The old 18th Century Alum works can still be visited all year round and a National Trust Visitor Centre is open during the summer months.This small village has a hidden secret. A century ago, a bid to build a resort to rival Scarborough came to nothing, but all was in place for it to begin.

Now, ancient kerbstones and ornate manhole covers poke through the turf, still awaiting the building of “the town that never was”.