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The Scarborough and Whitby Railway Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. lxxxv), allowing construction of the new line was passed on 29 June 1871. [17] [note 3]
Robin Hood's Bay railway station was a railway station on the Scarborough & Whitby Railway situated 15 miles (24 km) from Scarborough and 6 miles (9.7 km) from Whitby It opened on 16 July 1885, and served the fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay, and to a lesser extent the village of Fylingthorpe. [1]
The A171 is a road in England that links the North Yorkshire towns of Middlesbrough, Guisborough, Whitby, Robin Hood's Bay and Scarborough. [1] [2] Locally it is known as The Moor Road. The road is mostly single carriageway but has some sections of dual carriageway. The distance between the two towns is 47 miles (75 km)
In Summer 2022, the Coastliner Express route X43 was re-introduced, but it was modified to run between York and Whitby via Scarborough, reducing travel time from York to Scarborough from 2 hours to 90 minutes. [22] [23] As with the pre-2020 timetable, the route only runs during the summer season, and makes one return journey a day. In 2023, the ...
The village was once served by Robin Hood's Bay railway station [20] on the Scarborough and Whitby Railway line which opened in 1885 and closed in 1965. The track of the old railway is now a footpath and cycleway. The nearest railway station is in Whitby. The village connects to the A171 allowing access to Whitby and Scarborough.
Fyling Hall station opened with the whole line from Scarborough to Whitby in July 1885, [1] and was 13 miles 45 chains (21.8 km) north of Scarborough railway station, and 8 miles 8 chains (13 km) south of Whitby West Cliff railway station. [2]
The town used to be connected to Whitby, via the Scarborough and Whitby Railway along the Yorkshire coast; this closed in 1965, as part of the Beeching cuts. Seamer railway station, in the suburb of Crossgates, is a stop on both lines. There are two operational funicular railways, both situated on South Bay. An additional funicular exists on ...
Whitby Regatta takes place annually over three days in August. [147] The highlight is a rowing competition between Whitby Friendship, Whitby Fishermen's, and Scarborough amateur rowing clubs. [147] Whitby Golf Club. Whitby Golf Club formed in 1891 and has been at its 18-hole course on cliff tops to the northwest of the town since 1895. [148]