Easington is a village in the borough of Redcar and Cleveland

Redcar and Cleveland

The borough of Redcar & Cleveland is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England consisting of Redcar, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Guisborough, and small towns such as Brotton, Eston, Skelton and Loftus. It had a resident population of 139,132 in 2001, and is part of the Tees...

 and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...

, England

England

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. It is located on the A174

A174 road

The A174 is a major road in North Yorkshire, England. It runs from Thornaby-on-Tees to Whitby....

 near Loftus

Loftus, North Yorkshire

Loftus is a town and civil parish in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies in a region between Saltburn-by-the-Sea and the North York Moors...

 and inside the North York Moors National Park

North York Moors

The North York Moors is a national park in North Yorkshire, England. The moors are one of the largest expanses of heather moorland in the United Kingdom. It covers an area of , and it has a population of about 25,000...

. It has a pub - the "Tiger Inn" and a church (All Saints). The village pub previously used to be the building at the other end of the village now called the White House; this was also named the Tiger - possibly a reference to a reported occasion when a circus called at the pub for refreshments. The village used to have a station on the Whitby to Middlesbrough railway line, variously called Easington and later Grinkle (after the local great house and seat of the Baronets Palmer, Grinkle Park); the renaming was undertaken to avoid confusion with the station at the (larger) Easington, County Durham

Easington, County Durham

Easington is a town in eastern County Durham, England. It comprises the ancient village of Easington Village and the ex-mining town of Easington Colliery, which are separate civil parishes. It is located at the junction of the A182 leading north-west to Hetton-le-Hole. Seaham Harbour and...

, also on the North Eastern Railway's network.