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Filey, with its peaceful gardens overlooking the sea and quaint streets lined with fascinating shops and tearooms, is a small but perfectly-formed example of an Edwardian seaside resort.

It is an ideal place for family visitors with its five-mile stretch of award winning golden sands. The extraordinary Filey Brigg, a narrow rock peninsula revealed at low tide, is great for exploring rockpools before heading up the cliff paths to Filey Country Park and following one of the nature trails.

The award-winning Crescent Gardens have stunning views across Filey Bay and are the perfect place to relax while, perhaps, listening to music drifting from the recentlybuilt bandstand.

In the heart of Filey you will find the Evron Centre, the town’s main arts venue, which hosts music, films, exhibitions and fairs throughout the year.

The famous coble landing, where fisherfolk used to sell their catch and from where boats are still launched, is backed by traditional beach chalets. From here Ray Lonsdale’s sculpture, A High Tide in Short Wellies, donated by philanthropist Maureen Robinson, looks out to sea. Maureen gave the work to Filey as a town for which she has “fond memories”.

This year the county’s biggest and most diverse car rally, the Trackrod Rally Yorkshire, on September 29–30 will be based in and around Filey. The rally will feature an array of vehicles from the 1960s to the present day and comprises two events: the Trackrod Historic Cup, over six stages, and the Trackrod Forest Stages, with five stages. TIMELESS PLEASURES: Rockpooling on Filey Brigg and, above left, the sculpture A High Tide in Short Wellies.