Scarborough Sea Wall Heritage Trail — Attraction in England

A very pleasant walk. It is all flat, very well maintained pavement that would be accessible to wheelchair users or anyone with liited mobility. There are benches situated at regular intervals all along the wall for a quick break. The view is very pleasing and all along the wall you can find displays of information about local history, which keeps the walk even more interesting. There are large seaguls colonies to be seen from the path.

If you are making a circular walk be prepared for a bit of a climb at the end. It is defiitely doable even by those with limited fitness but can be a bit of a challange. If you don't want to go back up towards the old town it is still perfectly possible to enjoy the walk by turning back and continuing on the...

This Sea Wall Heritage Trail is well worth the usually windy walk around the headland. I’m sure most people DeJon have visited Scarborough a few times will think that they know most of the interesting facts but I bet they’ll learn something new here. The Trail consists of a number of grey stone plaques set onto the top of the sea wall and covers Scarborough’s rich history going back to Star Carr and through industrial, fishing and famous Scarborians. A great thing to do on a...

Once getting past the tacky parts of Scarborough with all the souvenir shops, etc, this is what Scarborough is worth coming for: a lovely walk with beautiful views. The history plaques are quite interesting, too. At the beginning of the trail, we got to see some dolphins, too. The air was delightful, too. We traveled by train from York (nice train ride) where it was quite warm, and it was six degrees cooler in...