Victorian Scarborough: a Walk around the First Great Railway Resort

Dr George Sheeran, lecturer and author of several books, including “The Golden Age of Yorkshire Resorts 1800-1914, will lead a walk around the town’s surviving Victorian and Edwardian buildings, bringing to life the story of its growth as a popular holiday resort.

The guided walk will start at Scarborough station, and take in the Grand Hotel, continue to The Crescent, and down to the beach at Scarborough Spa with a break for lunch, then along South Cliff’s elegant resort buildings and returning with chance to look around St Martins-on-the-Hill (Bodley and the Morris with glass by Burne-Jones).

The walk is timed to allow arrival of the 10.53am train from Manchester, Leeds and York at Scarborough railway station, itself an elegant Victorian survival, dating from 1845.

Image: Former St John the Evangelist Church Scarborough built 1884.

Ticket Price: £5 members. £8 non-members.
Date: April 5th, 2025
Time: 11am - 4pm
Venue: Scarborough town centre starting at the railway station. - View on map
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