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36-576: Northcliffe House is a historic building in Filey , a town in North Yorkshire , in England. The original Northcliffe House was built for the wine merchant William Voase, in about 1830, and it was greatly extended in the late 1840s. In 1890, it was purchased by E. Clarke, who commissioned Walter Brierley to demolish the existing building and construct a new house. This was completed in 1892, and

72-421: A Whitby Cat. The graffiti covers around 400 years of Filey's history, and maps out identifiable people, their occupations, changes in literacy and coastal shipping, the start of tourism in the area, and even a possible record of 17th century plague. The graffiti was recorded and analysed by Historic England in 2016. Filey was a small village until the 18th century when visitors from Scarborough arrived seeking

108-461: A defensive ditch and ramparts from a later era. Excavations at the time of the find and subsequently in the 1920s and 1990s uncovered Roman pottery and hoards of coins. The site is a protected Scheduled Monument . The find of Roman remains supports the case for Filey being the Roman settlement of Portus Felix . The 12th century parish church dedicated to St Oswald , on Church Hill in the north of

144-412: A significant hazard, causing more fatalities in the U.S. in an average year than lightning, tornadoes , or hurricanes . They can also deposit large quantities of sediments on floodplains and destroy vegetation cover not adapted to frequent flood conditions. Flash floods most often occur in dry areas that have recently received precipitation , but they may be seen anywhere downstream from the source of

180-754: A small part of the town, including its parish church, was in the North Riding of Yorkshire . In 1974 the town was transferred to the new county of North Yorkshire. Filey is at the eastern end of the Cleveland Way , a long-distance footpath; it starts at Helmsley and skirts the North York Moors . It was the second National Trail to be opened (1969). The town is at the northern end of the Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail which starts at Hessle and crosses

216-427: A storm that occurs on a mesa miles away. The flood sweeps through the canyon; the canyon makes it difficult to climb up and out of the way to avoid the flood. For example, a cloudburst in southern Utah on 14 September 2015 resulted in 20 flash flood fatalities, of which seven fatalities occurred at Zion National Park when hikers were trapped by floodwaters in a slot canyon. Flash floods induce severe impacts in both

252-628: A unitary authority, North Yorkshire Council . Filey was in the Ryedale constituency until the 2010 general election when it became part of the newly formed Thirsk and Malton constituency. Proposed boundary changes to the constituencies, would see Filey be moved from Thirsk and Malton into the Scarborough and Whitby constituency. Coast & Country Housing Limited plan to build 300 houses in Filey. Scarborough council has approved plans for

288-447: A very short time. Second, these rains often fall on poorly absorbent and often clay-like soil, which greatly increases the amount of runoff that rivers and other water channels have to handle. These regions tend not to have the infrastructure that wetter regions have to divert water from structures and roads, such as storm drains, culverts, and retention basins , either because of sparse population or poverty, or because residents believe

324-641: Is elected annually by the members of the town council. The council is based at Filey Town Council Offices on Queen Street. At district level, the town was part of the Scarborough Borough Council area. The town was represented by three councillors on the Borough Council . On the North Yorkshire County Council the town elected one representative. Both councils were abolished in 2023 and replaced with

360-432: Is enough to carry away most SUV-sized vehicles. The U.S. National Weather Service reported in 2005 that, using a national 30-year average, more people die yearly in floods, 127 on average, than by lightning (73), tornadoes (65), or hurricanes (16). In deserts , flash floods can be particularly deadly for several reasons. First, storms in arid regions are infrequent, but they can deliver an enormous amount of water in

396-524: Is in the Jacobethan style. In 1925, the house was purchased by the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers , which used it as a convalescent home for its members. It later sold the house for conversion into apartments. The rear part of the gardens, containing an orangery , was sold off to become the public Northcliffe Gardens, while the orangery was demolished. The building

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432-490: Is located between Scarborough and Bridlington on Filey Bay. Although it was a fishing village , it has a large beach and became a popular tourist resort. According to the 2011 UK census , Filey parish had a population of 6,981, in comparison to the 2001 UK census population figure of 6,819, and a population of 6,870 in 1991. Filey was historically mainly within the East Riding of Yorkshire , although until 1888

468-524: Is one of the largest coastal developments of this kind in the UK and the first homes were completed in 2007. In July 2007 Filey was hit by flash floods which caused major problems. In 1857 the foundations of a 4th-century Roman signal station were discovered at the Carr Naze cliff edge at the northern end of Filey Bay. The structure is 160 feet (50 m) long with a square tower 46 feet (14 m) wide,

