Sovereign state United Kingdom Ceremonial county North Yorkshire Area 816.5 km² | Constituent country England Area rank 43rd | |
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Region Yorkshire and the Humber Administrative HQ Scarborough (Town Hall) Colleges and Universities Yorkshire Coast College, University of Hull Scarborough Campus Points of interest Peasholm Park, Scarborough Castle, Rotunda Museum, Scarborough Fair Collection, North Yorkshire Moors Ra Destinations Whitby, Scarborough - North Yorkshire, Filey, Staithes, Robin Hood's Bay | ||
The Borough of Scarborough (/ˈskɑːrbrə/ or /ˈskɑːrbərə/) is a non-metropolitan district and borough of North Yorkshire, England. In addition to the town of Scarborough, it covers a large stretch of the coast of Yorkshire, including Whitby and Filey. It borders Redcar and Cleveland to the north, the Ryedale and Hambleton districts to the west and the East Riding of Yorkshire to the south.
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Map of Scarborough District, UK
The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972. It was a merger of the urban district of Filey and part of the Bridlington Rural District, from the historic East Riding of Yorkshire, along with the municipal borough of Scarborough, Scalby and Whitby urban districts, and Scarborough Rural District and Whitby Rural District, from the historic North Riding.
In 2007, the borough was threatened with extinction. In March of that year, North Yorkshire County Council was shortlisted by the Department for Communities and Local Government to be a unitary authority. If the bid had been successful then the Borough of Scarborough would have—along with all other districts and boroughs in the present county of North Yorkshire—been abolished. The bid, however, was unsuccessful and the districts remain as they were previously constituted.
The political composition of the council since the 2003 election is as follows:
Education
There are a total of 64 schools and colleges, in the Scarborough area, as of 2012.
Villages in Scarborough
The Borough of Scarborough includes the villages of Allerston, Crossgates, East Ayton, Eastfield, Ebberston, Hutton Buscel, Irton, Ravenscar, Seamer, West Ayton and Wilton.