Queens Platinum Jubilee. What’s Happening!? We caught up with Bill from the White Lodge on The Crescent this side of the festivities planned for the week after next. Filey So, any plans? B Yes. Lots! Two things chiefly, and at different ends of the spectrum. The first is a “right Royal dinner” on the Saturday […]

The Filey Steampunk weekend is upon us and the weather forecast is set fair. The annual steampunk festival is a feast for the eyes. With parades, music and a pop-up bar, it is an event you cannot miss! The fun begins on the Evron patio with Old Time Rags from 10.30am.  They are an intriguing combination of a […]

It feels like the season has really started this weekend, with music emanating from many of the town’s pubs and cafes with the annual Filey Folk Festival being in full swing. The glorious sunshine of Saturday may have given way to a cloudy Sunday, but it genuinely seems that summer is just around the corner.

We are back after the Easter break and there are lots of new businesses to report on in the town. Watch this space over the coming days as we review the new, the revamped and old favourites. Filey is definitely on the up!

Fancy owning Filey’s oldest fish and chip shop? Dicky Bees is up for sale! The ‘locals’ chip shop, Dicky Bees was established in 1932 and is for sale as the current owners are retiring. The chippy comes with an attached three-bedroomed house, a large yard and a garage. It’s all yours for £480,000. Dicky Bees […]

Just as the town is beginning to look forward to another holiday season, the sad news was announced that Buffers Cafe on Filey railway station was closing for the foreseeable future. The cafe’s popular owners, Steph and Chris, said in an online post: ‘a very big thank you to everyone who had visited and supported Buffers cafe […]

A new broom has taken over at the popular Filey Bistro. A familiar face is now at the helm, as the new owner Sophie Boden previously worked front of house at the Bistro. We met with Sophie over a cuppa to chat about an exciting future for the much-loved Filey Bistro. The Bistro reopened on […]

The Sunday Times has named Filey as ‘one of the six seaside towns everyone’s going to be talking about this summer’. After two ‘pandemic-fuelled staycation summers’ the Sunday Times believes that many resorts have rediscovered their joie de vivre and have become ‘magnets for creative, outdoorsy and resourceful types who have found that they really do like […]

Filey’s main post box has once again been ‘yarn-bombed’. Overnight an Easter ‘bonnet’ appeared. An unknown crocheteer has festooned it with seasonal figures, it has brought a little cheer to a grey March day.

National Coastwatch Institution (NCI), is dedicated to the safety, protection and preservation of life at sea, is poised to open a new station in Filey, but they need volunteers to run it! NCI watchkeepers provide the eyes and ears along the coast, monitoring radio channels and providing a listening watch in poor visibility. They are trained to […]