Sandsend is a small fishing village, near to

Whitby Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Clif ...

in the

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district of

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, England. It forms part of the

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 authorit ...

Lythe Lythe is a small village and large civil parish, in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England, situated near Whitby within the North York Moors National Park. The name of the village derives from Old Norse and means hill or slope ...

. It is the birthplace of fishing magnate

George Pyman George Pyman (1 May 1822 – 22 November 1900) was a British shipping magnate born in Sandsend, in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. Biography George Pyman was the eldest son of James Pyman and Jane Arr. He was only ten whe ...

. Originally two villages, Sandsend and East Row, the united Sandsend has a pub and restaurant. A large part of the western side of the village, in The Valley, is still owned by Mulgrave Estate. The Valley is one of the most expensive areas to buy property on the Yorkshire Coast.

History

Sandsend and the neighbouring village of East Row began as separate villages but were joined when extra cottages were built for workers in the alum industry. Sandsend was also buoyed by tourism from the

Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway The Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway (WRMU), the Whitby–Loftus Line, was a railway line in North Yorkshire, England, built between 1871 and 1886, running from Loftus on the Yorkshire coast to the Esk at Whitby, and connecting ...

, which ran through the village from 1855 to 1958. The local station was

Sandsend railway station Sandsend railway station was a railway station on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway. It was opened on 3 December 1883, and served the villages of Sandsend and Lythe. It closed on 5 May 1958. The station building is now a privat ...

, which opened in 1883 and was closed in 1958.

In popular culture

In the 1947 British comedy drama ''

Holiday Camp A holiday camp is a type of holiday accommodation that encourages holidaymakers to stay within the site boundary, and provides entertainment and facilities for them throughout the day. Since the 1970s, the term has fallen out of favour with term ...

'', the opening shots of a train arriving at a cliff-top station and passengers boarding buses outside the station were filmed at Sandsend.

Geography

Two becks empty into the North Sea at Sandsend: Sandsend Beck and East Row Beck. Both of these becks flow through Mulgrave Woods and were bridged by the railway on high viaducts across the village.

Transport

The principal public transport serving Sandsend is the Arriva North East 4 & X4 bus service, which runs from Whitby up the coast to

Middlesbrough Middlesbrough ( ) is a town on the southern bank of the River Tees in North Yorkshire, England. It is near the North York Moors national park. It is the namesake and main town of its local borough council area. Until the early 1800s, the a ...

. The main road through the town is the A174 which runs from Whitby to Thornaby-On-Tees. Sandsend is located on the coastal part of the

Cleveland Way The Cleveland Way is a National Trail in the historic area of Cleveland in North Yorkshire, northern England. It runs between Helmsley and the Brigg at Filey, skirting the North York Moors National Park. History Development of the Clevela ...

and it follows the course of the old railway line northwards.

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