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<div style="border: none; width:350px;"><div class="thumbcaption">Scarborough's South Bay on a summer's day.</div></div> | <div style="border: none; width:350px;"><div class="thumbcaption">Scarborough's South Bay on a summer's day.</div></div> | ||
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<div style="border: none; width:350px;"><div class="thumbcaption">Scarborough's [[Stephen Joseph Theatre]] is the first building to greet visitors arriving at the town's [[railway station]]; the [[theatre]] premières most of the playwright [[Alan Ayckbourn]]'s works.</div></div> | <div style="border: none; width:350px;"><div class="thumbcaption">Scarborough's [[Stephen Joseph Theatre]] is the first building to greet visitors arriving at the town's [[railway station]]; the [[theatre]] premières most of the playwright [[Alan Ayckbourn]]'s works.</div></div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:47, 18 January 2011
Places of interest towards the town centre. This photo and the one on the right were taken from Oliver's Mount, site of Scarborough's war memorial and a good vantage point to overlook the town. |
The south bay is surrounded by the the 'Old Town' and the cliffs of the Esplanade, with its popular gardens. |
Westborough is the town's main shopping street, leading down to the foreshore and overlooked by Scarborough Castle. |
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The entire west wall of Scarborough Castle's keep, as viewed from the barbican gateway, was destroyed in 1645 by artillery bombardment during the English Civil War. |
The barbican today; the gateway was completed in the fourteenth century. |
Scarborough's South Bay on a summer's day. |
Scarborough's Stephen Joseph Theatre is the first building to greet visitors arriving at the town's railway station; the theatre premières most of the playwright Alan Ayckbourn's works. |
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The Hispaniola, a converted motorboat which takes passengers out into the South Bay, is seen here entering the harbour. The Grand Hotel and the Town Hall (top right) are in the background.
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