Newby and Scalby is a

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the

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district of

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, formed by the smaller southern area of Newby and the larger, northern, area of Scalby.

Geography

The shape of the parish is a rectangle perpendicular to the coast, omitting the south-east corner which is the sea life centre and park of Scarborough, with a north-west rectangular projection most of which is closer to

Burniston Burniston is a village and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about four miles north of Scarborough itself, on the A171 road. According to the 2011 UK census Burniston parish had a populati ...

than Scalby. The village forms one large

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in the mid-south of this area traversed by several small roads and passing through is a section of the relatively minor A171. Newby is south of the Scalby Beck (or Sea Cut) and is physically undivided from the rest of Scarborough. The coast here is cliffs topped by the

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including Scalby Ness.

Demography

According to the

2011 UK census A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National ...

, Newby and Scalby parish had a population of 9,513. At the time of the last census the rate of home ownership (with or without a loan) was greater than the average in the district and the proportion of social housing was significantly lower in terms of housing stock. The population here had decreased by 2.4% from the

2001 UK census A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...

figure of 9,748.

Amenities

Scalby has the

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of the two settlements, commercial at street-level leading westward and upwards into the

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Scarborough RUFC Scarborough Rugby Union Football Club is an English rugby union club that is based in Scalby near Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The clubhouse is the UK's largest amateur clubhouse and is set within a 32-acre site with 5 senior pitches, a traini ...

, play and train immediately north of the built-up area. A separate ground in Scarborough itself is the ground of

Scarborough Pirates ARLFC Scarborough Pirates ARLFC was the name of an amateur rugby league team which competed in the Rugby League Conference Yorkshire Premier and British Amateur Rugby League Association winter leagues. The club was based in Scarborough, North Yorkshi ...

. Scalby Cricket Club and Scalby Football Club share a ground on Carr Lane. The 13th-century parish church to St Laurence in Scalby was modified to include a tower since 1683 and is a grade II* listed building, the middle category of listing. Newby and Scalby Primary School is the main amenity named after both villages or suburbs.

Scalby School Scalby School is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational secondary school located in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It caters for pupils aged 11–16, with around 980 on roll. History The school was built in ...

is local

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in the parish.

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