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Near Scarborough Cayton Bay Surfing Olivers Mount Racing Ayton Castle Scalby Dalby Forest

Holiday attraction choice around Scarborough is impressive, with everything from outdoor adventure activity centres and family farm/animal parks to sublime coastal walking on the menu. Move just a few miles inland around East and West Ayton for a superb choice of family animal farm parks, farm shops and further into the park for outdoor adventure activities at Dalby Forest. Just 2 miles south of Scarborough town centre sits Oliver's Mount Road Racing Circuit - a mecca for motorcycle and car racing fans. Oliver's Mount plays host to Scarborough's annual Festival of Speed in April.

The Coastline south and north of Scarborough offers more holiday treats. The 109 mile Cleveland Way National trail skirts round the North Yorkshire Moors National Park from Helmsley, across and down the Yorkshire Coast from Saltburn to Filey. You're in designated UK heritage coast territory here and stunning coastal walking is to had particularly between Whitby and Scarborough taking in picture postcard villages such as Robin Hood's Bay, Ravenscar and Cloughton. The Ravenscar and Robin Hood's Bay coast is rich in the industrial history of alum, jet and ironstone mining. Move south of Scarborough to Cayton Bay for superb surfing conditions. Championship golf, Bronze Age burial sites and the historic Scarborough to Whitby Railway line are all in the area. The railway line, which closed in the mid 1960s, passes through Cloughton village and Ravenscar and is now popular for horse riding, cycling and walking.

Oliver's Mount Road Racing Circuit & Auto 66 Club Scarborough

The Auto 66 Club, the organisation behind Oliver's Mount race meets and more racing at the Elvington site near York started life small in 1966 and has grown into one of the most popular car and motorcycle race courses in the UK. Situated just south of Scarborough town centre racing has been so popular here that the club is looking to open another track in the near future.

The Scarborough Oliver's Mount Circuit is 2.43 miles long (see a map of the circuit via the webguide). The annual calendar here consists of motorcycle Road Race meetings, Speed Hill Climbs for both motorcycles and cars and Sprint events.

Oliver's Mount Road Racing - Auto 66 Club, The Circuit Office, Olivers Mount, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Tel. 01723 373000. (see webguide right for fixture details). Oliver's Mount hosts the annual April Scarborough Speed Festival alongside numerous other fixtures. Find it just 2 miles to the south of Scarborough town centre signposted off the A170 and A165.

Cayton Bay Surfing & Surf School

Alongside some good surfing at Scarborough's North Bay, surfers head just 3 miles south of Scarborough to Cayton Bay. Cayton Bay Surf Shop (weblink right) offers equipment hire and surf school and ample parking is available near the beach.

Get full surf reports on both Scarborough and Cayton Bay via the A1 Surf webguide right. Numerous surf competitions take place down here. For details on forthcoming competitions, photos, surf gear and more checkout the Cayton Bay Surf Shop. webguide.

Cayton Bay Surfshop, Cayton Bay, Scarborough, Tel. 01723 585585.

Find a choice of superb Cayton Bay family holiday parks and B&Ss listed here on Iknow Yorkshire/Near Scarborough.

Betton Farm Visitor Centre/Animal Farm & Ayton Castle

A top family day out near Scarborough (just 3 miles west on the A170) is to be had at Betton Farm Visitor Centre and Animal Farm. (see Betton's funpacked webguide right for details). On-site you've an adventure play area and children's animal farm with goats, Sofie the Shetland pony, donkeys and rabbits, plus a tearoom, a farm shop and the Betton Birds of Prey Conservation Centre. Admission is a nice cheap price, with lots of opportunities for hands-on involvement. A working honey bee farm is also at Bretton with extensive exhibition of working honey bees which also digs into the history and life of bees.

Betton Farm Visitor Centre & Animal Farm, Racecourse Road, East Ayton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. YO13 9HT. Tel. 01723 863 143.

The ruins of late 14th century Ayton Castle are free to roam around just off an adjacent footpath. The structure includes the remains of a three storey tower house with some inner and outer bailey ramparts. Ayton Castle, Castle Rise, West Ayton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 9JY.

Attractions Around Scarborough

Go Ape! Dalby, Dalby Forest Visitor Centre, Near Thornton-le-Dale, North Yorkshire. Book online via the Go Ape webguide link right. Dalby Forest Visitor Centre, Low Dalby, Pickering, North Yorkshire YO18 7LT. Tel. 01751 460295.

The Stained Glass Centre, Killerby Lane, Cayton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3TP. Tel. 01723 581236. (see webguide right for details).

Little Hoppers Adventure World, 5-8 Newchase Court, Hopper Hill Road, Eastfield, Scarborough, YO11 3YS. Tel. 01723 586665. (see webguide right for details, Little Hoppers is a particularly good attraction for tots and babies with Junion Hoppers castle design play area (5-12 years), Toddler Village on three levels with gentle slides (1-4 years) and a Baby area for the under 1s. A mini five a side Sports Arena is also on-site).

Pesky Husky Trekking, Meeting House Farm, Staintondale, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 0EL. Tel. 01723 870521. (webguide right). Snainton Riding Centre, Station Road, Snainton, Scarborough, North Yorkshire. Tel. 01723 859218.

