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Where is Scarborough?

Scarborough is located in the county of North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber, seven miles north-west of the town of Filey, 35 miles north-east of the major city of York, 160 miles south-east of Edinburgh, and 192 miles north of London. Scarborough was historically in the county of Yorkshire. Scarborough falls within the unitary authority of North Yorkshire. It is in the YO11 postcode district. The post town for Scarborough is Scarborough.

Scarborough on a map

Map showing extent of Scarborough as bounding box
Bounding box showing extent of Scarborough
Map showing location of Scarborough within the UK
Location of Scarborough within the UK

Which county is Scarborough in?

Scarborough is in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, the historic county of Yorkshire, and the administrative county of North Yorkshire.

Ceremonial CountyNorth Yorkshire
Historic CountyYorkshire
Administrative CountyNorth Yorkshire

Where is Scarborough in North Yorkshire?

Scarborough is situated roughly centrally between the southernmost and northernmost extremities of North Yorkshire, and towards the easternmost extremity of North Yorkshire.

Map showing location of Scarborough within North Yorkshire
Location of Scarborough within North Yorkshire

What is the postcode for Scarborough?

The nearest postcode to the centre of Scarborough is YO11 1LD.

Where is Scarborough in YO11?

Scarborough is situated towards the northernmost extremity of the YO11 postcode district, and towards the westernmost extremity of the YO11 postcode district.

Map showing location of Scarborough within YO11
Location of Scarborough within YO11

What is the post town for Scarborough?

The post town for Scarborough is Scarborough. Scarborough is in the YO11 postcode district, which corresponds to the post town of Scarborough.

What is the latitude and longitude of Scarborough?

The centre of Scarborough is located at position 54.28158° latitude and -0.40221° longitude.

Latitude54.28158°
Longitude-0.40221°

What is the easting and northing of Scarborough?

The centre of Scarborough is located at the grid reference easting 504123 and northing 488504 within the British National Grid (OSGB36) system.

Easting504123
Northing488504

What are the nearest towns to Scarborough?

Position of Scarborough relative to nearby towns. Distance is measured from the centre of Scarborough to the centre of the town.

north-west
7m
Scarborough is 7 miles north-west of Filey
east
15m
Scarborough is 15 miles east of Pickering
north-west
16m
Scarborough is 16 miles north-west of Bridlington
south-east
17m
Scarborough is 17 miles south-east of Whitby
north-east
19m
Scarborough is 19 miles north-east of Norton-on-Derwent
north-east
19m
Scarborough is 19 miles north-east of Malton
north
19m
Scarborough is 19 miles north of Driffield
east
21m
Scarborough is 21 miles east of Kirkbymoorside
east
27m
Scarborough is 27 miles east of Helmsley
south-east
27m
Scarborough is 27 miles south-east of Loftus

What are the nearest cities to Scarborough?

Position of Scarborough relative to nearby cities. Distance is measured from the centre of Scarborough to the centre of the city.

north-east
35m
Scarborough is 35 miles north-east of York
north
37m
Scarborough is 37 miles north of Kingston upon Hull
east
47m
Scarborough is 47 miles east of Ripon
north-east
57m
Scarborough is 57 miles north-east of Leeds
south-east
58m
Scarborough is 58 miles south-east of Sunderland
south-east
59m
Scarborough is 59 miles south-east of Durham
north-east
60m
Scarborough is 60 miles north-east of Doncaster
north-east
61m
Scarborough is 61 miles north-east of Wakefield
north-east
65m
Scarborough is 65 miles north-east of Bradford
south-east
68m
Scarborough is 68 miles south-east of Newcastle upon Tyne

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