Solitary surfer black and white image with coloured surfer at victorian toan of saltburn by the sea cleveland
Saltburn-by-the-Sea is a seaside resort in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland and the cereminial county of North Yorkshire, England. The town is around 12 miles east of Middlesbrough and had a population of 5,912 at the 2001 Census. The town is on the Cleveland Way and just North-East of the town is the large Hunt Cliff topped by Warsett Hill. The coastline is popular with surfers. Its attractions include a recently renovated pier, plenty of Victorian buildings, a valley garden and a smugglers' museum, as well as one of the world's oldest water-powered cliff lifts—the oldest being the Bom Jesus funicular in Braga, Portugal. The Saltburn tramway, as it is known, replaced a vertical lift, which was closed on safety grounds in 1883. The railway opened a year later and provided transport between the pier and the town. The railway is water-balanced and since 1924 the water pump has been electrically operated. The first major maintenance was carried out in 1998, with the main winding wheel being replaced and a new braking system installed. Every year in August, there is a much-acclaimed folk festival in and around the town, which is attended by people from across the globe.
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