What is recorded here
Blue plaque to Sir George Cayley on Paradise House is shown and named in a reusable Geograph picture. The saved point is the picture's recorded map point.
Sir George Cayley was a pioneering aviator and engineer who made significant contributions to aerodynamics, including designing the first successful human glider in 1853; he is remembered as one of the founding fathers of aviation.
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Places near here
Paradise House (formerly The Graham Sea Training School)Listed building · 7 yd
Sir George CayleyMemorial · 20 yd
Garden and retaining walls to west and south of Paradise House, along Paradise, Church Stairs Street and to the north of East Mount FlatsListed building · 30 yd
Great TowerCastle · 258 yd
Penguin sculpture advertising the Sea Live Sanctuary, Sandside, ScarboroughPublic sculpture · 265 yd
Scarborough CastleCastle · 305 yd
Hairy Bobs caveCave or cavern · 306 yd
'The Herring Girls' sculpture, ScarboroughPublic sculpture · 316 yd
Castle CliffCliff · 330 yd
Castle HillMountain / peak · 457 yd
Blue Plaque: Sir Edward James HarlandMemorial · 686 yd
A grotto in the gardens below The CrescentCave or cavern · 1004 ydOther information
Photo: Christopher Hall · CC BY-SA 2.0