Attractions in Scarborough

Local Interest

Scarborough Castle

The ancient and stupendous Scarborough Castle, once the glory, and still the ornament of Scarborough, was built in the reign of King Stephen by William le Gros.
Whitby Abbey

In 664, Whitby Abbey, built on the east cliff overlooking the Esk and town of Whitby, was the site of the Synod of Whitby, at which the Northumbrian Celtic church was reconciled to Rome.
Roman Signal Stations

The north east coast of Yorkshire saw the construction of a series of roman signal stations that were manned by the garrison from around AD 369.
Flamborough Head

Situated on what was, until 1974, Yorkshire’s east coast, between Filey and Bridlington, Flamborough Head's white cliffs thrust out into the sea “like a great whale”.
Bempton Cliffs

Bempton Cliffs is a nature reserve, run by the RSPB, at Bempton near Filey on the Yorkshire Coast in England. It is best known for its breeding seabirds, including Northern Gannet, Atlantic Puffin, Razorbill, Common Guillemot, Black-legged Kittiwake and Fulmar.
Scarborough Lighthouse

Scarborough was regarded as a thriving and prosperous sea-port since the mid-thirteenth century, and by Elizabethan times an important naval base, there appears to be no record of a lighthouse in Scarborough until the start of the nineteenth century.
North Bay, Scarborough
South Bay, Scarborough