Town Hall, Nicholas Street, Scarborough - 01723 383636 Stephen Joseph Theatre, Westborough, Scarborough - 01723 383636 Burniston Road, North Bay, Scarborough - 01723 383636 tourismbureau@scarborough.gov.uk

Skarthi's fort, named after a Norse pirate called Thorgils Skarthi who decided to set up permanent residence around AD980. By 1158, it had become Scardeburg.

Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town lies between 10-230 feet (3-70 m) above sea level, rising steeply northward and westward from the harbour onto limestone cliffs. The older part of the town lies around the harbour and is protected by a rocky headland.

With a population of around 50,000 Scarborough is the largest holiday resort on the Yorkshire coast. The town has fishing and service industries, including a growing digital and creative economy, as well as being a tourist destination.

Inhabitants of the town are known as Scarborians, or as Algerinos by people in Whitby. The origin of this nickname is thought to come from a ship called the Algerino which sunk off the bay of Scarborough; the locals at Scarborough refused to assist the ship in peril and fishermen took a more dangerous route in a lifeboat from Whitby, to the coast of Ravenscar, in a successful effort to save sailors of the Algerino. In an attempt to rid the town of the embarrassing story associated with the nickname, some inhabitants proposed that Algerino was a promiscuous individual of Italian descent who is supposed to have lain with many Scarborough females whilst their partners were at war.