Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire
Situated about six miles south of Whitby and four miles north of Ravenscar lies the small unspoilt fishing village of Robin Hoods Bay, which is one of the most popular tourist resorts on North Yorkshire's east coast. It is not known exactly when the first settlement on the current site of Robin Hoods Bay was, although there a roman watch tower built at Ravenscar sometime in the fourth century, and it is likely that the first inhabitants were Saxon and then later Norsemen.
The first written account of Robin Hoods Bay was by John Leland in 1536, who wrote "a fischer townelet of 20 bootes with Dok or Bosom of a mile yn length". As the eighteenth century approached, Robin Hoods Bay became more synonymous with smuggling as a sideline to fishing which reached its peak in the nineteenth century.
Today, tourists flock to Robin Hoods Bay to enjoy the narrow streets and old buildings that house many coffee shops, pubs and shops.
There is ample car parking in Robins Hoods Bay at the top of village on the site of the old railway station, which closed in 1965 when the Scarborough to Whitby line fell under the axe of the Beeching Report. Fortunately most of the old line remains intact and there is a cycle trail which runs from outside to Whitby through Ravenscar and onto Scarborough. Car parking at this site during the winter months in Robin Hoods Bay is also free as well.
Robin Hoods Bay offers some of the most breathtaking coastal scenery in the country and the Cleveland Way also passes through as it follows the line of the cliffs to Ravenscar.
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