Alum was worked at Stoupe Brow and Peak. There were brick and tile-works at High Normanby and at Quarry Hill, Raw. The moorland has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is managed by the Manor Court. The Tri-Partite site known as RAF Fylingdales is named after the place but is not actually in the parish. Originally planned to be built on a site at Grouse Hill within Fylingdales, when the site was moved, due to coastal erosion concerns the name was not changed as it was preferable to being called RAF Snod Hill (Snod Hill is where it is actually located) and it sits at the western edge of Fylingdales Moor. Fylingdales is served by local commercial radio station, Yorkshire Coast Radio, which provides a daily local news service.