Scarborough is north of Flamborough and historically targeted a more wealthy clientele than Bridlington. You can see this by the size of the buildings here, such as the Grand Hotel shown below.
It has a beautiful sandy beach, a fishing harbour, amusement arcades, fish and chip shops, and hills! Flamborough and Bridlington are quite flat in comparison. The town centre is up hill from the beach and we visited Scarborough today for its theatre. The award-winning writer/director Sir Alan Ayckbourn runs the Stephen Joseph theatre in Scarborough, and he writes delightfully funny plays about middle class English manners. It is a theatre in the round, so you are very close to the action and hence very involved in the production; thoroughly recommend attending a show here if you have the opportunity.
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