Terror Tower
Terror Tower is an attraction in Scarborough. Add any of 8 more places within 5 km to a visit. For a second stop, Scarborough Castle is 500 m away.
Attraction in Scarborough
Inside Scarborough
Terror Tower is inside Scarborough’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather by the month
Aim for June to September, when Scarborough reaches 18–20°C.
Terror Tower
Attraction.
In Scarborough, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- in Scarborough
- Official site
- terrortower.co.uk
Finding Terror Tower
On this map, Terror Tower is orange and its neighbours are numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Scarborough’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Staying near Terror Tower
By population, Scarborough leads the 4 with 59,505. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Scarborough
Scalby
Burniston
Seamer (Scarborough)
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Terror Tower is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarborough | It’s in town | 59,505 | 15 |
| Scalby | 3.3 km northwest of it | 1,790 | 10 |
| Burniston | 4.7 km northwest of it | 1,470 | 10 |
| Seamer (Scarborough) | 4.8 km southwest of it | 2,120 | 7 |
More to see nearby
Choose from 16 places within 15 km, such as 3 museums, 2 castles and 2 theme parks.
Castle · English HeritageScarborough Castle500 m away2
MuseumRotunda Museum500 m away3
Art galleryScarborough Art Gallery700 m away4MuseumMuseumMaritime Heritage100 m away5
Theme parkAlpamare Scarborough1.8 km away6
CastleAyton Castle6.9 km away7
MuseumThe Scarborough Fair Collection & Vintage Transport Museum6.4 km away8Theme parkTheme parkLuna Park500 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Terror Tower
Where is Terror Tower?
Terror Tower is in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Terror Tower?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Terror Tower?
June to September are the warmest months in Scarborough, with afternoon highs of 18–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Terror Tower?
Within 15 km: Scarborough Castle (500 m), Rotunda Museum (500 m), Scarborough Art Gallery (700 m) and Maritime Heritage (100 m).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (6)
- Scarborough Castle: Humphrey Bolton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rotunda Museum: Keith D, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Scarborough Art Gallery: Christopher Hall, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alpamare Scarborough: Lachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ayton Castle: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Scarborough Fair Collection & Vintage Transport Museum: PeterJewell, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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