Robin Hood's Bay
North Yorkshire
This attractive fishing village with a history of smuggling clings to the cliffside about 5 miles south-west of
Robin Hood's Bay has narrow streets and hidden alleyways between its houses and cottages of sandstone with red pantile roofs.
There is a very steep descent through the village to the slipway to the beach and sea from car parks and bus stops at top of the cliff. There are also flatter walking routes along the old railway which used to run between Scarborough and Whitby.
The beach at Robin Hood's Bay has a Keep Britain Tidy Seaside Award.
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Travel
Bus travel
The village has buses to neighbouring towns and villages.
Road travel
Robin Hood's Bay can be reached via the B1447
Places to visit

Heritage coast
A stretch of 36 miles of coastline makes up the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Heritage Coast. This is Yorkshire's Jurassic Coast, where ammonites can easily be found and occasionally bones from marine reptiles and dinosaurs have been discovered. For more see our 
North York Moors National Park
Stretching inland from the coast between
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Pickering to Goathland, Grosmont and WhitbyA heritage railway running for 18 miles through the beautiful scenery of the
For details see the

Whitby Abbey
The hilltop of the East Cliff at More information at the


Emergency services
North Yorkshire Police 
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service

Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust

HM Coastguard

Local government
Civil parish council
Fylingdales Parish CouncilProvides some local services in the area.
Link to council website

District authority

Scarborough Borough Council covers a large district extending for around 40 miles along the coast to the north and south of
A large proportion of the district is within the North York Moors National Park.
Elections are held every four years.
A revision of wards on the council from May 2019 means the number of wards of Scarborough Borough Council is reduced from 25 to 20 and the number of councillors elected is reduced from 50 to 46. Each ward has one, two or three councillors.
Link to council website

The political composition after the 2015 election was:
The political composition after the 2019 election is:
County authority
North Yorkshire County CouncilIncludes the Scarborough borough and six other non-unitary districts of North Yorkshire.

Police and Crime Commissioner
Police and Crime Commissioner North YorkshireCovers the county of North Yorkshire and City of York.

Fire Authority
The North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service was previously governed by the North Yorkshire Combined Fire Authority made up of elected members from across the broad areas of North Yorkshire and City of York councils which it serves. Following a ministerial announcement in June 2018 the governance of the fire service was transferred to the Police and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire from 15 November 2018.Further information at the

