Sleights

Sleights

infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 54.4503
longitude = -0.6624
official_name = Sleights
population =
shire_district = Scarborough
region = Yorkshire and the Humber
shire_county = North Yorkshire
constituency_westminster =
post_town =
postcode_district =
postcode_area =
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = NZ868069

Sleights is rumoured to be the largest village in North YorkshireFact|date=June 2007, England. It is located in the Esk Valley in the postal region of Whitby, and is part of the borough of Scarborough, and is a historically important fishing town and a former home of Captain Cook. The village is strung out along the steep main A169 road that runs north - south between Whitby and Pickering across the North York Moors. At the top end of the village is 'Blue Bank' with a gradient of 1 in 4. Following numerous accidents on the hill over the years, the side of Blue Bank is equipped with an escape lane of soft sand to stop vehicles whose brakes fail careering into buildings at the bottom of the hill.At the bottom of the village, the road crosses the Esk Valley Railway, allowing access to Sleights railway station. The road crosses the River Esk on a high bridge, opened on 26 January, 1937. The road continues up the hill to reach the A171 Whitby to Middlesbrough trunk road.

There are also village shops,a post office, tea rooms, two pubs, and a sports field, used mainly for cricket. A new pavilion was built recently after a great deal of fundraising by the Sleights sportsfield committee.


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