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Cayton
Cayton shown within North Yorkshire |
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| Population | 2,407 (2001 census)[1] |
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| OS grid reference | TA053833 |
| Parish | Cayton |
| District | Scarborough |
| Shire county | North Yorkshire |
| Region | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SCARBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | YO11 |
| Dialling code | 01723 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| EU Parliament | Yorkshire and the Humber |
| UK Parliament | Scarborough and Whitby |
| List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire | |
Cayton is a village and civil parish within the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England and is mentioned in the Domesday book as Caitune. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Scarborough.
According to the 2001 UK census, Cayton parish had a population of 2,407.[1]
Cayton County Primary School educates all young villagers, aged 4 to 11.
Cayton Bay is famous amongst the surfing community around the world and has a thriving Surf Shop and car park on the cliff tops above the Bay. The Bay forms one of a series of large sweeping sandy bays on the edge of the North Yorkshire National Park which run from Bridlington in the south to Whitby in the north.
Cayton railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line from Hull to Scarborough served the village until it closed on 5 May 1952.[2]
In 2010, Cayton won a Silver-gilt, at the Britain in Bloom awards. This was achieved despite the fact that earlier in the year, there had been a mystery sabotage attack/s on a number of flower beds in the village.
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In April 2008, a major landslip caused tons of earth to slip down the cliffside at the edge of Cayton Bay close to Osgodby [3] leaving bungalows teetering on the edge of the Knipe Point estate.[4] The slope movements, caused by water seeping through the clay cliffs,[5] resulted in three properties being demolished and other properties in the Knipe Point Estate and the A165 Filey Road being threatened.[6] A number of the remaining homes are still at risk as the slope and the National Trust land below it are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI); despite an initial outlay of £90,000[7] by Scarborough Borough Council and the National Trust an engineered solution could not be found, which would satisfy the technical, environmental and cost-effective criteria set by Natural England, the Environment Agency and Defra.[8]
The changing face of Cayton Bay can be seen in a collection of old photographs, dating from 1908, here [1]
The village is the birthplace of Mikey North, who portrays Gary Windass, in Coronation Street. The international fashion designer, Ann Louise Roswald was raised in the village and attended the nearby Pindar School. Cayton has also been the home of a number of professional sportspeople.
The World War Two defences constructed around Cayton during have been documented by William Foot. They included a section post and several pillboxes. Many of the remaining defences have been subject to coastal erosion.
Cayton has a disputed, but proud and enviable military record. The village sent 45 men to the First World War, and 60 to the Second. There was not a single fatality amongst the combined 105 men, which is possibly unique, with only one soldier suffering a serious injury during World War I, then being subsequently spared by a German Officer.