The Filey Bay Initiative

Promoting Filey, its culture and environment as a Heritage destination for the benefit of the Community

2010 has seen a new focus on Filey and its Heritage.  Complimenting our rich Maritime Heritage, 2010 is the 100th anniversary of early flight and development by Robert Blackburn on Filey's sands.  Driven by The Filey Bay Initiative and with the assistance of generous funding from Filey's Town Council, a successful planned celebration of the event was held at Filey  to mark the occasion.  The Initiative has published another pamphlet based upon the researches of Dave Newbury giving a potted history of early flight at Filey and can be seen by accessing the link under FBI PROJECTS.   Robert Blackburn formed the successful  Blackburn Aeroplane Company which is now part of British Aerospace. 

It's Filey, It's Yorkshire, It's a British Company and it started HERE

While investigating, promoting, educating and advertising the assets of this exclusive and beautiful area that is integrated into our community, the Initiative has formulated the format of a Filey John Paul Jones Heritage Coast which has generated a lot of interest.

The format for the Filey John Paul Jones Heritage Coast is featured in this site  to compliment the Town of Filey's Cultural Link with Calvert County, Maryland, USA.  In the Cultural Link section we look at maritime projects and some aeronautical history in Calvert County that are linked to our own in the Bay. This is a part of our "British History in America" which helped to shape the County during its early turbulent` times.  We have visited two maritime projects in Calvert County and Delaware on behalf of the Town, the HMS De Braak project and the wrecksite of the USS Scorpion of the War of 1812.  the wreck of the Scorpion is the subject of a major investigation in 2010.  We also have a link to our work in the Bay with a Maritime Rescue Squad of Calvert County.

The "Friends of Filey Bay Initiative" are still enjoying success and are hosting their popular and guided walks. Our very own Kath Wilkie continues to research a little known aspects of Filey folk law including her Filey Dragon (things that go bump on the Filey Brigg).  Another local group the "Filey Rocks and Fossils" are featured here as they take a peek into our local geology with young students. On the question of a possible undiscovered early period settlement of North Filey, Archaeologist Dan Eaton's own researches into this fascinating subject are featured here.

Our own maritime history continues to be investigated, expanded and featured here and surfers can interact with a plan of a shipwreck on the Trawler Skegness page to see the actual underwater condition of the vessel as it is today.  In the Shipwrecks Project, surfers can visit an underwater wreck form the comfort of their own homes.

Sponsorship - You can become a sponsor of the Filey Bay Initiative in its work for the community, please contact us for details.

On a broader front, the Initiative has an interest in the Conservation work at Flamborough and the Filey Bay Initiative supports The Flamborough Head European Marine Site Management Scheme.

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