Scarborough is located on the north east coast of England, in the county of North Yorkshire. It is 45 miles from York, which is the main railway connection centre for North Yorkshire. From here you can get to Birmingham, Scotland, Bristol and London. Scarborough is served by direct trains from York, Leeds, Manchester Airport, Manchester Piccadilly, Liverpool Lime Street and Hull.
One of Scarborough's attractions is Peasholm Park. In summer there are naval battles with small boats, a boating lake and an open cafe. The pagoda on the island in the photo no longer exists, as it was destroyed in an arson attack. There is a walk around the park, and through the trees. Do not walk this way alone, it is often the haunt of flashers, drug addicts and general trash.
Another attraction in Scarborough is the Norman castle. This is on the headland, and has served as a signal station. The ruins belong to English Heritage and in summer there are various events staged here.
Scarborough Castle.
Scarborough grew up as a fishing port, and on the harbour you still see fishing boats. Avoid the front at night because gangs gather here and there are often brawls and people getting attacked. Lining the front are amusement arcades and tat shops. There is a dog ban on the beach from 1st May to the end of September. Supposedly the beach is alot cleaner since dogs have been banned but you wouldn't think so looking at all the polystyrene cups, plastic forks, sh*tty nappies and glass that visitors leave behind.
If you see the white pyramids in the North Bay area, that is the Sea Life Centre. Unless you like being ripped off, avoid this place. The entrance fee is expensive and you can walk round it in about 10 minutes.
Being a seaside town, people assume that Scarborough does great fish and chips - not so! The best chip 'oil is Mannings on Falsgrave Road, they are consistent and their chips don't look as if they have been cooked about 50 times in fat which is too hot.
Scarborough has some great restaurants - the internationally renowned Italian the Lanterna, the equally good Tuscany, some nice Indian places, a Greek restaurant, Chinese and a Thai, though the Thai is not so good anymore.
Scarborough's shopping is legendary - legendarily bad! For a town this size, it has some of the worst shops I have seen. You can take your pick of mobile phone shops, printer cartridge shops, catalogue clearance shops, everything under 50p shops, cheap cards shops, tat shops but very little in the way of quality. Even the chains which are here have poor shops compared to places like York.
One of the first things greeting tourists when they leave the railway station is the tourist information centre. Next door to this is the Youth Offending Team, with the attendant garbage lurking around outside. Further down the main approach to Scarborough is the probation office. Often on sunny days you will see the garbage which hangs around outside here puking all over the pavement! What a nice introduction to your holiday!
Scarborough hosts county cricket matches at its large cricket ground on North Marine Road. Avoid this street at night. Many hotels along here were converted into DSS accommodation for drug addicts, people out of prison, yobs and other low life trash. They have been responsible for the increase in local crime. And soon when we have 24 hour drinking it will get even worse.
So if you want to come to Scarborough, then do. But do so at your own risk...
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