Axe. There is a regular (half hourly) bus service to and from Scarborough with many going on to Cloughton, Ravenscar and Whitby. Another bus service operates a circular pattern that links the village with the Sea Life Centre and the railway station in Scarborough. Notable people Edward Charles Booth — Edwardian novelist whose books about the East Riding were compared to the Wessex novels by Thomas Hardy. Max Jaffa — musician and bandleader, at Argyll Lodge, High Street. John Wilhelm Rowntree — confectionery manufacturer and Quaker religious activist and reformer Edith Maud Ellis — Quaker and anti-war activist John Ellis — Liberal politician George Wilfred Proudfoot — Conservative politician References External links Internal pictures of St. Laurence's Church Scalby School A History of Scalby Villages in North Yorkshire Scarborough, North Yorkshire