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Scarborough War Memorial is a war memorial at the north end of Oliver's Mount in the town of Scarborough in North Yorkshire. It is listed Grade II on the National Heritage List for England. The memorial consists of a stone obelisk atop a square pedestal on a square mound. 11 steps lead up to the obelisk. It was dedicated on 26 September 1923 in a ceremony attended by Councillor William Boyes and Reverend J. Wynwayd Capron. It was later rededicated on 12 November 1950. The memorial names 241 individuals who died in World War II and 70 who died in the Korean War. The 53 civilians of Scarborough who were killed in World War I and the 42 civilians who died in World War II are also named.
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St Edward the Confessor's Church, Scarborough
St Edward the Confessor's Church is a Catholic church in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, a town in England.
The first Catholic church in Scarbough was St Peter's. By the 1890s, the town had grown, and it was decided to establish chapels of ease in suburbs of the town. The first of these was St Edward the Confessor, in the South Cliff area of the town. Fundraising was slow, and work began in 1912, after a Mr Anderson from York donated £1,000. The building was designed by John Petch & Son, and was completed in 1914. It is in the neo-Byzantine style, described by Eugène Roulin as being "modernised with tactful taste". In 1968, the church was given its own parish, but it became a chapel of ease again in 1999.
The church is built of red brick with stone dressings, and has a pantile roof. It consists of a nave and sanctuary, porch and southwest tower. The tower is square in the lower stages and octagonal in its upper stage, with a tiled pyramidal roof. The windows have elaborate tracery, inspired by early Christian examples. The interior is simple, with a panelled dado, original oak pews, a stone altar with carvings of reindeer, and a stone reredos. There is a panelled canopy above the altar, and a wooden gallery at the west end.
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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 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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Oliver's Mount
Oliver's Mount is an area of high ground overlooking Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England. It offers views over the town, a tribute monument to the war dead, camping and caravanning at selected times of the year, 10 football pitches, 1 rugby league pitch, in the past a small school, and a cafe, but may be primarily known for its motorcycle races. Oliver's Mount first held a motorcycle race in 1946, and continues to hold motorcycle circuit racing today, and also holds car rally and car hill-climb events. Cars have raced here twice, in 1955 and 1956.
In 2016 Oliver's Mount was the summit for the final classified climb on the third stage of the Tour de Yorkshire cycle race.
The site also houses the broadcasting transmitter which provides TV and radio services to Scarborough and the surrounding areas.
Oliver's Mount is named after Oliver Cromwell, as it was thought that he had sited guns there, although there is no evidence that Cromwell visited Scarborough during the Civil War. This name was in use by 1804; previously the hill was known as Weaponness, which now refers to the area of the town around Oliver's Mount and Filey Road, and one of the wards of the borough.