Cayton

Cayton is a locality in , , . Cayton is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Star Carr and Seamer railway station.

Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, FAL.
is a Mesolithic archaeological site in , England. It is around five miles south of . It is generally regarded as the most important and informative Mesolithic site in .

Railway station
serves the village of in , England. It lies near the end of the Scarborough branch on the TransPennine Express North TransPennine route, 39 miles east of at its junction with the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast Line.

Church
Holy Nativity Church is an Anglican parish church in , a town in England. The church was built between 1954 and 1955, to a design by Francis Johnson.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Scarborough and Filey.

is a resort on the coast, with a population of 61,000 in 2024. It has two broad, sandy bays divided by a headland, with confident Victorian hotels ranged above.

is a seaside town in , England. It used to be a fishing village, catching sea trout from cobles, but it lacks a harbour: boats have to be dragged up the sands.

Locality
is a rocky headland on the coast, between and Cayton Bay in North Yorkshire, England. From this point, and running south, is the steeply sloping clay-till cliff on top of which stood the NALGO holiday camp between 1933 and 1974; this is where Drive was later built.

Cayton

Latitude
54.2293° or 54° 13′ 45″ north
Longitude
-0.3796° or 0° 22′ 47″ west
Elevation
105 feet (32 metres)
Open location code
9C6X6JHC+P4
Geo­Names ID
7299254
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