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Popular Transportation | Other Transportation Tips | All Tips (26) I enjoy riding cable-cars and funiculars but I reckon I could manage the cliffs without these lovely old cliff railways. Good for a novelty factor (approx 50 - 70 pence for a minute ride) and useful for those less mobile.
There used to be 5 in Scarborough but only 3 remain now - South Cliff, Central Tramway and Saint Nicholas Cliff Railways.
The Scarborough South Cliff Tramway Company Limited linked the South Cliff Esplanade with the South Sand (by the Spa Complex) in 1873 and claims fame as being the first funicular in the UK. See the website for details of all the cliff railway if interested.
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Boat tours can be taken from the harbour and around the South bay - like this boat here which is a 1/3 replica of "The Hispaniola" (Long John Silver's boat). It didn't last too long though - easily less than an hour and not particularly good value I thought so one for the kids only I reckon. Theme: Ship/Boat
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Situated alongside a lovey old Victorian Tea Room - The Parlour Tea Room - is the Central Tramway (top station is near the rear of the Grand Hotel). This one was first opened to the public in August 1881 to link the city to the shore and it still operates in its original corporate form. Check out the website for some great pictures of the carriages and the charming station.
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This is one of several open top buses which run from the spa end of South Bay to the Cafe Corner of the North Bay at a cost of £1 each way. Its not a great distance - easily walked on the flat - but its saves time if you want to spend more time sightseeing or go onto another place :-) Theme: Bus
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An open top bus is a great way to get from one bay to another at Scarborough. It runs right along the seafront from The Corner in North bay to the Spa in South bay.
They're just run by the local bus company and form part of Scarboroughs everyday trasport system. Theme: Bus
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The cable car ride runs from Marvels amusment park (at the top of the hill behind Atlantis water park) to Scalby promenade. Again, the walk is probably nicer (and certainly cheaper) but the views and the "exhillaration" probably make the chairlift wortwhile too.
It doesn't run all year long (it was closed when we were there - in fact it may be closed permanently). Theme: Other
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There's all sorts of boat trips going on from the harbour:
"Large" boats (like the one at the right of this picture) with bars, cafes & toilets go up the coast to Robin Hood's Bay or down to Bempton Cliffs & Flambrough Head. You don't get off at these places, it's just where the boat turns around to come back.
The 1/3 replica of "The Hispaniola" (Long John Silver's boat) runs around the south bay.
The old lifeboat runs around the bay just outside of the harbour.
Speedboats (including the prolific "Velocity" which ran countless trips while we were there) run 10 minute or so trips out into south bay. This is just for exhilaration I think.
By the way, the stone building at the back of this picture is the Toll House from when tolls were payed to drive on Marine Drive. These days it's free. Theme: Ship/Boat
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In Scarborough's South Bay the town, station and the "posh" hotels are at the top of the cliffs and the beach and associated amusements are at the bottom. The Victorians made life easy for the visitors and built several funicualr railway lifts down to the beach. I'm not sure how many there are, I counted 3 but there may be more.
It's 40p for a ride - woth it just to say you've been on. Theme: Train
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There is a miniature train that runs between Peasholm in North bay to Scalby Mills at the very north end - this is where the sealife centre and some good rock pools are.
It's really not too far to walk, and a walk is very nice on a sunny day, but the train is a nice alternative. As is... Theme: Train
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There are 4 main routes into Scarborough - the A64 and A170 from the West. The A170 comes through Pickering and this can be a real bottleneck - it took us 35 minutes to get through it.
From the South (Hull, Bridlington) is the A165 and from the North (Middlesbrough, Whitby) is the A171.
There's a lot of parking in Scarborugh and perhaps the best is the Park & Ride in the South bay at a part of town called Weoponness. It's signposted from the outskirts of town. parking here is free, and the bus ride to town is 40p, though to be honest, it's just 10 minutes walk from there to the seafront (you come out at valley Gardens, near to the Spa and below The Grand Hotel)
This map's not much good at the size VT allows - go to this web link for a better version of it.
http://www.e-sbc.co.uk/pages/dts/parking_services/car_parking_in_scarborough.htm Theme: Car/Motor Home
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on December 17, 2005
on May 27, 2003
