Filey
Filey is a small 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 village, it has a large coastline as well as became a preferred traveler resort. According to the 2011 UK census, Filey church had a population of 6,981, an exact number being 2001 UK census 6,819. Filey is at the eastern end of the Cleveland Way, a long-distance walkway; it begins at Helmsley and also skirts the North York Moors. It was the 2nd National Trail to be opened up (1969 ). The community is at the north end of the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail which starts at Hessle and goes across the Yorkshire Wolds. Filey is the finishing factor for Excellent Yorkshire Bike Flight. The 70-mile (110 km) ride starts at Wetherby Racecourse. Filey has a railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line. A 2nd station at Filey Holiday Camp railway station to the south of the community served the former Butlins holiday camp. The camp has actually been re-developed right into a 600-home vacation housing development, The Bay Filey. It is one of the biggest coastal advancements of this kind in the UK as well as the first homes were completed in 2007.