504-501: Is very grand. Yesterday it was a somewhat unusually high tide - and I stood about an hour on the cliffs yesterday afternoon - watching the tumbling in of great tawny turbid waves - that make the whole shore white with foam and filled the air with a sound hollower and deeper than thunder. Fishing at Filey has been a tradition for centuries, with most of those undertaking it coming from a long line of fishermen and women in their families. The fishing boats at Filey are cobles , like most of

540-707: The Oliver's Mount and via a local relay transmitter at Hunmanby . BBC North East and Cumbria and ITV Tyne Tees can also be received from the Bilsdale TV transmitter. Filey’s local radio stations are BBC Radio York on 95.5 FM, Greatest Hits Radio Yorkshire Coast on 96.2 FM, Coast & County Radio on 97.4 FM and This is The Coast that broadcasts online and on DAB . Local newspapers are Filey Bay Today and The Scarborough News . Anticlockwise Osgodby Filey Clockwise Sewerby , East Riding of Yorkshire Flash flood Flash floods are

576-600: The Second World War when it became an air force station known as RAF Hunmanby Moor . In 1945 it became a popular holiday resort and a new LNER branch line with station was constructed to serve the camp despite the topographical challenges involved. It opened on 10 May 1947 with a performance by the London International Orchestra conducted by Anatole Fistoulari with a performance by acclaimed pianist Solomon . British boxer Bruce Woodcock

612-574: The Yorkshire Wolds . Filey is the finishing point for Great Yorkshire Bike Ride. The 70-mile (110 km) ride begins at Wetherby Racecourse . Filey has a railway station on the Yorkshire Coast Line . A second station at Filey Holiday Camp railway station to the south of the town served the former Butlins holiday camp . The camp has since been re-developed into a 600-home holiday housing development, The Bay Filey. It

648-479: The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) Storm Data datasets to connect the impact of flash floods with the physical processes involved in flash flooding. This should increase the reliability of flash flood impact forecasting models. Analysis of flash floods in the United States between 2006 and 2012 shows that injuries and fatalities are most likely in small, rural catchments, that the shortest events are also

684-479: The built and the natural environment. The effects of flash floods can be catastrophic and show extensive diversity, ranging from damages in buildings and infrastructure to impacts on vegetation, human lives and livestock. The effects are particularly difficult to characterize in urban areas. Researchers have used datasets such as the Severe Hazards Analysis and Verification Experiment (SHAVE) and

720-439: The dangers of flash floods. What makes flash floods most dangerous is their sudden nature and fast-moving water. A vehicle provides little to no protection against being swept away; it may make people overconfident and less likely to avoid the flash flood. More than half of the fatalities attributed to flash floods are people swept away in vehicles when trying to cross flooded intersections. As little as 2 feet (0.61 m) of water

756-432: The flood effects are grouped into 4 categories: (i) impacts on built environment (ii) impacts on man-made mobile objects,(iii) impacts on the natural environment (including vegetation, agriculture, geomorphology, and pollution) and (iv) impacts on the human population (entrapments, injuries, fatalities). The scale was proposed as a tool on prevention planning, as the resulting maps offer insights on future impacts, highlighting

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792-419: The ground floor also with transoms , and there are 20th-century dormers . At the rear is a three-storey embattled tower, and a three-storey canted bay window. The former service range includes a kitchen with a conical roof. Some Arts and Crafts -style wrought iron fittings survive. Filey Filey ( / ˈ f aɪ l i / ) is a seaside town and civil parish in North Yorkshire , England. It

828-643: The high severity areas. Flash floods can cause rapid soil erosion. Much of the Nile delta sedimentation may come from flash flooding in the desert areas that drain into the Nile River . However, flash floods of short duration produce relatively little bedrock erosion or channel widening, having their greatest impact from sedimentation on the floodplain. Some wetlands plants, such as certain varieties of rice, are adapted to endure flash flooding. However, plants that thrive in drier areas can be harmed by flooding, as

864-414: The most dangerous, that the hazards are greatest after nightfall, and that a very high fraction of injuries and fatalities involve vehicles. An impact severity scale is proposed in 2020 providing a coherent overview of the flash flood effects through the classification of impact types and severity and mapping their spatial extent in a continuous way across the floodplain. Depending on the affected elements,

