{"id":9920,"date":"2014-10-03T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-03T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-filey-north-yorkshire\/"},"modified":"2016-04-04T21:49:40","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T14:49:40","slug":"lets-move-to-filey-north-yorkshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/lets-move-to-filey-north-yorkshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Let's move to Filey, North Yorkshire"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nAn elegant, understated, proper old-school affair, with a rather wonderful promWhat’s going for it? What a bay! What a\u00a0beach! The Costas don’t have anything like Filey. Koh Samui pales. Malibu? Pah! What have they got that compares to this broad, sweeping smile of damp sand, book-ended by the crags of Filey Brigg and the vast, vertical drop of Bempton cliffs, plus their attendant gazillion screeching seabirds? And what a surprise, too. The town, an elegant, understated, proper old-school affair, high on its clifftop and wreathed in foliage, hides its best from view until the very last moment, when you tumble down a\u00a0crack in the rocks and come upon the prom. A\u00a0rather wonderful prom, too, with the necessary slot machines and purveyors of doughnuts and crabsticks grouped at one end, leaving your attention free for most of the sweep to breathe in the thrills and spills provided by nature. Plus there are donkey rides for those into extreme sports. Sure, Filey’s climate requires thermals for most of\u00a0the year (at least if you have a soppy southern constitution), but there are more than enough chippies and teashops to provide additional bodily insulation to prepare you for winter.The case against It’s a little out of the way, under the radar and overshadowed by noisier neighbours Scarborough, Whitby and Bridlington. The small centre is genteel-cum-charity-shop, so don’t come expecting the trappings of 21st-century life. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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