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20/02/2024

Visiting Scarborough with your pup? We have a whole load of information to help make your stay a little easier and more enjoyable.
From dog friendly businesses, to off lead walking areas, great walking trails, beach ban details, maps and more.
We’re building a database of dog friendly businesses in the area - shops, cafes, restaurants, bars, pubs and attractions. If you have a local business and would like a free listing head to the dog friendly guide page on our website to submit your details.

scarboroughtours.com/dog-friendly

13/02/2024

Looking for something to do over half-term? All trails are half price! Discount code is in the attached link
https://wix.to/X5RAgGX

30/01/2024

Introducing Our Dog Friendly Scarborough Guide 🐾

Scarborough is one of the most welcoming places for dog owners. We have tons of dog-friendly cafes, restaurants, attractions and things to do. Our new online guide showcases the most amazing dog-friendly businesses and things to do with your pup.

🐾 Things to do - the very best of the dog-friendly businesses and local activities
🐾 Useful resources and links - local Facebook groups, dog walking groups and meet-ups, dog taxis and transport, plus anything else we think you might find useful
🐾 Dog beach ban - when and where: our maps show you exactly where the restricted areas are, and what dates it is enforced.
🐾 Off-lead walking areas - discover the places you can take your dog to stretch their legs

And of course all of our walking trails and tours are in dog-friendly areas.

PLUS AN EXCLUSIVE DISCOUNT WITH OUR FAVOURITE DOGGY SHOP Purple Pup

Check it out at scarboroughtours.com/dog-friendly

25/01/2024

Peasholm at Dawn 🦆🦢🐦‍⬛🪿🦉

What a treat! The dawn chorus echoed all around the trees - ducks, gulls, geese, blackbirds, crows and a couple of owls having a conversation across the open air theatre. Video to follow!

23/01/2024

Purple Dawn 🌅

You wouldn’t be able to tell with the thick grey clouds we have at the moment, but this morning started with a spectacular sunrise. Purples and blues, turned into pinks, then orange and red. Dawn on the beach is often the most beautiful time of the day ❤️

18/01/2024

❄️ Snowy Morning ❄️

Some pics from 7am on a very snowy North Bay.

17/01/2024

Winter Dawn in Scarborough

Last week was filled with dark and cold mornings. With sunrise after 8am it was dark on our morning walk, but here are a few snaps. The reflections on the sand made for some great pics!

16/01/2024

Big waves 🌊 and a frozen Peasholm lake🪿🦆this morning

15/01/2024

Did anyone catch the huge rainbow yesterday afternoon? 🌈

08/01/2024

🌅 SUNRISE 🌄

Well, it has been a bit of a grey start to the year, not at all like this time last year - but here are some of last week’s sunrise pics.
Even on a cold, grey, cloudy morning, you just can’t beat that view!
One morning a sparrowhawk joined us on our walk up the cliffs. We often spot these birds of prey around the fields above Scalby Mills, but this one seemed to be right over the beach 🦅🌊

Aren’t we lucky to see this view every morning?

28/12/2023

Introducing Scarborough Tours! 🌟 Learn more at https://wix.to/I9szIeV

24/12/2023

🌅 SUNSET 🌅

You just can’t beat a beautiful winter sunset in Scarborough. Unless it’s a beautiful Scarborough sunrise! For this year’s new year resolution we started taking pictures of the sunrise every morning from the same spot at North Bay, with our favourite view over towards the castle. We’ll be doing the same again in 2024, and will share all the pictures, because whatever the weather (rain, cloud, fog, snow, or glorious sunshine) that view is stunning!

20/12/2023

🎁 GIFT CARDS 🎁

Now available online for those last minute gifts. Select the value of your choice, and we’ll send an email on Christmas Day to your recipient (or any other day you choose) containing a gift card to redeem online against any of our tours and trails.

Just head to scarboroughtours.com/gift-card for more info

01/11/2023

Here’s our guide to where you can watch public bonfire and firework displays this weekend.

27/10/2023

👻💀 POLTERGEIST 💀👻

Scarborough has a few documented poltergeists, but the creepy activities at the Clifton Hotel have to be one of the scariest we’ve heard.

You’ll learn all about what visitors and staff have witnessed at checkpoint 11 of our Ghost Trail… but here are a few details to whet your appetite.

