Editing Filey (section)

==Geography==
Filey is at the eastern end of the [[Cleveland Way]], a long-distance footpath; it starts at [[Helmsley]] and skirts the [[North York Moors]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Route Description & Downloads {{!}} National Trails|url=https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/cleveland-way/routes|website=www.nationaltrail.co.uk|access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref> It was the second [[National Trail]] to be opened (1969). The town is at the northern end of the [[Yorkshire Wolds Way]] National Trail which starts at [[Hessle]] and crosses the [[Yorkshire Wolds]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Signing the Yorkshire Wolds Way through Filey {{!}} News from the Yorkshire Wolds Way {{!}} National Trails|url=https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/yorkshire-wolds-way/news/signing-yorkshire-wolds-way-through-filey|website=www.nationaltrail.co.uk|access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref> Filey is the finishing point for Great Yorkshire Bike Ride. The {{convert|70|mi|km|adj=on}} ride begins at [[Wetherby Racecourse]].<ref>{{cite web|title=GYBR {{!}} Route details|url=http://www.gybr.co.uk/page/13/route_details.html|website=www.gybr.co.uk|access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref>
[[File:Coble Landing - geograph.org.uk - 1230680.jpg|thumb|right|Fishing boats on the Sea-front]]
Filey has a [[Filey railway station|railway station]] on the [[Yorkshire Coast Line]]. A second station at [[Filey Holiday Camp railway station]] to the south of the town served the former [[Butlins]] [[holiday camp]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Disused Stations: Filey Holiday Camp Station|url=http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/f/filey_holiday_camp/index.shtml|website=www.disused-stations.org.uk|access-date=30 November 2017}}</ref> The camp has since been re-developed into a 600-home holiday housing development, The Bay Filey.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2006/10/26/npbutlins26.xml | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222135021/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/main.jhtml?xml=/property/2006/10/26/npbutlins26.xml | url-status=dead | archive-date=22 December 2007 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=Hi de Hi for a holiday home | first=Lynne | last=Greenwood | date=26 October 2006 | access-date=2 May 2010}}</ref> It is one of the largest coastal developments of this kind in the UK and the first homes were completed in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thebayfiley.com |publisher=The Bay Filey |access-date=13 March 2013|title=Home page}}</ref>

In July 2007 Filey was hit by [[flash flood]]s which caused major problems.<ref>{{cite news
|url = http://www.fileymercury.co.uk/floods/BREAKING-NEWS-Floods-hit.3041242.jp
|title =  Floods Hit
|access-date = 9 December 2007
|date = 18 July 2007
|newspaper = Filey & Hunmanby Mercury
}}</ref><ref>
{{cite news
|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/6905066.stm
|title = Flash floods hit east coast town
|access-date = 29 February 2008
|date = 18 July 2007
|work = BBC
|publisher = [[BBC News Online]]
}}
</ref>

{{Weather box
|location = Scarborough, North Yorkshire:<br>{{nobold|Average maximum and minimum temperatures, and average rainfall recorded between 1991 and 2020 by the [[Met Office]].}}
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan high C = 6.7
|Feb high C = 7.1
|Mar high C = 9.1
|Apr high C = 11.4
|May high C = 14.0
|Jun high C = 16.9
|Jul high C = 19.2
|Aug high C = 19.1
|Sep high C = 16.7
|Oct high C = 13.1
|Nov high C = 9.5
|Dec high C = 7.0
|year high C = 12.5

|Jan low C = 2.0
|Feb low C = 2.0
|Mar low C = 3.1
|Apr low C = 5.0
|May low C = 7.4
|Jun low C = 10.1
|Jul low C = 12.2
|Aug low C = 12.4
|Sep low C = 10.5
|Oct low C = 7.9
|Nov low C = 4.6
|Dec low C = 2.4
|year low C = 6.66

|Jan precipitation mm = 56.9
|Feb precipitation mm = 48.8
|Mar precipitation mm = 45.5
|Apr precipitation mm = 50.4
|May precipitation mm = 45.2
|Jun precipitation mm = 65.5
|Jul precipitation mm = 56.6
|Aug precipitation mm = 69.5
|Sep precipitation mm = 57.3
|Oct precipitation mm = 68.4
|Nov precipitation mm = 73.4
|Dec precipitation mm = 68.0
|year precipitation mm = 705.5

| unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 12.1
| Feb precipitation days = 11.5
| Mar precipitation days = 9.5
| Apr precipitation days = 9.1
| May precipitation days = 8.3
| Jun precipitation days = 9.9
| Jul precipitation days = 10.0
| Aug precipitation days = 10.2
| Sep precipitation days = 9.4
| Oct precipitation days = 11.6
| Nov precipitation days = 13.0
| Dec precipitation days = 12.8
| year precipitation days = 127.3

| Jan sun = 56.3
| Feb sun = 83.5
| Mar sun = 117.9
| Apr sun = 164.8
| May sun = 213.8
| Jun sun = 189.3
| Jul sun = 201.3
| Aug sun = 188.5
| Sep sun = 142.5
| Oct sun = 101.9
| Nov sun = 64.9
| Dec sun = 54.2
| year sun = 1578.8

|source 1 = Met Office<ref>{{cite web |title=Scarborough UK climate averages |url=https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/research/climate/maps-and-data/uk-climate-averages/gcxsy2j7j |website=metoffice.gov.uk |access-date=25 April 2024}}</ref>
}}