Section post (partial), Cayton Bay (rear)

Cayton is a village and

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in the Scarborough borough of

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, England, south of Scarborough.

History

Cayton is mentioned in the ''

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'' as "Caitune". In 2010, Cayton won a Silver-gilt, at the

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awards. This was achieved despite earlier

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attacks on a number of flower beds in the village.

Second World War

Second World War defences were constructed around Cayton. They included a section post and several pillboxes. Many of the remaining defences have been subject to

coastal erosion Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents, tides, wind-driven water, waterborne ice, or other impacts of storms. The landwa ...

. The village sent 45 men to the First World War, and 60 to the Second. There was not a single fatality amongst the combined 105 men, with only one soldier suffering a serious injury during the First World War, then being subsequently spared by a German Officer.

Cayton Bay Landslide

In April 2008, a major

landslip Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of environme ...

caused tons of earth to slip down the cliff side at the edge of Cayton Bay close to Osgodby, leaving

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on the Knipe Point estate teetering on the edge of the cliff. The slope movements, caused by water seeping through the clay cliffs, resulted in three properties being demolished and other properties in the Knipe Point Estate and the A165 Filey Road being threatened. A number of the remaining homes are still at risk as the slope and the

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land below it are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (

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); despite an initial outlay of £90,000 by Scarborough Borough Council and the National Trust an engineered solution could not be found that would satisfy the technical, environmental and cost-effective criteria set by

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, the

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and Defra.

Governance

An electoral ward of the same name exists. The population of this ward at the

2011 UK census A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years. The 2011 census was held in all countries of the UK on 27 March 2011. It was the first UK census which could be completed online via the Internet. The Office for National ...

was 4,152. Cayton parish had a population of 2,328 a decrease on the

2001 UK census A nationwide census, known as Census 2001, was conducted in the United Kingdom on Sunday, 29 April 2001. This was the 20th UK census and recorded a resident population of 58,789,194. The 2001 UK census was organised by the Office for National ...

figure of 2,407.

Community

Cayton County Primary School educates pupils aged 4 to 11 years. Cayton Bay forms one of a series of large sweeping sandy bays on the edge of the North Yorkshire National Park which run from

Bridlington Bridlington is a coastal town and a civil parish on the Holderness Coast of the North Sea in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is about north of Hull and east of York. The Gypsey Race enters the North Sea at its harbour. The 2011 Cen ...

in the south to

Whitby Whitby is a seaside town, port and civil parish in the Scarborough borough of North Yorkshire, England. Situated on the east coast of Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk, Whitby has a maritime, mineral and tourist heritage. Its East Clif ...

in the north. There is a surf shop and car park on the cliff tops above the bay. Cayton railway station on the

Yorkshire Coast Line Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have ...

from Hull to Scarborough served the village until it closed on 5 May 1952.

Notable people

The village is the birthplace of

Mikey North Michael "Mikey" North (born 27 September 1986) is an English actor best known for his role as Gary Windass in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' since 2008. Early life North was born in the Cayton area of Scarborough and began acting ...

, who portrays

Gary Windass Gary Windass is a fictional character from the British soap opera ''Coronation Street'', portrayed by Mikey North. He made his first appearance on November 14, 2008, the same episode where his parents Eddie (Steve Huison) and Anna Windass (Deb ...

, in ''

Coronation Street ''Coronation Street'' is an English soap opera created by ITV Granada, Granada Television and shown on ITV (TV network), ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres around a cobbled, terraced street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based ...

''. North attended the nearby George Pindar School.

References

External links

Cayton Village web site

Cayton Parish Council web site

Cayton Bay web site

British Geological Survey {{authority control Villages in North Yorkshire Civil parishes in North Yorkshire