It is common for all the lights to switch on in the middle of the night, but only on one floor (the second floor is where most of the activity happens). Kettles have switched themselves on in the night too, and the TVs are known to turn on en masse - during the daytime as well as at night… but all on one floor only. It’s all a bit weird!

Have you stayed in the Clifton Hotel? Let us know in the comments if you’ve experienced any supernatural activity while you were there.

26/10/2023

💀👻 FREE GHOST TRAIL 👻💀

Head to scarboroughtours.com/ghost-trail to follow the free section of our ghost tour. You’ll learn about 7 different local ghost stories - including the sad tale of Lydia Bell. If you’re feeling brave you can complete the full trail with an extra 10 ghostly checkpoints. Full details on the website.

But back to Lydia… the girl in the pink, or crimson dress, depending on which version of the story you hear 💃

Lydia was the daughter of a wealthy confectioner from York, who owned Bell Mansion on St Nicholas Street (next to the town hall). Only a teenager, Lydia fell head over heels for a married soldier who was stationed at the barracks in the Castle grounds. One night Lydia snook out to meet her lover, dressed in her best pink (or crimson) dress, but met a grisly fate. Her lifeless body was discovered the next morning on the sands at South Bay. Some people said she had been strangled, others say she was thrown from the cliffs and washed up onto the shore as the tide came in. Either way, the last person to see her alive was definitely Val, her married lover.

And while Val escaped the law by fabricating alibis, he later confessed on his deathbed - too late for any retribution or peace. Lydia however, was left to wander the town aimlessly and there have been countless sightings of her spectre in several locations - including on the beach, where she can be seen frantically running, possibly trying to evade her killer.

If you want to read the full story - head to checkpoints 3, 15 & 16 on the ghost trail, and all will be revealed.

Happy ghost hunting 👻👻🎃🎃💀💀

20/10/2023

👻 FREE SCARBOROUGH GHOST TRAIL 👻

Looking for something to do on these dark evenings? Our ghost trail is perfect for getting in the spooky mood ready for Halloween.

Head to scarboroughtours.com and download the trail map. We have 7 free checkpoints following a route around Scarborough Old Town - each checkpoint has its own ghost story. And if you’re feeling extra brave, you can unlock an additional 10 ghoulish tales when you get to the end of the free section.

Ghosts, ghouls, witches, poltergeists, ghost ships, pirate ghouls, headless spectres, friendly monks and a ghost march…. We have all the best Scarborough ghost stories!

Get out and explore… if you dare 💀💀💀

13/10/2023

How interesting… just over the road from the first checkpoint on our Old Town Heritage & Folklore Trail.

12/10/2023

Completing our trails are easy peasy! 🌟🥾📸

Simply head to the website, click “purchase a trail” in the menu bar and select you trail.

Sign up for an account - meaning if you lose signal, or only want to complete part of the trail, you can log back in at a later date to complete it.
Download the map to your device (we recommend doing this as mobile signal in Scarborough, especially the old town, can vary). You can also print the map off if you’d prefer.

Make your way to the nearest checkpoint and off you go. You can join the Old Town trail at any checkpoint - the route is a loop starting and finishing at our office on Eastborough.

Follow the directions to the next checkpoint, and when you get there check out all the information we’ve gathered for that location.

We’ve collected hundreds of stories, superstitions, folklore tales and interesting facts about our favourite spots in the Old Town.

🙏 And I’d just like to say a huge thank you to all of our trail testers - we’re busy making amends and tweaking things from the feedback we’ve already received. Our trails will continue to improve over the coming months thanks to locals generously giving their time to test out the trail - if you’d like a go, get in touch and we’ll send you free access! 🙏

10/10/2023

How lucky are we to live in such a beautiful place!

09/10/2023

GET OUT AND EXPLORE 🥾📸

Tomorrow is the big day - our Old Town Heritage & Folklore Trail will be going live on our website.

We’ve spent months researching and speaking to Scarborough residents to collect the best local stories, knowledge, folklore tales and more, and have collated it all into a walking trail around the Old Town.
Learn about Scarborough’s history and heritage on the go, with 15 checkpoints covering all kinds of subjects - fishing, sailing, ship building, seaside traditions, castles, piers, markets, churches, ghosts, ghouls, superstitions, smugglers, pirates, shipwrecks and more… we’ve tried to squeeze all this info into the trail.

And with the weather being unseasonably warm at the moment, what better reason is there to get out and explore the town?

