Ravenscar
The Raven Hall Hotel, perched broodingly on the clifftop, was once a home owned by King George III’s physician, Dr Francis Willis: it’s rumoured that the king may have stayed there during his treatment.
A stone’s throw away is the alum works, once an important part of this country’s fabric dyeing industry, and now a fascinating National Trust site.
In the late Victorian period, big plans were made for Ravenscar to become a holiday resort to rival Scarborough and Whitby. Roads were laid out, a handful of fine houses were built and sewers laid. But Peak – as it would have been named – never really caught on, perhaps because of the steep path down to the beach – and the development company went bankrupt. But remnants of the resort that never was remain.
And – like the rest of this fabulous Jurassic coast – the beach at Ravenscar is a wonderful place to find fossils.
What's On
Event Table
date | event |
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Mon 1 Jan - Mon 31 Dec | Curious About Scarborough at Scarborough Town, Scarborough |
Mon 1 Jan - Mon 31 Dec | Star Carr Display at Rotunda Museum, Scarborough |
Sat 24 Mar - Sun 4 Nov | Whitby in the Time of Cook at Captain Cook Memorial Museum, Whitby, Whitby |
Mon 26 Mar - Tue 4 Dec | Tea Dances with Ray Kirk at Whitby Pavilion, Whitby |
Mon 26 Mar - Mon 25 Mar | 6 a side football league at Bridlington, Bridlington |
Tue 27 Mar - Sun 22 Apr | Scarborough Photographic Society at Scarborough Art Gallery, Scarborough |
Wed 28 Mar - Sun 28 Oct | Wurlitzer Afternoon Tea Dances at The Scarborough Fair Collection, Scarborough |