LOCATION 3
The Harbour, Scarborough
(not dated)
Frederick William Booty 1840-1924
Additional Information
At the north end of the Old
(Vincent’s) pier is a lectern giving information about the Albert Strange
Pontoons. In the Old Town, St Mary’s
Parish Church is prominent, to its right the white building is Paradise House,
widelybelieved to be the birthplace, in 1773, of Sir George Cayley, ‘the
Father of Aeronautics’. In 1917 the
building reopened as the Graham
Sea Training
School, as which it remained for 55 years before
being converted to flats.
The length of Sandside
running to the north of the harbour is in the Scarborough Conservation Area and
was recently refurbished as part of Scarborough’s
Urban Renaissance project.
The bridge joining the Old Pier
and the Lighthouse Pier is named after the late Captain Sydney Smith MBE to commemorate his life and celebrate his love of Scarborough
and the sea. Walk to the end of the pier
to see ‘The Diving Belle’ one of a pair of sculptures commissioned by the Civic
Society. Its partner, the Bathing Belle,
is in the pedestrian precinct outside the Brunswick Centre.
Directions to Location 4
Retrace your steps along the
pier, cross Sandside and follow the footpath which starts at the foot of Castle
Hill and goes up eventually to the Castle. (The footpath is initially very
steep for wheelchairs and scooters.) Keep to the left of the steps which go up to the Castle and follow the
path along to Burr Bank.