There are two beaches in Scarborough, the North Bay and the South Bay. While I have  posted just a couple of views of the North Bay (here and here), over the next few posts I’ll show a bit more of how the two different beaches in Scarborough compared to each other, at least from my photographic viewpoint. The South Bay is where all the action really is in Scarborough as a “beach destination” kind of town. There’s a street next to the South Bay beach lined with arcades, fish and chip joints, and assorted souvenir stalls. It’s where most of the tourists flock to, actually, and has been a spot attracting English tourists since the 1800s.  Some of the buildings, like the Grand Hotel, date from that period, but have definitely seen better days.  But it’s easy to look at them and imagine that in its day, Scarborough was quite the swanky destination.

BTW, the Grand Hotel is locally nicknamed the “Calendar Hotel”, as apparently it has 365 rooms.

Anyway, we caught views of the South Bay on a sunny day when we climbed to the top of the hill near the castle ruins on the North Bay side (where we were staying), and you’ll see that many of the photos below were taken on that day, and from that vantage point. We actually visited the South Bay side the next day, on a cloudy day, which is why the sky looks different in some of the photos. Of the 8 days we spent in England this time, we were very lucky with the weather, actually, as that day on the South Bay side of Scarborough was our only gray, rainy day.

Anyway, tomorrow we’ll take a closer look at the North Bay side, for comparison. In the meantime, enjoy this trip to an English seaside.