900-551: The others along the Yorkshire and North East coasts, and the catch is mostly sea trout. Limitations have been placed upon how and where they use their nets, which also trap salmon; some fear this may lead to the end of the fishing industry in Filey. In 1804, a lifeboat was procured for the town and it became a Royal National Lifeboat Institution asset in 1852. Filey Lifeboat Station is still in existence and has an inshore and an all-weather boat on station. The all-weather lifeboat

936-540: The peace and quiet that Filey then offered. In 1835 a Birmingham solicitor called John Wilkes Unett bought 7 acres (2.8 ha) of land and built the Crescent, later known as the Royal Crescent, which was opened in the 1850s. On several occasions in the mid-19th century, the novelist Charlotte Brontë visited Filey with the aim of recovering her faltering health. In June 1852 she wrote to her father: "The Sea

972-610: The precipitation, even many miles from the source. In areas on or near volcanoes , flash floods have also occurred after eruptions, when glaciers have been melted by the intense heat. Flash floods are known to occur in the highest mountain ranges of the United States and are also common in the arid plains of the Southwestern United States. Flash flooding can also be caused by extensive rainfall released by hurricanes and other tropical storms , as well as

1008-567: The risk of flash floods is not high enough to justify the expense. In fact, in some areas, desert roads frequently cross a dry river and creek beds without bridges. From the driver's perspective, there may be clear weather, when a river unexpectedly forms ahead of or around the vehicle in a matter of seconds. Finally, the lack of regular rain to clear water channels may cause flash floods in deserts to be headed by large amounts of debris, such as rocks, branches, and logs. Deep slot canyons can be especially dangerous to hikers as they may be flooded by

1044-442: The sudden thawing effect of ice dams . Human activities can also cause flash floods to occur. When dams fail , a large quantity of water can be released and destroy everything in its path. The United States National Weather Service gives the advice "Turn Around, Don't Drown" for flash floods; that is, it recommends that people get out of the area of a flash flood, rather than trying to cross it. Many people tend to underestimate

1080-632: The town centre, so that most of the town was in the East Riding. When County Councils were formed by the Local Government Act 1888, the whole of Filey was placed in the East Riding. Filey also boasts the Grade II listed Langford Villa on The Crescent ( c.  1830 ) which was often chosen by the famous chocolatier Sir Joseph Terry as his place to "summer"; it is situated next door but one to The White Lodge Hotel. In 2018 ,

1116-500: The town was featured in the Tour de Yorkshire for the first time. At the lowest level of governance is Filey Town Council, electing a total of thirteen councillors. These councillors are responsible for burial grounds, allotments, play areas and some street lighting. Elections to the town council are held every four years and the most recent elections were held in May 2019. The Mayor of Filey

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1152-450: The town, is a Grade I listed building . It is the oldest building in Filey and Nicholas Pevsner wrote "This is easily the finest church in the NE corner of the East Riding" (Buildings of England). St Oswald's has nearly 1,500 pieces of well-preserved medieval graffiti on the roof of the tower, ranging from initials up to complicated images of fully rigged sailing vessels, including one known as

1188-520: The £45 million housing project off Muston Road by Coast & Country. Independent councillor Sam Cross, who represents Filey on the borough council, said: "The infrastructure of the town can't cope with it." Coast and Country replied to the concerns by stating that the houses are being built to meet a pent-up latent demand for affordable housing and other housing within the town. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Yorkshire and ITV Yorkshire . Television signals are received from

1224-439: Was grade II listed in 1985. The house is built of sandstone , with a moulded floor band, and a tile roof with coped gables and ball finials . It has two storeys and attics, and a front of five bays . The porch has a basket arch , over which is a dated cartouche and an embattled parapet . The right bay is gabled and contains a canted bay window with an embattled parapet. The windows are mullioned , those in

1260-534: Was convalescing at the Butlin's camp around the same time following his punishing defeat at the hands of Joe Baksi a month earlier. By the late 1950s it could cater for 10,000 holiday makers but closed in 1984, causing a decrease in the holiday makers visiting Filey. Filey was historically split between the East Riding of Yorkshire and the North Riding of Yorkshire. The boundary ran along Filey Beck, north of

1296-528: Was replaced in early 2021 with an Atlantic 85 vessel. English composer Frederick Delius stayed as a boy on the Crescent with his family at Miss Hurd's boarding house (number 24) in 1876 and 1877, and then at Mrs Colley's (number 24) in 1897. In 1931 the spire of a church was damaged by the Dogger Bank earthquake . For more than 40 years Butlin's Filey Holiday Camp was a major factor in Filey's economy. Building began in 1939 and continued during

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