Filey
Filey is a town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, it is part of the district of Scarborough between Scarborough and Bridlington on the North Sea coast. Although it was a fishing town, it has a big coastline and ended up being a prominent traveler resort. According to the 2011 UK census, Filey parish had a population of 6,981, an exact number being 2001 UK census 6,819. Filey goes to the eastern end of the Cleveland Way, a long-distance path; it starts at Helmsley as well as skirts the North York Moors. It was the 2nd National Trail to be opened (1969 ). The town goes to the northern end of the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail which begins at Hessle and goes across the Yorkshire Wolds. Filey is the finishing factor for Excellent Yorkshire Bike Ride. The 70-mile (110 km) trip begins at Wetherby Racecourse. Filey has a railway station on the Yorkshire Shore Line. A second station at Filey Holiday Camp railway station to the south of the town offered the previous Butlins holiday camp. The camp has been re-developed into a 600-home vacation housing development, The Bay Filey. It is just one of the biggest seaside developments of this kind in the UK and also the very first houses were completed in 2007.
