Ravenscar is one of the most intriguing places on the Yorkshire coast for those interested in history. Its dramatic clifftop location made it ideal as a site for one of a string of Roman signal stations along this part of the Yorkshire coast. The Raven Hall Hotel, perched dramatically on the clifftop, was once a home owned by King George III’s physician, Dr Francis Willis. To the north of the village is the old Peak alum works which is now a National Trust site and at the edge of the village is a disused mindmill, Peak Mill dating from 1858.