We’ll be sharing a few posts over the coming days to show you how to purchase the trail, and make the most of it on your device (or how to print it out if you’d prefer).

Enjoy 📸🥾

05/10/2023

CHECKPOINT 14 PREVIEW

This is Paradise House, it has a long history - including the birth place of George Cayley (the “father of aviation”), the Graham Sea Training School, and a very well known smugglers hideout.

It is said that the well in the garden was regularly stacked to the brim with contraband, and its position at the top of the hill made it easy to keep a watchful eye out for Revenue Officers.

Just a snippet from our Old Town Heritage Trail - each checkpoint is packed with information about the history and folklore associated with each location. We have loads of tales of smugglers and pirates, mariners’ superstitions, ghost stories and more - this is not your average walking trail.

Find out more at scarboroughtours.com

03/10/2023

CHECKPOINT 13 PREVIEW 📸

Ever noticed the ruins at St. Mary’s Church? These are the remains of the north aisle and quire, destroyed in the 1645 siege at the castle. It was never rebuilt but shows just how large (and important) the church has been in the past.
One of the oldest churches, it is believed to have been built in the 1100s by masons working on the castle, and occupied by Cistercian monks.

For loads more information on the history and heritage of Scarborough’s old town, join the Old Town Heritage Trail at scarboroughtours.com

Written by locals, we’ve collected folklore tales, superstitions, and inside local knowledge on each of our checkpoints, so you can explore like a pro!

Full trail launching very soon 🙌

22/09/2023

What a beautiful day it has been in Scarborough Old Town, and perfect weather for doing a test run of our Heritage Walking Trail… just look at this view from one of the check points 📸

We just have a few finishing touches to add, and some tweaks to the website to make, but it’ll be ready to go live by the end of the month 🤞🤞

We’re looking for a few volunteers to help test out the route, and double check everything on the website works as it should. If you’d be interested in getting early access, please get in touch and we’ll send you the details.

🌟 COMING SOON 🌟
Scarboroughtours.com

30/08/2023

🦄🧚‍♀️🧌🧚‍♂️ FAIRY & NATURE TRAIL 🦆🐦‍⬛🐝🐞

A huge thank you to everyone who completed the trail over the bank holiday weekend. We’ve already had some great feedback and will be adding more content shortly.

Unfortunately some of the fairy doors have gone missing - the cheeky elves must’ve moved them!
So please bear with us if you were planning on doing the trail today. We’re working hard to get more put out this afternoon. You can still complete the trail around the park, and have a go at the wildlife survey and other activities in the download pack.

Head to scarboroughtours.com/fairy-trail and sign up to access the full activity pack and map

23/08/2023

🌟MAKE A WISH 🌟

The fairies of Peasholm Park have been busy leaving wishes around the park this morning. If you’re lucky enough to find one, there’s a special code on the back so that you can complete our fairy trail for free!

There’s a limited number available, as we need a few special folk to test out our fairy trail and make sure all the kids will really enjoy it.
They’ve been printed on seed paper so you can plant them and watch your wishes grow 🧚‍♀️🌟

Don’t worry if you miss out today, we’ll be running a launch offer shortly on our social media pages - so please like our posts and share to as many local groups and pages to help us get the word out. Thank you 🙏

This is our first walking trail, but we have plenty more in the pipeline. Check out our website for more info: scarboroughtours.com

23/08/2023

🧚‍♀️ PEASHOLM NATURE & FAIRY TRAIL 🧚‍♀️

Looking for something a bit different to do around Peasholm Park and Glen? Have a go at our nature and fairy trail - download the map from our website and set off on your adventure. Find the hidden fairy doors, complete a mini tree trail and wildlife survey, try find all the wooden statues and feed the squirrels, hills, ducks and geese.

Download the map and activity pack at scarboroughtours.com/fairy-trail

22/08/2023

Just an ordinary bridge? Or is this where the pixies of Peasholm Enchanted Glen like to hide out during the day?
Make a wish when you pass over the pixie bridges, and look out for the hidden fairy doors scattered around the park

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LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO THIS WEEK? All our walking tours are half price for half term. Just enter code HALFTERM24 at checkout. Take a tour around the old town and learn about the history, heritage and folklore stories from days gone by. Or try out our Peasholm Nature Trail, which includes an activity pack for kids, treasure trail and wildlife survey. Get out and explore! scarboroughtours.com/heritage-trail scarboroughtours.com/nature-trail #explore #walking #wellbeing #halfterm