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Whitby is renowned for its love of weird, wonderful and whimsical but a five-foot bronze mouse doing a handstand on top of a ball on the beach at Sandsend may have raised an eye-brow at least amongst the early-morning risers and dog walkers. It was in fact a sculpture by Stephen Charlton, who trained at… →
Read: Did you spot something strange on the beach?
Near perfect sea conditions and a spectacular sunrise greeted swimmers as they gathered for the Whitby Regatta sea swim early on Saturday morning. More than 70 swimmers took to the water for the two swim distances – two miles from Sandsend to the Battery Parade and a 1000 metre distance from the end of the… →
Read: Whitby Regatta Sea Swim: Full Results
A day off from the farm, a family day out, villages and communities coming together in the countryside – not to mention an award winning lemon curd or the best baked pie being shown with pride. The first agricultural and country shows to take place in Yorkshire date back to the late 1700s. Some 250… →
Read: Aislaby Show returns after 40 year hiatus as local village show season gets underway
“For every house we are building, we are losing three to second homes and holiday lets.” This, along with “an explosion in Airbnbs” has become a priority problem for the North York Moors National Park (NYMNP), which says it is, “for the first time”, looking at expanding its villages with developments of housing on the… →
Read: National Park having to build more houses because of second homes and holiday lets
Lythe Shop is facing an uncertain future unless it can recruit new volunteers and committee members to keep it going. The current committee has said it can keep running it to the end of the year but is keen to hand over the responsibilities to younger people with fresh ideas, drive and energy. There has… →
Read: Lythe Shop warns it will close amid calls for new volunteers to help run it
Work is taking place to repair the steps near Sandsend Tunnel on the Cleveland Way meaning the popular walking route is closed this week. While the steep steps, which link the paths over the fields from Lythe to the old railway line, are closed, an alternative walking route is in place. As part of the… →
Read: Popular walking route on Cleveland Way temporarily closed
Sixty houses are earmarked for development on fields on the outskirts of Whitby as part of a plan by North Yorkshire Council to build sustainable and affordable housing. North Yorkshire Council (NYC) is proposing to enter into a joint venture with national housing developer, Lovell Partnerships Ltd, to build 600 homes across Scarborough and Whitby… →
Read: Council to build 60 new houses off Sandsend Road in bid to meet government targets
One of Sandsend’s most popular cafes is going to be demolished and rebuilt with more floorspace and updated facilities to make the long-standing business more efficient. Planning permission has been granted for Sandside Cafe, which overlooks the beach from East Row, to be knocked down and replaced by a new build cafe which will have… →
Read: Popular Sandsend cafe “won’t change much”, say owners, as demolition and rebuild plan approved
A new series of walks have been created on the Mulgrave Estate – opening up paths, woodland, farmland and heritage features which have previously been private to the public. Around two thirds of the 17.4 mile combined network follow new concessionary paths, created especially for this project, which is the brainchild of Lord Normanby who… →
Read: Mulgrave Estate opens up new walking routes which have remained hidden for years
The RNLI’s lifeguards will return to Whitby and Sandsend beaches this weekend for the summer season. Lifeguards will patrol six designated beaches in total across North Yorkshire, including Whitby and Sandsend, over the first three weekends in May, starting on Saturday May 2. After this, lifeguards will be on duty daily, 10am to 6pm, until… →
Read: Lifeguards return to patrol Whitby and Sandsend beaches for summer season
North Yorkshire Council is planning to introduce a 40p fee for all its public toilets as well as consider closing some lesser used and dilapidated ones. The recommendations were made at an Executive meeting of North Yorkshire Council (NYC) yesterday (Tuesday). A working group had been set up to to review the challenges facing public… →
Read: Spending a penny set to cost as council reviews public toilet provision
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