Gallows Close goods yard

Gallows Close goods yard was a freight transfer yard on the Scarborough and Whitby Railway in the town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. The yard was opened in 1899 to relieve pressure on the main station in Scarborough and to release space for passenger use. After the Scarborough and Whitby Railway closed down, Gallows Close remained in use as a goods yard until final closure came in 1985.

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Scarborough Windmill

Scarborough Windmill, also known as Victoria Mill, is a historic building in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a town in England. The windmill was built in about 1785 by Thomas Robinson. It was built on land owned by Scarborough Corporation and was originally known as the "Common Mill". The corn mill changed hands regularly before being purchased by Francis and Moses Harrison in about 1850. The brothers ran a business selling both corn and seeds. The mill originally had six sails, but these were badly damaged in a storm in 1880, one falling and killing a cow, and after repair it had only four sails. These were removed in 1898 and the mill was then powered by an engine. The mill closed in 1927 and was disused for many years before in 1988 being converted into part of a hotel. In 1997, it became self-catering accommodation, and in 1999, the sails and cap were replaced. The windmill is built of brick on a stone plinth. It is tapering, and has a circular plan and six storeys. Steps lead up to the doorway that has a segmental brick arch. There is another higher doorway, and the other openings are rectangular and decreasing in size towards the top. Inside, there are two apartments, each over two floors. Both have a combined lounge and kitchen area, and an en suite bedroom. The building has been grade II listed since 1987.

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Falsgrave

Falsgrave is an area of Scarborough in North Yorkshire, England. The settlement pre-dates the Domesday Book survey and was the manor which Scarborough belonged to. Gradually the settlements importance inverted, the area now a south west continuation of shops from the town centre street of Westborough. Parts of the area were designated as a conservation area in 1985. It is also where the A170 (to Thirsk) and A171 (to Middlesbrough) roads meet.

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Scarborough Londesborough Road railway station

Scarborough Londesborough Road railway station, originally called Washbeck Excursion Station, was built as an excursion station to ease operating pressure at Scarborough Central in the holiday resort of Scarborough. The site chosen was the old engine shed location to the south of Scarborough Central railway station, and the engine shed were moved further south. It had a through and a bay platform, and was typically only used on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. Excursion trains from all over the country could be routed into it rather than the main Central station to disembark their passengers before heading onwards to the Whitby branch line to be stabled in carriage sidings at Northstead/Gallows Close on the town's northern outskirts. Return services would follow the same route in the opposite direction to load up before departure. It cost £7,635 (equivalent to £1,007,000 in 2023) and was opened on 8 June 1908 by the North Eastern Railway, but it was not advertised in public timetables until 1933, after it had been upgraded to a public station and was renamed. Ancillary works for the station included a new signal box and viaduct at Washbeck (just to the south) (£5,900), and 4 miles (6.4 km) of carriage sidings at Northstead (£4,000), meaning a grand total of £16,635 (equivalent to £2,194,000 in 2023). It had one through platform, at 300 yards (270 m) in length which could handle a 14-carriage train, and a south-facing end platform, at 250 yards (230 m) in length which could handle 11-carriage trains. No passenger rail services operated between the two stations (Londesbrough Road and Scarborough), and the only way for passengers to transfer between the two was via public roads. It was closed to passenger trains by British Railways on 25 August 1963, but remained in use for stabling coaching stock until its official closure on 4 July 1966. The station building and the remains of the 14 coach long platform can still be seen from trains on the Yorkshire Coast Line and on the York to Scarborough section of the North TransPennine route on the west side of the tracks approaching Scarborough. However, most of the platform has been demolished due to the construction of a new service depot for TransPennine Express trains.

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Scarborough railway station

Scarborough, formerly Scarborough Central, is a Grade II listed railway station serving the seaside town of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. It lies 42 miles (68 km) east of York and is one of the eastern termini on the North TransPennine route; it is managed by TransPennine Express. and is also served by Northern Trains. The station is also at the northern end of the Yorkshire Coast line and is reputed to have the longest station seat in the world at 456-foot (139 m). From 1907 until 2010, the station approaches were controlled from a 120-lever signal box named Falsgrave; this is sited at the outer end of platform 1 and close to the former excursion station at Scarborough Londesborough Road. In its final years, Falsgrave box controlled a mixture of colour-light and semaphore signals, including a gantry carrying 11 semaphores. The signal box was decommissioned in September 2010 and the gantry was dismantled and removed in October 2010. Its new home is at Grosmont railway station, on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The new signalling is a relay-based interlocking with two- and three-aspect LED signals controlled from an extension to the existing panel at nearby Seamer. Simplification of the track layout and major renewals took place at the same time.

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