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4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Scarborough, England

Updated June 19, 2026

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Peasholm Park's Naval Battles

80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.

Scarborough Railway Station Bench

Scarborough, England

Scarborough Railway Station Bench

Believed to be the longest railway bench in the world.

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Scarborough, England

Butter Cross

The sole surviving medieval street cross in Scarborough.

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Mermaid Tables

These erosion formations on the wave cut platform have a natural explanation

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'A High Tide In Short Wellies'

A 12-foot-tall metal fisherman looks out over the promenade.

6 miles from Scarborough

Peak Alum Works

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Peak Alum Works

At the height of alum production at this factory, human urine was a valued commodity.

9 miles from Scarborough

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The R.N.L.I Fish

This coin collecting cod is over 130 years old, and the United Kingdom's smallest listed structure.

11 miles from Scarborough

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