Scarborough
Population 61,749 (Wikidata)
Before you go
- January: 7 h 54 of daylight
- February: 9 h 46 of daylight
- March: 11 h 47 of daylight
- April: 14 h 02 of daylight
- May: 16 h of daylight
- June: 17 h 10 of daylight
- July: 16 h 41 of daylight
- August: 14 h 56 of daylight
- September: 12 h 46 of daylight
- October: 10 h 36 of daylight
- November: 8 h 33 of daylight
- December: 7 h 22 of daylight
Getting there
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Where you can go from Scarborough
- Under 1 h
- 1–2 h
- 2–3 h
- 3–5 h
- 5 h +
From Scarborough's stations on a Tuesday at 08:00, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
1 to 2 hours· 2
3 to 5 hours· 39
- Newcastle upon Tyne3h 02
- Durham3h 08
- Manchester3h 11
- Peterborough3h 11
- Salford3h 20
- Sunderland3h 26
- Derby3h 29
- Middlesbrough3h 30
- Bolton3h 36
- Berwick-upon-Tweed3h 47
29 moreFewer
- Ely3h 48
- Burnley3h 49
- Stockport3h 55
- Cleethorpes3h 55
- Stevenage3h 58
- Nottingham4h
- Accrington4h
- Lincoln4h
- Liverpool4h 01
- Preston4h 01
- London4h 03
- Cambridge4h 04
- Leicester4h 05
- Birmingham4h 06
- Wigan4h 06
- Stamford4h 08
- Warrington4h 18
- St Albans4h 26
- Nelson4h 27
- Runcorn4h 28
- Edinburgh4h 32
- Coventry4h 33
- Altrincham4h 35
- Reading4h 48
- Chester4h 51
- Blackpool4h 52
- Cheltenham4h 52
- Chelmsford4h 53
- Milton Keynes4h 53
5 hours or more· 65
- Tewkesbury5h 04
- Guildford5h 04
- Northampton5h 10
- Crawley5h 11
- North Berwick5h 12
- Norwich5h 14
- Colchester5h 15
- Gloucester5h 15
- Farnborough5h 16
- Oxford5h 17
55 moreFewer
- Windsor and Eton5h 18
- Shrewsbury5h 22
- Swindon5h 24
- Southend-on-Sea5h 25
- Annan5h 28
- Winchester5h 28
- Brighton5h 29
- Ipswich5h 30
- Worcester5h 30
- Stratford-upon-Avon5h 32
- Bristol5h 34
- Canterbury5h 36
- Wrexham5h 36
- Glasgow5h 37
- Eastleigh5h 37
- Kirkcaldy5h 38
- Folkestone5h 43
- Southampton5h 45
- Salisbury5h 45
- Hastings5h 46
- Eastbourne5h 49
- Bath5h 51
- Stirling5h 53
- Portsmouth5h 57
- Arundel6h 04
- Cardiff6h 10
- Ludlow6h 11
- Warminster6h 12
- Bournemouth6h 17
- Llanfairpwllgwyngyll6h 19
- Cromer6h 24
- Llandudno6h 25
- Lille6h 28
- Perth6h 35
- Greenock6h 36
- Lanark6h 44
- Helensburgh6h 44
- Exeter6h 46
- Dundee6h 56
- Paris7h 01
- Brussels7h 08
- Aberystwyth7h 23
- Tywyn7h 27
- Saint-Cloud7h 29
- Swansea7h 32
- Kraainem7h 34
- Whitby7h 34
- Torquay7h 35
- Versailles7h 40
- Leuven7h 45
- Kortrijk7h 47
- Plymouth7h 49
- Aalst7h 52
- Mechelen7h 52
- Disneyland Paris7h 56
From Scarborough's stations on a Friday at 17:30, by train, coach or ferry, to the other city's station: the wait for the first train included, not the way to the station.
2 to 3 hours· 11
- Huddersfield2h 07
- Sheffield2h 21
- Middlesbrough2h 23
- Newcastle upon Tyne2h 32
- Durham2h 38
- Peterborough2h 39
- Manchester2h 42
- Salford2h 50
- Sunderland2h 54
- Stamford2h 57
1 moreFewer
3 to 5 hours· 48
- Bolton3h 06
- Lincoln3h 13
- Burnley3h 19
- Ely3h 19
- Stockport3h 25
- Cleethorpes3h 25
- Stevenage3h 28
- Accrington3h 30
- Liverpool3h 31
- Nottingham3h 31
38 moreFewer
- London3h 34
- Preston3h 34
- Cambridge3h 35
- Leicester3h 35
- Wigan3h 36
- Birmingham3h 39
- Warrington3h 48
- Nelson3h 56
- St Albans3h 56
- Runcorn3h 58
- Berwick-upon-Tweed4h
- Coventry4h 04
- Altrincham4h 05
- Edinburgh4h 06
- Reading4h 18
- Whitby4h 19
- Milton Keynes4h 20
- Cheltenham4h 22
- Chelmsford4h 23
- Chester4h 23
- Blackpool4h 25
- Tewkesbury4h 31
- Folkestone4h 31
- Gloucester4h 32
- Guildford4h 35
- Crawley4h 41
- Colchester4h 45
- North Berwick4h 45
- Farnborough4h 46
- Windsor and Eton4h 48
- Oxford4h 49
- Northampton4h 50
- Canterbury4h 53
- Shrewsbury4h 56
- Swindon4h 57
- Southend-on-Sea4h 58
- Winchester4h 58
- Brighton4h 59
5 hours or more· 1
From published timetables, as of 19 October 2026. Only cities with a page here, in the countries we have timetables for.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Rotunda Museum Museum · 280 m
- Maritime Heritage Museum · 840 m
- Scarborough Art Gallery Gallery · 170 m
- Queen Victoria Memorial Statue Memorial · 520 m
- South Cliff Clock tower Monument · 990 m
- Mandy Apple Gallery · 720 m
- Terror Tower Attraction · 820 m
- Wood End Gallery Gallery · 130 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Goldwing Light Parade
September
Goldwing Light Parade is an evening parade of garishly-lit Goldwing motorbikes, plus fireworks, fundraising for charity. It's in September
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Scarborough Pride
September
Scarborough Pride parade is in September
2 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Scarborough); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Scarborough 360 m
- Betty's Dial-a-Cab 730 m
- Atlas Cars 860 m
- Nippy Taxis 860 m
- Peasholm 1.9 km
- Scalby Mills 2.7 km
More train stations: Seamer 4.2 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.