Staxton

Staxton is a village in North Yorkshire, England, part of the civil parish of Willerby, and situated approximately 8.2 miles from Scarborough town centre.Staxton Hill is south of the village and is the northerly edge of the Yorkshire Wolds, with its highest point at 150 metres (490 ft) above sea level.Land use in the area is mainly for settlements or farming, with a small wood and disused quarry on top of Staxton Hill.[2] Staxton is served by regular Yorkshire Coastliner buses, operated by Transdev Blazefield, which offer connections to Scarborough, Filey, Malton, York, Leeds and other destinations in-between.Staxton is not served by a railway station but a branch of the North TransPennine line passes by the village connecting Scarborough and York.