The Beachcomber is a pair of

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services operated in

Bridlington Bridlington (previously known as Burlington) is a seaside town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is on the Holderness part (Flamborough Head to the Humber estuary) of the Yorkshire Coast by the North Sea. The town is ...

and

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during summertime by

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History

The Beachcomber brand was launched in 2019, coinciding with the purchase of eight second-hand

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s. The Scarborough open top service previously operated as route 109. The Bridlington service previously operated as route 100. The services were suspended during the national COVID-19 lockdowns, but returned in July 2020. For 2021, service frequencies on both routes were increased, and the Scarborough route was extended.

Routes

The Bridlington service travels along the coast to

Flamborough Head Flamborough Head () is a promontory, long on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, with sheer white cliffs. The cliff top has two standing lighthouse towers, the olde ...

. The Scarborough service also follows the coast, travelling from The Spa in the south to the

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centre in the north.

References

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