Scarborough Cliff Lift and Peasholm Park cafe reopen

Scarborough Borough Council has said it has been working with its venues operator, Sheffield International Venues (SIV), to accelerate the reopening of the popular facility.

SIV has reopened the Scarborough Spa cliff lift alongside the Peasholm Park café.

As the hospitality sector continues to get back to business throughout the borough, the council says it was keen to see both facilities reopened “swiftly for the benefit of visitors and residents and to help support private-sector efforts to rebuild the visitor economy”.

The cliff lift provides access to the town’s South Bay and its businesses for those less able to manage the footpaths through South Cliff Gardens.

The cliff lift and café operate to Covid-19 secure standards, with the safety of customers and SIV staff paramount.

Measures include strict social distancing and enhanced cleaning. Hand sanitiser is provided and customers asked to use it.

The number of people travelling in the cliff lift at any one time has been reduced to allow passengers to be seated two metres apart.

Unless exempt under the government guidance, passengers are required to wear a face covering, which they must put on prior to boarding and keep on until after they have got off the lift.

Cllr Liz Colling, Scarborough Council’s deputy leader and cabinet member for Inclusive Growth, said: “It has been wonderful to see the collective efforts made by so many businesses in the hospitality industry to reopen safely to customers, especially considering the many challenges they have had to overcome to do so.

“We therefore feel it is vitally important that where feasible and within government guidelines, the facilities we own should reopen too.

“The ongoing effects of the pandemic mean that event venue operators throughout the country continue to face an uncertain future.

“We would therefore like to thank SIV for their cooperation in reopening the café and cliff lift and helping to support our efforts to rebuild our local economy.”