| Scarborough spans two extensive bays separated by | | | | saw action on a number of occasions in subsequent |
| a promontory on which sits the famous castle. The | | | | centuries including an attempt by Robert Aske to take |
| town is one of England's first seaside resorts and was | | | | the castle in the reign of Henry VIII. During the more |
| famous for its spring water cures in the 18th century. | | | | widely known civil war in the 1600's the castle |
| The spa link remains to this day in the Spa complex | | | | exchanged hands between royalist and parliamentary |
| although today entertainment, functions and | | | | forces several times finally falling to parliament in |
| conferences are more important than "taking the | | | | December of 1648. |
| waters". Indeed the spring and its waters are no longer | | | | The castle originally had grounds of over 60 acres but |
| accessible, being buried beneath a modern road | | | | coastal erosion over the centuries eventually reduced |
| roundabout. | | | | this to just 16 acres. This was one of the reasons why |
| South Bay | | | | in the late 19th century the town council commissioned |
| The south bay is where the town centre stretches | | | | the building of the Marine Drive to link the two bays |
| down to the seashore and is also home to the harbour | | | | with a roadway which was to go right around the |
| and most of the traditional amusement arcades, fish | | | | headland. Eventually finished 9 years late and |
| and chip shops etc. The beach is small but sandy and | | | | massively over budget the Drive was nevertheless to |
| stretches southwards to the Spa complex with it's | | | | prove a huge success both in terms of adding to the |
| hotels, entertainment venues, function suites etc. The | | | | attractiveness of the town and preventing further |
| old pool is no more and is now filled in and landscaped | | | | erosion from the wild north sea. Further defenses |
| into a fascinating star map best seen from the | | | | were not required until 2002 when, with an uncannily |
| esplanade above. | | | | similar set of circumstances major defenses were |
| The northern end of this bay is dominated by the town | | | | added - although late and over budget. |
| centre and the amusements arcades etc. Not to | | | | St Mary's - The Bronte link |
| everyone's taste but nevertheless a traditional part of | | | | Another of the towns significant landmarks is St |
| a British seaside town. The harbour itself is a working | | | | Mary's, a 12th century church which is the burial place |
| fishing harbour with regular landings. | | | | of Anne Bronte of the famous Haworth Bronte sisters. |
| North Bay | | | | The current building, although very impressive is not |
| The north bay is dominated by Peasholme Park | | | | wholly original. The towers and much more of the |
| where on summers evenings they still reenact WW2 | | | | original fell into disrepair after being damaged in the |
| sea battles using models on the lake, and at the other | | | | sieges of the 17th century. The present tower was |
| end the Sea Life Centre. This bay used to be relatively | | | | built in 1669 and the church was significantly added to |
| undeveloped but in recent years has seen large scale | | | | in the 19th century. |
| additions of flats etc. The beach has some stretches | | | | Bombardment |
| of sand but also an extensive amount of rocky | | | | During the 1914-1918 war Scarborough was attacked |
| outcrops - great for rock pooling and hunting for crabs, | | | | on several occasions by the Kaisers fleet. One one |
| starfish etc. Beware the tides though - I can still recall | | | | occasion 12 trawlers were sunk by German |
| being stranded, as a child, on these rocks by the | | | | submarines and in the most famous attack of 1914 |
| incoming tide (luckily we were carried ashore on the | | | | over 500 shells were fired into the town by 3 German |
| shoulders of some adult and the only loss was an | | | | ships. Extensive damage was caused to the fishing |
| abandoned T Shirt). | | | | fleet, the town, the castle and the lighthouse. The town |
| The Castle | | | | was again attacked late in the war when in 1917 a |
| The town itself is interesting and retains much of its | | | | submarine surfaced close to shore and peppered the |
| medieval layout. There are plenty of pubs, restaurants, | | | | town with shells. |
| theatres etc. At the western end of the town you will | | | | Scarborough Accommodation |
| find the norman motte and bailey style castle which | | | | Scarborough's most impressive hotel remains The |
| sits on top of the cliffs which dominate the town, | | | | Grand Hotel which dominates the sweep of the South |
| particularly when viewed from the south. | | | | Bay but there are many more quality hotels, |
| The castle was built by William le gros in the reign of | | | | guesthouses, B&B's and self catering |
| King Stephen, a time of civil war between the | | | | accommodation. More details of all this Scarborough |
| supporters of Stephen and those of his rival Matilda. | | | | Accommodation can be found at |
| Matilda eventually succeeded Stephen. The castle | | | | Best-Yorkshire-Accommodation. |