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!

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 […]

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 […]

Rumours have been rife for some considerable time, but the news that the Downcliffe House Hotel is to close on 2 April has still come as a shock to many in Filey and beyond. The boutique hotel is set to be converted into private apartments. Although the Downcliffe has been for sale for several years, […]

Another of the iconic tiled North Eastern Railway maps has been returned to the Yorkshire Coast line. Scarborough and Beverley have original tiled maps, Hunmanby has a replica and now Bridlington has a partially restored original that was unveiled today at a short ceremony. During a partial demolition of Bridlington station in 1987, the beautiful NER […]

Diaries at the ready! Yes, the summer programme of bandstand concerts on the Crescent Gardens has been announced. Long sunny afternoons reclining in a deckchair, listening to the band on the Crescent Gardens. It seems almost a dream during the long dark days of January. But, the Town Council have released the dates and here they […]

Filey’s mystery crocheter has produced another seasonal cracker for the post box. As the twelfth day of Christmas came and went, under cover of dark, the festive knitted extravaganza that had surmounted the post box disappeared, to be replaced by a winter themed number. We are a little worried about the Robin. The corner is a favourite […]

Volunteers behind the Friends of Filey’s Parks are celebrating a prestigious Green Flag award for the Crescent and Glen Gardens for 2021/22. The beautiful gardens are maintained by Scarborough Borough Council and the volunteers. The green flag has been awarded many times to Filey, but during these difficult times, the award is all the more special. […]

One of the many consequences of the pandemic was a boom at the British seaside, travel restrictions made international travel all but impossible, which forced many to rediscover attractions closer to home. Filey has been, by common consent, as busy as it ever has been within living memory. The renewed popularity of the town has […]

It has been a wild couple of days as Storm Arwen brought near 100mph winds in off the North Sea. The promenade was battered by heavy seas. Several trees were uprooted, roofs damaged and at the allotments a number of greenhouses were wrecked. The train service was suspended until mid-afternoon on Saturday and one unlucky motorist on West Avenue found her […]