Filey
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Filey is a small town in North Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the borough of Scarborough and is located between Scarborough and Bridlington on the North Sea coast. Although it started out as a fishing village, it has a large beach and is a popular tourist resort, known locally for its quality fish and chip outlets. Until 1974 it was an urban district in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Filey is at the eastern end of the Cleveland Way, a long-distance footpath; this starts at Helmsley and skirts the North Yorkshire Moors. It was the second National Trail to be opened (1969). It is also the northern end of the Yorkshire Wolds Way which starts at Hessle and crosses the Yorkshire Wolds.
Filey has a railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line between Hull and Scarborough. From 1947 to 1977 there was a second railway station south of the town, serving Butlins Holiday Camp.
The town has recently had a boom of house buyers due to a Persimmon estate being built in the area of Seadale. It was predicted to add significantly to the population. Another housing development by NJW Developments is in the pipeline, which is going to add 300 homes to the town. The plans could also be rejected, as they have been disapproved by local residents.
[edit] Trivia
- Filey was used in the early 1990s as a filming location for children TV show ChuckleVision.
- Filey Brigg has been used to film a motorbike accident in The Royal.
- Leo Blair, the father of Tony Blair, current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom was born in Filey.
- Hymn writer Fred Pratt Green, a Methodist clergyman, began his ministerial career in the Filey circuit.
