North Yorkshire, England

Filey Coble Landing

Launch — A shallow concrete and cobbled slipway at the north end of Filey seafront, running down onto the beach sand beside the RNLI lifeboat station.

Parking — Coble Landing Car Park, at beach level beside the slipway: 12 spaces including 1 disabled bay, open 24 hours but charged 9am to 6pm from 1 March to 31 October only; the car park may not be used for sleeping, camping or cooking.

Access — The car park and slipway sit at beach level on Filey seafront. North Yorkshire Council's own launch notice for the landing recommends third-party insurance to a minimum of £3 million, notifying the coastguard or another onshore contact before going to sea, and carrying distress flares, lifejackets for all on board and a VHF radio monitoring Channels 16 and 67.

Season — Coble Landing Car Park's parking charges apply only 9am to 6pm, 1 March to 31 October; the car park is open year-round. The public toilet block at the landing is open throughout the year, on a pay-on-entry basis.

Regulations — North Yorkshire Council manages the landing through the Scarborough Harbour Office and treats it as a Harbour Authority facility. The council allocates leisure-craft slipway space from a waiting list, with a deposit payable to join, and its launch notice asks craft to keep to a slow speed close to the beach and not run an engine near people in the water.

Filey Coble Landing sits on Filey Bay, on the North Sea coast, with Filey Brigg projecting out to sea a mile or so to the north.

The bay and the Brigg

Filey Brigg, about a mile north of the landing, is a narrow rock headland with cliffs around 20 metres high of mixed sandstone and limestone, projecting roughly half a mile out to sea. Its biology and geology make it a Site of Special Scientific Interest, and it holds nationally significant numbers of wintering birds.

Filey has no harbour wall or basin: North Yorkshire Council's statutory harbour authority role covers Scarborough and Whitby, not Filey itself. The inshore water off the landing lies within the Flamborough and Filey Coast Special Protection Area, which extends 2km out to sea and protects the UK's largest mainland breeding seabird colony, among them gannets, kittiwakes, puffins, guillemots and razorbills.

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Baker's Snacks

A takeaway cafe on Coble Landing, beside the RNLI lifeboat station.

Filey Brigg Caravan Site

A council-run touring caravan, motorhome and tent site on the cliff top above the landing, open to the public; open from February through to early January.

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Conditions to check

Limited exit

The bay dries to extensive shallows off the beach; landing or launching a craft is most practical within a couple of hours either side of high water.

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The anchorage is open to winds from the east clockwise through to the south, which bring in strong surf; only winds between roughly north-east and west give any shelter.

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Boat traffic

Around 24 leisure craft and 7 traditional fishing cobles hold allocated slipway space here, launched and recovered across the same beach mostly by tractor; the RNLI lifeboat also launches from the landing.

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