Filey

Filey 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.
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  • Type: Town with 6,820 residents
  • Description: town and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Filey, North Yorkshire”, “Five Leys”, and “フィリー”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Filey railway station and Filey Museum.

Railway station
Photo: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Grade II* listed station…

Museum
Photo: Peter Church, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church
Photo: Mel Towler, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Royal Oak.

Hamlet
is an area in , England…

Filey

Latitude
54.2097° or 54° 12′ 35″ north
Longitude
-0.2888° or 0° 17′ 20″ west
Population
6,820
Elevation
118 feet (36 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB FLY
Open location code
9C6X6P56+VF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29071577
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2649463
Wiki­data ID
Q82334
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Filey” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Filey”
  • Basque: “Filey”
  • Belarusian: “Філі”
  • Bengali: “ফিলে”
  • Catalan: “Filey”
  • Cebuano: “Filey”
  • Chinese: “夫艾雷”
  • Chinese: “法利”
  • Dutch: “Filey”
  • French: “Filey”
  • German: “Filey”
  • Gujarati: “ફાઇલી”
  • Irish: “Filey”
  • Italian: “Filey”
  • Japanese: “ファイリー”
  • Kannada: “ಫೈಲಿ”
  • Korean: “필리”
  • Ladin: “Filey”
  • Latin: “Fiveleia”
  • Lithuanian: “Failis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Filey”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Filey”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Fīlēah”
  • Persian: “فیلی، یورک‌شر شمالی”
  • Persian: “فیلی”
  • Polish: “Filey”
  • Portuguese: “Filey”
  • Romanian: “Filey”
  • Russian: “Фили”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Filey”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فیلی، قوزئی یورک‌شر”
  • Spanish: “Filey”
  • Swedish: “Filey”
  • Tamil: “பிளே”
  • Telugu: “ఫైలి”
  • Turkish: “Filey”
  • Urdu: “فائلے”
  • Urdu: “فیلے”
  • Volapük: “Filey”
  • Welsh: “Filey”
  • “Filey”
  • “ma Pili”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Old Town and Seadale Gardens.

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