Primrose Valley is a coastal village south of

Filey Filey () is a seaside town and civil parish in the Borough of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the East Riding of Yorkshire, it is located between Scarborough and Bridlington on Filey Bay. Although it was a fishin ...

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, England, within the Scarborough local government area. It was historically part of the

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until 1974. It had a population of 451 in the

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Tourism

Primrose Valley Holiday Park is a caravan park owned by

Haven Holidays Haven Holidays is a chain of holiday parks in the United Kingdom. It operates self catering static caravan holiday parks with many also including touring and camping facilities. The company operates 41 sites in the UK in predominantly coastal ...

. The park is touted as one of their

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parks, and as one of their largest. Part of the site was previously occupied by

Butlin's Filey Filey Holiday Camp was a Butlin's holiday camp near Filey, North Yorkshire, England, built for Billy Butlin's holiday organisation. Construction of the camp began in 1939. From 1939 to 1945, the camp was used as a military training base, as RAF Hu ...

. Filey Bay Beach, accessed from Primrose Valley, is consistently ranked one of the best in the country.

References

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