| Cayton | |
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.svg)  Cayton Location withinNorth Yorkshire | |
| Population | 2,328 (2011 census)[1] |
| OS grid reference | TA053833 |
| • London | 185 mi (298 km) S |
| Civil parish |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SCARBOROUGH |
| Postcode district | YO11 |
| Dialling code | 01723 |
| Police | North Yorkshire |
| Fire | North Yorkshire |
| Ambulance | Yorkshire |
| UK Parliament | |
| 54°14′07″N0°23′00″W / 54.23528°N 0.38333°W /54.23528; -0.38333 | |
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Cayton is a village andcivil parish inNorth Yorkshire, England, 4 miles (6 km) south ofScarborough.
Cayton is mentioned in theDomesday Book asCaitune.
In 2010, Cayton won aSilver-gilt, at theBritain in Bloom awards. This was achieved despite earliersabotage attacks on a number of flower beds in the village.[2]
Second World War defences were constructed around Cayton. They included a section post and severalpillboxes. Many of the remaining defences have been subject tocoastal erosion.
The village sent 45 men to the First World War, and 60 to the Second. There was not a single fatality amongst the combined 105 men, with only one soldier suffering a serious injury during the First World War, then being subsequently spared by a German Officer.[2]
In April 2008, a majorlandslip caused tons of earth to slip down the cliff side at the edge of Cayton Bay close to Osgodby,[3] leavingbungalows on theKnipe Point estate teetering on the edge of the cliff.[4] The slope movements, caused by water seeping through the clay cliffs,[5] resulted in three properties being demolished and other properties in the Knipe Point Estate and the A165 Filey Road being threatened.[6] A number of the remaining homes are still at risk as the slope and theNational Trust land below it are designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI); despite an initial outlay of £90,000[7] by Scarborough Borough Council and the National Trust an engineered solution could not be found that would satisfy the technical, environmental and cost-effective criteria set byNatural England, theEnvironment Agency andDefra.[8]
Anelectoral ward of the same name exists. The population of this ward at the2011 UK census was 4,152.[9] Cayton parish had a population of 2,328[1] a decrease on the2001 UK census figure of 2,407.[10]
From 1974 to 2023 it was part of theBorough of Scarborough, it is now administered by the unitaryNorth Yorkshire Council.
Cayton County Primary School educates pupils aged 4 to 11 years.
Cayton Bay forms one of a series of large sweeping sandy bays on the edge of the North Yorkshire National Park which run fromBridlington in the south toWhitby in the north. There is a surf shop and car park on the cliff tops above the bay.
Cayton railway station on theYorkshire Coast Line fromHull toScarborough served the village until it closed on 5 May 1952.[11]
The village is the birthplace ofMikey North, who portraysGary Windass, inCoronation Street. North attended the nearbyGeorge Pindar School.[12]
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