Filey is a traditional English seaside resort, with plenty to keep you interested and busy. Filey with a population of approaching 7000 is situated on the east coast of England between Scarborough, about 8 miles to the north, and Bridlington, about 12 miles to the south. The first known and acknowledged buildings or settlements in the Filey area was the Roman Signal station which was situated on Carr Naze. This was built in around the 2nd or 3rd century AD. It formed a line of roman signal stations which included Flamborough, Scarborough and Ravenscar. This was excavated in 1857 and the stones placed in the crescent gardens.

The beach at Filey and bay make a natural harbour and it is possible that this was used as a safe refuge for ships. Filey is a lovely holiday resort. The main town is on the hill above the beach and what a beach it is. Towards the North of the beach area is the Coble Landing. This is where the fishing boats are. Filey has a rich history and is a perfect family holiday resort.

Bridlington Bay is south of Flamborough and north of Spurn Head.  It has a north beach, harbour and south beach.  The Flamborough Headland and lighthouse are visible from the north beach and the north pier wall of the harbour. Bridlington is a coastal market town and its most important historic feature is Bridlington Priory. The priory was founded in 1120 for Augustinian canons by Walter de Gant.

On the North Sea coast, at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby is a busy fishing harbour particularly herring fishing. There are remains of a 13th-century abbey. Captain James Cook served his apprenticeship in Whitby and he sailed from here on his voyage to the Pacific Ocean in 1768.  Whitby was an important whaling centre and shipbuilding town in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 664 the Synod of Whitby, which affected the course of Christianity in England, was held there. The abbey was built on the site of a Saxon foundation established in 657 by St Hilda and destroyed by the Danes in 867. A Benedictine abbey was established in 1078, and the present ruins, reached from the town by 199 steps, date from 1220. Caedmon, the earliest-known English Christian poet, worked in the abbey in the 7th century. Near the abbey ruins stands the partly Norman parish church of St Mary. Captain Cook’s ship Resolution was built in Whitby, and the Captain Cook Memorial Museum commemorates the life of the explorer.

Scarborough is situated at the heart of the Yorkshire Coast line. Scarborough was once a spa town with Victorians and Edwardians flocking to the resort to take the healing waters. There have been settlements in Scarborough from the earliest times. A Mesolithic site was found at Star Carr near Seamer. Later the Roman’s recognised the importance of Castle Hill and installed a signal post there. The present settlement owes its existence to a Viking Leader called Thorgils. He founded the modern town around 960AD.