Yorkshire's Dinosaur Coast

by Ian D. Rotherham

North Yorkshire boasts some of the most stunning countryside and amazing seaside anywhere in England, and its history is equally dramatic. Whitby Museum holds evidence of the great sea creatures that formerly populated this region millions of years ago. The soft shale rocks reveal and release fossils of remarkable sealife from small ammonites to giant plesiosaurs. This is truly the ‘Dinosaur Coast’.From the southern areas around Filey to the far north of our story at Saltburn-by-the-Sea, each area has its own tales to tell. Within these pages, we take a journey in words and full-colour pictures along Yorkshire’s Dinosaur Coast. Discover the twentieth-century seaside resorts of Filey and Scarborough and the secret cliffs of Robin Hood’s Bay. Visit the home of Dracula, the fishing villages of Staithes and Runswick Bay, and stand on the pier at Saltburn to watch the great ships that still service the area’s industry. Wildlife, history, heritage and landscape combine to make the northern coastline of Yorkshire a fascinating place to visit. This is Yorkshire at its best.

96 pages, Paperback

Published November 15, 2014

About the author

Professor Ian D. Rotherham, is an leading authority on the cultural and historical aspects of landscapes. He is Professor of Envionmental Geography and Reader in Tourism & Environmental Change at Sheffield Hallam University. He has acted as an advisor to the BBC, working on programmes for BBC Radio 4 and for documentary programmes such as Panorama and Horizon.