Blackpool Hotels - A Journey Along the Stunning Coastline of Yorkshire

Fishing villages and artists' haunts

Which are great for families with children, when the tide is out there are also many rock pools to explore. Lobsters and crabs, and fishermen regularly catch cod, adding to the beauty of the place, there are often many fishing vessels in the harbour. Is still a working village, however, staithes. Not surprisingly many artists have been drawn to the area down the years and some are still displaying their work in the village. There's a Mediterranean feel to the place with its crop of white-washed cottages and haphazard pantile roofs. Is tucked into a cleft of rock which forms a natural harbour in this rugged patch of coastline, unlike the other two, located furthest north Staithes. On the seafront below you will find colourful fishing boats. Its red-roofed cottages with pretty gardens appear to tumble down the cliffside, situated at the northern end of a beautiful sandy beach. Runswick Bay is another picture-postcard setting loved by both artists and holidaymakers. You can still see fishing boats and fishermen at work, today. The village has always been connected with the sea and fishing was the main livelihood here until the end of the 19th-century. It is easy to imagine the days when smugglers would slip their contraband up the hill under the cover of darkness, packed with secret passages and alleyways. The pretty-coloured cottages and their red pantile roofs of Robin Hoods Bay are huddled around a slipway at the foot of a steep ravine and climb up the steep hillside. Runswick Bay and Staithes, here you will find picturesque fishing villages such as Robin Hoods Bay. If you are looking for traditional seaside cottages North Yorkshire is the place for you.

Britain's first holiday resort and eccentric seaside attraction

The battle between model warships mostly manpowered has been delighting audiences for more than 80 years! One of the great eccentric English seaside attractions, the lake is also the venue for the thrice-weekly 'Battle of Peasholm'. At the end of North Bay is Peasholm Park with boats for hire on a tranquil lake. This is the place to be, so if you're looking for a bit of peace and quiet away from the crowds, the North Bay area is much quieter than South Bay. The magnificent Spa Complex and the large Grand Hotel overlooking the South Bay, the elegant Esplanade, those same Victorians left a town of immense style with some of the finest parks and gardens in Britain, in fact. Clifftops and a busy shopping centre stand only yards apart and are all reached by the famous Victorian cliff lifts, safe beaches. At its foot is the harbour where the boats still land their catch. Sandy beaches of the North and South Bays are broken by a rocky headland on which stands a reminder of the past - Scarborough's medieval castle, the safe. Today it is a bustling seaside town catering for the whole family. Welcoming visitors for over 360 years, scarborough claims to be Britain's first holiday resort.

The resort that never was

The layout of wide roads remains and the houses built for a new town look strangely out of place on the cliff top. The project failed when the development company went bankrupt. Is very exposed, though beautiful, the plan was badly researched as the route to the shore is precarious and the area, however. Sewers were laid and plots of land sold to city dwellers who liked the idea of living by the beach, roads were built. With Peak as the central point, a railway line was being built to link the towns of Scarborough and Whitby. At the beginning of the 20th-century an ambitious plan to build a holiday resort called Peak was begun. However it was the story of the failed development that intrigued me. The views from the cliffs towards Robin Hood's Bay were simply breathtaking. The resort-that-never-was many years ago when walking the Cleveland Way National Trail, i first visited Ravenscar.

Home to Dracula - and the best fish and chips

Many award-winners in their own right, rivals have sprung up along the quay. The wait is worth it, but believe me, overlooking the quayside the restaurant usually has a queue. Perhaps the most famous is the Magpie Cafe. And it is hard to disagree, the town claims to have the best in the country. You really must try the fish and chips, if you decide to spend a holiday in Whitby! Dracula, whose churchyard inspired Bram Stoker to write his world-famous novel, 199 steps (it's a tradition to count them) lead up to the parish church of St Mary, from these centuries-old streets. The narrow streets and alleys winding down to the quayside still bustle as they have done for centuries. 000 years and is still a seafarers' town today, whitby has been a port for more than 1, safe sandy beaches and attractive villages, lovely bays, with cliffs, situated along one of Britain's finest stretches of coastline. Whitby is dominated by its cliff top Abbey, with its quaint cobbled streets and picturesque houses standing on the steep slopes of the River Esk.