Explore Yorkshire

The Coast & countryside, in our own words.

A small guide to the places we love most — the towns, the walks, the food and the quiet corners we send our guests towards.

Scarborough harbour and South Bay seafront on the Yorkshire Coast

Scarborough

A handsome harbour town of two bays, fishing boats and Victorian gardens.

The historic harbour and cliffside abbey at Whitby in North Yorkshire

Whitby

Cobbled lanes, smokehouses, and the abbey on the cliff.

The wide curving sandy beach and pale cliffs at Filey Bay

Filey

A sweeping crescent of pale sand, perfect at low tide.

Bridlington seafront with traditional beach huts and long sandy beach

Bridlington

Traditional seaside, beach huts and long, long beaches.

Heather-covered moorland in the North York Moors National Park

North York Moors

Heather in late summer, sheep all year round.

A dry stone wall winding through green Yorkshire countryside footpaths

Countryside walks

Footpaths, stiles, dry stone walls. The slow Yorkshire way.

By theme

What you might come for

Beaches

From wild stretches at Cayton Bay to family days at South Bay — the Yorkshire Coast has a beach for every mood.

Local food & pubs

Smokehouses, fish and chips on the harbour, country pubs with low beams and big plates.

Family days out

Steam railways, Dalby Forest, working farms and a coastline made for buckets and spades.