Bayfair Publications is a small publishing company based in the picturesque old fishing village of Robin Hood's Bay on the beautiful North Yorkshire coast of England.  Our telephone number is 01947 880660.

Our main publication is the monthly Newspaper 'Bayfair' which contains all the local news for the Robin Hood's Bay and Fylingdales area, as well as features  -  such as local history,  nature, financial and club reports - and full details of coming events, together with comprehensive holiday accommodation and tradesmen's guides.

Bayfair costs just 33p and is on sale at shops and  Post Offices throughout the local area. Copies are sent by post to subscribers throughout the U.K. and abroad.

We also offer an increasing range of books, booklets and DVDs relating to the area and to wider North Yorkshire.

Bayfair Subscriptions for the UK, Europe and Worldwide can now be purchased online, and the following publications can be purchased online for UK delivery.  Please email us for deliveries outside the UK.

You can now SHOP ONLINE for Bayfair Publications.

Please Note:  Payment can be made by credit or debit card, or by Paypal..

All orders are processed by Paypal in their own secure environment.

If you would prefer to pay by cheque, simply send your order and cheque to Bayfair at the address below.

Current Publications :

UK: £9.55

Europe: £18.95

Worldwide: £27.95

And in association with the Walmsley Society we can now offer:

Three Fevers  Republished in 2005, this is the latest version of Leo Walmsley's widely-acclaimed novel set in 'Bramblewick' (Robin Hood's Bay) in the 1920s.

A tale of action, adventure and rivalries, and of conflict between man and the elements.

Angler's Moon  Recollections by Leo Walmsley from the time of his boyhood in Robin Hood's Bay at the turn of the 20th century to his later years in Fowey. These tales are linked so effortlessly between Walmsley's present and the distant past. Republished 2008.

Foreigners  Leo Walmsley has captured the atmosphere of a boy's struggle to become accepted in Robin Hood's Bay at the turn of the 20th century, a sensitive study of loneliness and of a childhood spent in a demanding environment. Republished May 2008.

Phantom Lobster  Newly republished in 2009, here Leo Walmsley takes us back to Bramblewick where we share in the success and disasters of the local fishing families and where chasing the elusive lobster pushes the local fisherfolk and their boats to the limit.

Sound of the Sea   The definitive edition: newly republished. Leo Walmsley returns to his childhood in Bramblewick at the turn of the 20th century: the red-roofed cottages, the narrow winding alleyways, the fishing cobles, the shipwrecks and the launching of the lifeboat. This is a time portal, a window into life in Robin Hood's Bay over 100 years ago.

Master Mariner   This is not semi-autobiographical and is a novel in its own right, set in Robin Hood's Bay. The only previous edition was published whilst paper was still rationed and Collins couldn't afford a guillotine to trim the edges. The story spans from the 1920s to the beginning of WW2. Tom Bransby, a disgraced merchant sea captain scarred by the conflicts of one war, now has a greater battle to fight - with himself. What price must he pay for contentment? Will it prove too expensive?

Love in the Sun: In the early-1930s a couple run away to a lonely cove in Cornwall and make their home in an old army hut. It is the time of the Great Depression; they need furniture, food, any means of raising cash they can think of whilst he, a struggling author, is determined to write a novel about the inshore fishermen of Robin Hood's Bay –  a novel that will solve the couple's financial problems.

Paradise Creek:  It is some years after the story that began in Love in the Sun. The ex-army hut alongside the Cornish creek, that Leo and his wife turned into an idyllic home, is now derelict. His wife and their children are no longer with him. Against all the odds he determines to recreate the home beside the cove in the hope that his family will return.

£9.99

P & P: £2.00

£6.99

P & P: £2.00

£6.99

P & P: £2.00

£7.99

P & P: £2.00

£7.99

P & P: £2.00

£7.99

P & P: £2.00

Bayfair - serving Robin Hood's Bay since 1975

To contact us, please write or email: enquiries@rhbay.co.uk

Bayfair Publications

Silver Street, Robin Hood's Bay

North Yorkshire.  YO22 4SB

Bayfair - the monthly printed News Magazine

for the Fylingdales area of North Yorkshire.

Publication date is the 1st of the month, but please note that the December/ January issue

is combined.

Current subscription rates (per annum) are shown.

To Subscribe, add your area to the basket.

'A Walk around the Old Village'

A 12 page illustrated booklet giving visitors the chance to explore some of the hidden charms of Robin Hood's Bay old village, and learn a little

about its history and heritage.

Text and line photographs by Jim Foster.

'The Lifeboat that went by Land'   

 by Theresa Tomlinson

ISBN 0 9530357 1 9

A delightful children's story written and illustrated

by the well known  Yorkshire author.   

ll profits from this book are being donated to the

Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

£2.50

P & P: £0.50

£1.00

P & P: £0.50

Opening Page | Robin Hood's Bay News | Picture Page | Heritage & History of Robin Hood's Bay |

Holiday Accommodation: Robin Hood's Bay | Holiday Cottages in and around Robin Hood's Bay |

Bed & Breakfast in Robin Hoods Bay | Caravan / Camping in and around Robin Hood's Bay |

Local and Wider Links | Robin Hood's Bay Folk Club | Bayfair Publications and Online Shop

The following publications are not by Bayfair but  are highly recommended:

‘ROBIN HOOD’S BAY AS I HAVE KNOWN IT' - We have been fortunate to obtain some of the last remaining copies of this remarkable book by Richard Pennock, now out of print. It is a personal account of life in the old village of Robin Hoods Bay through the last century.

SCARBOROUGH AND WHITBY RAILWAY THROUGH TIME by Robin Lidster

96 pages, 180 photographs, 90 old (in sepia) and 90 new (in colour).

A fascinating comparison through time of this well loved railway line.

‘Robin Hood’s Bay & Fylingthorpe Through Time’ by Robin Lidster

- 96 pages, over 180 photographs from Robin’s extensive historical collection, and his own camera, giving an insight into the physical and social changes in the local community.

‘A History of Robin Hood's Bay'  on DVD

by Norman Scholes and James Hutton:  

This 32 minute DVD was very well received by an enthusiastic audience at its world premiere at Fylingdales Village Hall on 7th October 2006. With stunning pictures and an informative commentary, Bay is portrayed in physical and historical context.

‘A Rum Do!’ - based on the book of the same name, by Patricia Labistour.

Robin Hood’s Bay in the 18th century was at the centre of the smuggling “industry”. This beautifully filmed DVD captures the atmosphere of those bygone days, and features Pat Labistour telling some of the tales told in her now out-of-print book.

A History of The Whitby & Pickering Railway:

A remarkable DVD by Norman Scholes and James Hutton. This film traces the history of the line, engineered by George Stephenson in 1833. Saved from the Beeching axe by a band of volunteers, this is now probably England’s premier steam hauled heritage railway.

Captain James Cook - The Yorkshire Years: The latest DVD from Norman Scholes and James Hutton traces the first 26 years of the life of the famous navigator, when he lived in North Yorkshire - at Marton, Great Ayton, Staithes and Whitby.

£4.99

P & P: £1.00

£4.99

P & P: £1.00

£14.99

P & P: £1.00

£9.95

P & P:£1.00                       £1.0                   0

£12.99

P & P: £1.00

£4.99

P & P: £1.00

£4.99

P & P: £1.00

£7.99

P & P: £2.00

£7.99

P & P: £2.00