Farmparks and Farm Shops Around Scarborough

Situated on the outskirts of Cayton Village south of Scarborough, Playdale Farm Park has a huge on-site indoor play area with tractor zone and more, plus an Animal Barn and Paddocks. See Playdale's webguide right for more details on facilities. Playdale Farm Park, Killerby Grange, Station Road, Cayton, Scarborough YO11 3TL. Tel. 01723 586351.

The Shire Horse Farm at Staintondale north of Scarborough is set on 40 acres of stunning coastal farmland. Highlights include internaction with the farm's Shetland ponies, farm walks, a cottage museum looking into the areas smuggling history, picnic and play areas, a cafe and souvenir shop and live shows with horses and ponies as well as the farm's famous Shire Horses. Shire Horse Farm, Staintondale, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO13 0EY. Tel. 01723 870458. (webguide right for details).

Redcliffe Farm, Redcliffe Farm, Redcliffe Lane, Lebberston, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO11 3NT. Tel. 01723 583194. Farm shop selling fine local produce, with on-site animal and play farm and caf serving up traditional farmhouse cooking. Lebberston sits south of Scarborough and Cayton Bay heading towards Filey. See also Country Courtyard Country Store & Tearoom, Newlands Farm, Newlands Road, Cloughton, Scarborough - North Yorkshire. Tel. 01723 871447. Also the Grainary, Harwood Dale, Scarborough YO13 0DT. Tel. 01723 870026. The Grainary has on-site hotel, tearooms, a whildlife farm and plant centre.

Ravenscar, Cleveland Way Coastal Walking & The Whitby to Scarborough Railway

The magnificent Cleveland Way is a 109 mile/176km trail winding up from its starting point at Helmsley to the Sutton Bank Centre in a horseshoe shape around the outskirts of the North York Moors Park and down the Yorkshire coast from Saltburn to Filey. One of the highlight stretches along the coastal trail sits between Whitby and Scarborough, incorporating the National Trust Centre at Peakside Ravenscar and the jointly run Old Coastguard Station with exhibition and education centre run by both the North York Moors National Park Authority and the National Trust. Pick up maps and local wildlife leaflet guides here at these centres. Stunning clifftop walking, panoramic views, cliff grassland, meadows and woodland and numerous nesting birds and wildlife are what walkers along the Cleveland Way coastal stretch can expect to see. The area around Ravenscar and Robin Hood's Bay is rich in industrial history - particularly remains of the alum, jet and ironstone mining industry.

The seawood edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park is one of the UK's special designated Site of Special Scientific Interest Heritage Coasts. The stretch between Robin Hood's Bay and Ravenscar reveals distinctive dar Jurassic rock layers in the cliffs and has thrown up numerous minerals and fossils. You'll find jet rock and coiled ammonites on the beaches here. Checkout the Cleveland Way webguide right for new circular walk guides around Ravenscar including the Ravenscar Round.

Nolonger in use, the historic Scarborough to Whitby railway line which used to transport huge numbers of holiday visitors to the coast from 1865 to the mid 1960s runs right through Ravenscar and offers today traffic free cycling, walking and horse riding. Ravenscar Station on the line stood at the highest point on it above sea level. Read more on the history of the line via The Station House at Cloughton's webguide link right. The Station House Tea Room is open 10.30am til 5pm on Saturdays, Sundasy, Mondays and Tuesdays year round.

Yorkshire Coast Visitor Centre - National Trust, Peakside, Ravenscar, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO13 0NE. Tel. 01723 870423.

Golf Courses/Golf Near Scarborough

Snainton Golf Centre, Tel. 01723 850014. See the centre's webguide right for details on the on-site driving range, the 9 hole golf course and various golf shops.

Ganton Golf Club, Ganton, Near Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 4PA. Tel Secretary. 01944 710329.

See Ganton's Championship Golf Course webguide right for details. Ganton is just to the south east of Scarborough bordering the Yorkshire Wolds. The Championship golf course here was originally designed by Tom Chisholm of St Andrews dating from 1891. Some big names in golf have pointed to Ganton as the only inland course worthy of hosting the Open Championships. Find out more about Ganton's history and heritage via the webguide. A pro Shop is on-site.

Bronze Age & Mesolithic Sites near Scarborough

Two pre-historic sites of national interest sit near Scarborough - the Standingstone Rigg Bronze Age burial site and the Mesolithic Settlement at Seamer - Star Carr. Little evidence remains of the settlement at Star Carr, but there have been numerous findings here of wooden tools and artefacts which you'll find on display at the spectacular Rotunda Geology Museum in Scarborough town centre. A lake once sat on the Star Carr site which dates from 8700BC, but today it's waterlogged. Access Star Carr via the footpath from Main Street Flixton on the east side of the A64. Standingstone Rigg Bronze Age burial mound sits just on the edge of Harwood Dale forest off the Scarborough/Whitby Road. Central stones remain on the mound but excavated cup and ring marked stones are now on-show in Scarborough's museums.

Standingstone Rigg, Off Whitby Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 0DX. Tel. 01723 870984.

Star Carr - Mesolithic Settlement, Star Carr, Seamer, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 4PX.

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