. Capable riders can enjoy riding along the beach, moors, forestry and the scenic former railpath to Scarborough, with views looking out to Scarborough Castle and Flamborough Head on a clear day. Quality, well-schooled and well-mannered horses which [...]
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Danes Dyke
Jutting out miles into the North Sea, the headland has in the past been effectively cut off by the construction, in the Iron Age, of the erroneously named Danes Dyke, which encloses five square miles of the peninsula. The end of the Dyke is a deep ravine on the south side of the Headland, where [...]
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Anne Brontes Grave
Anne Bronte's grave is situated in Scarborough - at the northern end of St. Mary's churchyard and is a very popular tourist attraction. Anne was the youngest of six children the most famous being sisters, Charlotte & Emily. Anne was born in the small village of Thornton, in West Yorkshire, on 17 January 1820. Shortly [...]
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Filey Museum
Filey Museum is in Queen Street, in the old part of the town, away from the shopping areas and near to the 12th century St Oswald’s Church. The museum buildings themselves date from the 17th century, one having been a fisherman’s cottage and the other a farm cottage. The buildings were saved from demolition in [...]
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Hornsea Mere
Hornsea Mere is generally described as the largest natural freshwater lake in Yorkshire and lies to the west of Hornsea. It covers an area of 467 acres (1.89 km2), is 2 miles (3.2 km) long, ¾ mile at its widest point and 12 feet (3.7 m) at its deepest point. It is a popular tourist [...]
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Hornsea Museum
Hornsea Museum was established in 1978. Sited in an 18th Century farmhouse and the two adjacent cottages, it is a registered charity, staffed mainly by volunteers. Over the years Hornsea Museum has won numerous national awards and has been featured on television several times. The museum is not a relic but a living entity, changing [...]
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Honeysuckle Farm
Honeysuckle Farm has been run by the Gardham family for generations now. The farm first opened its doors to the public way back in 1992 and they have been greeting visitors every year since. They have also expanded their range of facilities and attractions so that people can enjoy visiting a working family farm that [...]
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