It’s Recycle Week on the Yorkshire Coast, with Filey residents urged to recycle more items from their bathrooms. In the East Riding, waste and recycling officers will be out and about in various towns, including Filey, for Recycling Week which runs from today (Monday 25 September) until Sunday. The awareness week, which is in its 14th […]

There were gold awards given across the North Yorkshire coast in the recent ‘Yorkshire in Bloom.’ The most notable award was for Filey, who claimed gold in Coastal Towns with a population of under 12,000. There were plenty of awards for the Yorkshire Coast in the Open Spaces Category. Friends of Filey Parks were awarded […]

Filey Lions’ annual 10k Beach Run took place yesterday, on Sunday the 3rd of September. It begins at the Country Car Park in Filey, with an 11.00am start. It was set up by nine years ago by Sam Cross who is the President of Filey Lions Club, all with the intention of boosting Filey’s tourism appeal. […]

The producers of the exciting TV survival program are looking for Filey adventurers to test their skills and instincts in the wilderness. Channel 4’s The Island with Bear Grylls will take a group of volunteers to a remote location and push them to their limits. Four contestants from the previous series were from Yorkshire: Police […]

Everyone had fun at the Filey RNLI Lifeboat weekend, which took place last weekend. A fun-filled programme of events was planned over the course of the weekend to celebrate the launch of Filey’s brand new lifeboats, and to celebrate all the hard work and dedication our coastal team puts in to protect us. Over the […]

The Keep Filey Tidy committee has just celebrated its second anniversary. KFT was started by two ladies who loved Filey and wanted to tackle the problem of litter in the local area and raise awareness on the issues that litter can cause. After a series of meetings, the group was expanded and fundraising activities were held […]

The famous Red Arrows, a Spitfire squadron and The RAF Falcons Parachute Display Team will be flying up the coast, over Filey to celebrate the bravery of our armed forces.  The Red Arrows, one of the world’s most famous aerobatic display teams, will take the distinctive Hawk jets to the skies for 15 minutes with […]

The Filey Folk Festival is set to host the critically-acclaimed American folk duo Hungrytown. The respected group will perform at Filey’s Evron Centre Concert Hall on Saturday 29 April. Hungrytown is made up of Rebecca Hall and Ken Anderson from the north-east U.S state of Vermont. The duo’s songs and music have appeared in numerous […]

Making sand castles, playing beach games, paddling, swimming, walking and watching the sea are Filey’s antidote to stressful weeks at work.  1. Go for a long walk A walk along Filey beach to Filey Brigg is a must for most visitors. The rocky promontory of Filey Brigg sticks out into the North Sea and has […]