The Athletic Ground, latterly known as the McCain Stadium, was a football stadium located on Seamer Road in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It was the home of Scarborough F.C., a defunct football club who last played in the English Conference North before they were dissolved on 20 June 2007 with debts of £2.5 million.
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Coast & County Radio
Coast & County Radio (also referred to as Coast and County Radio) is a community radio station, primarily serving the Yorkshire Coast and Ryedale areas of England. It was launched on 9 November 2016 on the MuxCo North Yorkshire DAB multiplex. DAB transmissions ceased on 1 January 2019, when the station became online only. It has studios in Scarborough and Malton.
In September 2020 it was announced that the station would start broadcasting to Scarborough on 97.4 FM, from the Oliver's Mount transmitter. The FM test broadcasts began in October 2020, with the programme service beginning on 2 November 2020.
In August 2021 plans were announced to extend coverage. With additional FM transmitters proposed for Whitby and Ravenscar. The Whitby transmitter, located at the Whitby Town F.C. ground came into service early November 2021. The switch on date for the Ravenscar transmitter has yet to be published.
On 16 November 2024 the station began broadcasting once again on the MuxCo North Yorkshire DAB multiplex, this time using the DAB+ standard and the following month the station was given permission by Ofcom to extend its broadcast area into Ryedale.
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Scarborough Athletic F.C.
Scarborough Athletic Football Club is an association football club based in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The club currently play in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system.
The club was formed on 25 June 2007 as a phoenix club following the winding up of Scarborough Football Club. After spending their first ten seasons groundsharing at Queensgate, Bridlington Town, the club moved into a new stadium, Flamingo Land Stadium in Scarborough in July 2017. In 2025, it was confirmed that the club would again be groundsharing with Bridlington Town after the 3G pitch at the Flamingo Land Stadium had serious structural issues and that the work needed was not going to be complete in time to start the new 2025–26 season. The agreement will see Scarborough Athletic play the full 2025–26 season away from Scarborough.
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Scarborough Sports Village
Scarborough Sports Village is a sports complex with a football stadium in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, it is the home ground of Scarborough Athletic F.C.
Construction of the stadium started in 2016 with the final opening coming in 2017. The main sponsor of the site, Flamingo Land, is off the A169 road between Malton and Pickering.
The first match to be played at the stadium was a friendly on 15 July 2017 versus a Sheffield United XI.
The stadium originally had a capacity 2,070 people, with 250 seats, but since the building of a new stand in summer 2019, the capacity had increased to 2,833 with 586 seats. After revaluation during the pre season of 2022-23 the ground capacity was further increased to 3,252, enough to satisfy National North stadium regulations.
Further stadium developments are planned for the summer of 2023, including a covered stand, improved welfare facilities and seating in the away supporters, "swimming pool end". Also planned is a part fan funded Fanzone around the back of the Shed End stand. This will include the Victory Bar, office space and club shop.
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Scarborough power station
Scarborough power station supplied electricity to the town of Scarborough and the surrounding area from 1893 to 1958. It was owned and operated by the Scarborough Electric Supply Company Limited from 1893 to 1925, then by Scarborough Corporation until the nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948. The coal-fired power station had an ultimate electricity generating capacity of 7 MW prior to its closure in October 1958.
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