Town or village

Ravenscar

The town that never was, on a high cliff between Whitby and Scarborough

Ravenscar
Photo: Bryan Pready , CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ravenscar was laid out as a Victorian seaside resort that never attracted buyers, and the roads to nowhere are still there. What you get instead is a lonely headland with big views over Robin Hood's Bay, an old alum works, a National Trust centre and a seal colony on the rocks below.

The Cleveland Way and the Cinder Track cycle path both pass through.

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