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Since Victorian times, Filey has been one of the North’s most popular seaside resorts where holidaymakers can enjoy beautiful sands which are both safe and clean. The long crescent-shaped beach extends from Filey Brigg to the start of Bempton Cliffs to the south, a distance of about six miles.

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The award-winning Filey Museum provides a fascinating insight into the town’s past, while the annual Edwardian and fishing festivals are great favourites with the local community and visitors.

Until 1984 Filey was well-known as the home of a Butlin's Holiday Camp which at its peak catered for up to 10,000 people a week.

Between the North Yorkshire, coastal resorts of Scarborough and Bridlington is the seaside resort of Filey, famous …show more content…

The Dogger Bank earthquake of 1931 was the strongest earthquake recorded in the United Kingdom since measurements began. It had a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter Scale, and it caused a shaking intensity of 3 to 4 on the Mercalli scale.
The location of the earthquake in the North Sea meant that damage was significantly less than it would have been had the epicentre been on the British mainland.

Filey Brigg is a promontory, jutting out 1600 metres into the sea. Below the cliffs, the promontory continues as a blade of rock, barely above the waves. At low tide, this rocky point is a haven for fishermen, naturalists and fossil hunters. The Spittal is an enigmatic rock structure running out from the Brigg, which may be the remains of an ancient harbour, perhaps serving the Roman signal station, which used to be on the cliffs above, which have now moved to Crescent Gardens for all visitors to enjoy.

The museum, a past winner of Discover Yorkshire Coast’s Small Attraction of the Year award, is housed in a building dating from 1696 and is crammed with fascinating memorabilia, including an extensive photographic archive. The parish church, St Oswald’s, was built in the 12th and 13th centuries, and once boasted Charlotte Brontë amongst its congregation.

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