Sleights
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| Sleights | |
  Sleights shown within North Yorkshire |
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| OS grid reference | |
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| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| European Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Sleights is the biggest village in North Yorkshire[citation needed], England. It is located in the Esk Valley in the postal region of Whitby, which is a historically important fishing town and a former home of Captain Cook. The village is strung out along the steep main A169 road that runs north - south between Whitby and Pickering across the North York Moors. At the top end of the village is 'Blue Bank' with a gradient of 1 in 4. Following numerous accidents on the hill over the years, the side of Blue Bank is equipped with an escape lane of soft sand to stop vehicles whose brakes fail careering into buildings at the bottom of the hill. At the bottom of the village, the road crosses the Esk Valley Railway, allowing access to Sleights railway station. The road crosses the River Esk on a high bridge, opened on the 26 January, 1937. The road continues up the hill to reach the A171 Whitby to Middlesbrough trunk road.
There are also village shops,a post office, tea rooms, two pubs, and a sports field, used mainly for cricket. A new pavilion was built recently after a great deal of fundraising by the Sleights sportsfield committee.
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