Perhaps we are getting complacent? A little blasé even. Filey’s beach has featured in yet another ‘best beaches’ article. They seem to be almost daily. Perhaps it is because we have always known that our beach is on a par with anything? Everyone else seems to be catching on. We partly joke of course. It is […]

Once again Filey has been named among the best beaches in Britain. This time by the New York based Condé Nast. Of course, there are many such lists and understandably Filey appears in virtually them all. This time the beaches aren’t listed in any order, so Filey is one among a selected forty-four of ‘the best beaches […]

As this busiest of summers shows little sign of slowing down, the pressure on our beaches has been tremendous. Whilst the vast majority of visitors leave little more than footprints, unfortunately a persistent minority continue to leave litter on the beach. Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, founded in 1946, is a charity dedicated to conserving, protecting and […]

Another accolade comes Filey’s way, as the beach has been listed in The Guardian’s 10 of Britain’s best wild beach walks. It comes hard on the heels of Hunmanby Gap being named in The Times top ten beaches in 2020. Once again the wide open spaces are highlighted as being ideal in this post-Covid world. Although […]

Whilst Filey’s award-winning beach is among the cleanest in the country, a lot of work goes on to keep it in its pristine condition. Recently volunteers found a packet dating from 1997 on the beach near Coble Landing! It was part of 24Kg of rubbish removed from the beach. In a 100m survey area were fifty-seven cigarette butts, […]

Yorkshire Water has announced that the water quality at Reighton has achieved the ‘excellent’ rating, meaning that the beach can now apply for the coveted blue flag award. The water quality moved from ‘good’ to ‘excellent’. Several other Yorkshire beaches were also promoted to the excellent category, including Scarborough North Bay, Hornsea and Robin Hood’s […]