Irton Mount

The Rotunda Museum is one of the oldest purpose-built museums still in use in the United Kingdom. The curved grade II* listed building was constructed in 1829 as one of the country's first purpose-built museums. Situated in the English coastal resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, it houses one of the foremost collections of Jurassic geology on the Yorkshire Coast.

The Great Siege of Scarborough Castle was a major conflict for control of one of England's most important stone fortresses during the First English Civil War fought between the Parliamentarians and the Royalists loyal to King Charles I. In February 1645, Parliamentarians laid siege to Scarborough Castle. For five months, they bombarded it, destroying most of the keep, and engaged in bloody fightin

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Iron Scar and Hundale Point to Scalby Ness is a 116.86-hectare (288.8-acre) geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the coast of the North Sea to the north of Scarborough in the English county of North Yorkshire. The site is split between the civil parishes of Cloughton, Burniston, and Newby and Scalby. The northern part of the SSSI is also within the North Yorkshire Moors Nationa

Remote Radar Head Staxton Wold or RRH Staxton Wold is an air defence radar station operated by the Royal Air Force, located near Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. As it has been a radar site continuously since 1939, it has a claim to be the oldest working radar station in the world. The base has undergone many upgrades of different radar systems and sits on the top of Staxton Wold at a heig

Hayburn Wyke is a 21.21-hectare (52.4-acre) biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on the coast of the North Sea to the north of Scarborough in the English county of North Yorkshire. The site is split between the civil parishes of Cloughton and Staintondale, and is within the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. The name derives from the Old English for a hunting encl