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Spa Lift. During 1873, the Scarborough South Cliff Tramway Company Limited was created to construct the first funicular railway in the United Kingdom. [1] It had long been recognised that the height difference between the town and its beaches was a geographical hindrance to the burgeoning tourism industry, and the construction of a funicular was viewed as a means of better facilitating, and ...
The Cliff Bridge viewed from the valley. The Cliff Bridge, previously known as the Spa Bridge, is a footbridge in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England.Spanning the valley from St Nicholas Cliff to The Spa, it was completed in 1827 and is a Grade II listed building.
Map: Arnecliff and Park Hole Woods 52.5 129.7 2000 Map: Ashberry and Reins Wood 97.7 241.5 1960 ... Map: North Bay to South Toll House Cliff 10.4 25.1
Scarborough (/ ˈ s k ɑːr b r ə /) [2] is a seaside town in the district and county of North Yorkshire, England.With a population of 61,749, Scarborough is the largest town on the Yorkshire Coast and the fourth-largest settlement in the county.
The Scarborough South Cliff Tramway Company Limited was created in 1873 to link the hotels of the South Cliff Esplanade with the panoramic South Bay beach and entertainment venue of the Spa. A group of local business owners, led by Mr Hunt of the nearby Prince of Wales Hotel, joined together to form the company with a starting capital of £ ...
The Borough of Scarborough (/ ˈ s k ɑːr b ər ə /) [1] [2] was a non-metropolitan district with borough status in North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough , it covered a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey . [ 3 ]
On the north side of the bay is Cauldron Cliff, and the headland on the south side is known as Kettleness, site of alum mining from 1727 until the late 1800s. [9] Around the edge of the bay is a white sand beach called Runswick Sands, and a series of caves.
Knipe Point (or Osgodby Point) is a rocky headland on the North Sea coast, between Cornelian Bay and Cayton Bay in North Yorkshire, England. From this point, and running south, is the steeply sloping clay-till cliff on top of which stood the NALGO holiday camp between 1933 and 1974; this is where Knipe Point Drive was later built.