Robin Hood's Bay
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| Robin Hood's Bay | |
  Robin Hood's Bay shown within North Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| District | Scarborough |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | WHITBY |
| Postcode district | YO22 |
| Dialling code | 01947 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Scarborough and Whitby |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Robin Hood’s Bay is a small fishing town (hardly more than a village), five miles south of Whitby, on the coast of North Yorkshire, England.
Bay Town, as it is known to the locals, is in the ancient parish of Fylingdales and in the wapentake of Whitby Strand. The origin of the name is uncertain, and it is doubtful if Robin Hood was ever in the vicinity.
The town, which consists of a maze of tiny streets, has a tradition of smuggling, and there is reputed to be a network of subterranean passageways linking the houses. The main legitimate activity had always been fishing, but this started to decline in the late 19th century. These days most of its income comes from tourism.
Robin Hood's Bay is the setting for the Bramblewick books by the author Leo Walmsley, who was educated in the schoolroom of the old Wesleyan Chapel, in the lower village.
Robin Hood's Bay is also famous for the large number of fossils which may be found on its beach.
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[edit] Local resources
The town was once served by Robin Hood's Bay railway station however this closed in 1965 and now the nearest railway station is in Whitby. The town connects to the A171 allowing access to Whitby and Scarborough.
The Bayfair newspaper contains news and local information on the town. Wireless internet access is provided for visitors all around the town by The Bay Broadband Co-operative.
[edit] In popular culture
Robin Hood's Bay is a poem by children's poet Michael Rosen.
[edit] In Science
The Wine Haven-Profil near Robin Hood’s Bay is Global Stratotype Section and Point (GSSP) of Pliensbachian Epoch (183,0–189,6 mya), one of four chronographic substages of Early Jurassic Epoch.[1]
[edit] Literature
- M.K. Howart: The Lower Lias of Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire, and the work of Leslie Bairstow. In: Bulletin of The Natural History Museum. Geology Series 58/2002, S. 81–152 Cambridge University Press, The Natural History Museum, 2002, doi: 10.1017/S0968046202000037 (abstract)
- ^ GSSP for the Sinemurian-Pliensbachian Boundary, www.stratigraphy.org
