- Cloughton
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Coordinates: 54°20′10″N 0°27′02″W / 54.336100°N 0.450600°W
Cloughton
Cloughton shown within North YorkshirePopulation 711 (2001 census)[1] OS grid reference TA008945 Parish Cloughton District Scarborough Shire county North Yorkshire Region Yorkshire and the Humber Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town SCARBOROUGH Postcode district YO13 Police North Yorkshire Fire North Yorkshire Ambulance Yorkshire EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber UK Parliament Scarborough and Whitby List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire Cloughton (pronounced Cloh-tun) is a small village and civil parish in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Scarborough town centre.
It has a parish church and two pubs - the Blacksmiths Arms and the Red Lion. It is home to a large conference centre and hotel called Cober Hill. It has cricket and football pitches.
According to the 2001 UK census, Cloughton parish had a population of 711.[1] The parish council is Cloughton Parish Council.[2]
Craig White, Yorkshire cricketer, lives in Cloughton. It was also the home of the Reverend G P Taylor, author of Shadowmancer and Wormwood.
References
- ^ a b "2001 Census: Key Statistics: Parish Headcounts: Area: Cloughton CP (Parish)". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. http://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadTableView.do?a=3&b=798185&c=YO13+0AR&d=16&e=13&g=476831&i=1001x1003x1004&m=0&enc=1&dsFamilyId=779. Retrieved 2008-07-06.
- ^ "Cloughton Parish Council". Cloughton Parish Council. http://www.cloughtonpc.org.uk/index.htm. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
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Major holdings Lancashire SurveyBowland · Lancaster Castle · Myerscough · Salwick · Whitewell · Winmarleigh · WyresideYorkshire SurveyCloughton · Goathland · Knaresborough Castle · Pickering Castle · Pontefract Castle · Scalby · The Stray · Tickhill CastleCrewe and South SurveyNeedwood SurveyUrban SurveyThis Scarborough location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.