Filey is a village as well as civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, it is part of the district of Scarborough between Scarborough as well as Bridlington on the North Sea coast. Although it was an angling village, it has a big beach as well as became a prominent tourist resort. According to the 2011 UK census, Filey church had a population of 6,981, a precise number being 2001 UK census 6,819. Filey goes to the eastern end of the Cleveland Way, a long-distance walkway; it begins at Helmsley as well as skirts the North York Moors. It was the second National Trail to be opened (1969 ). The town is at the northern end of the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail which begins at Hessle and crosses the Yorkshire Wolds. Filey is the finishing factor for Terrific Yorkshire Bike Trip. The 70-mile (110 kilometres) flight starts at Wetherby Racecourse. Filey has a railway station on the Yorkshire Shore Line. A 2nd terminal at Filey Holiday Camp railway station to the south of the community served the former Butlins holiday camp. The camp has actually been re-developed into a 600-home holiday housing development, The Bay Filey. It is among the largest seaside developments of this kind in the UK and also the very first residences were completed in 2007.
