Moderate
Whitby to Robin Hood's Bay on the Cleveland Way
The classic clifftop day: abbey to bay past Saltwick, the lighthouse and the fog signal, with a bus back.
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Photo: Bob Embleton , CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Saltwick Bay
Dramatic little bay under the abbey cliffs with a shipwreck, sea stacks and fossils.
Saltwick Bay is a mile south of Whitby along the Cleveland Way, reached by a path down through the holiday park. Black Nab stands at the southern end, the wreck of the Admiral von Tromp lies in the rocks, and the beach is a favourite of fossil hunters and photographers at sunrise. Cut off at high tide; check the times.
Walks nearby
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Easy
Falling Foss and May Beck
Easy woodland loop to a waterfall, a tea garden and a hermit's cave.
Easy
Whitby to Sandsend beach walk
Along the West Cliff and three miles of sand to a village cafe, then back on the bus or on foot.
More coast
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Ravenscar seal colony
Grey seals haul out on the rocks below the old alum works and can be watched from the cliff path.
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Robin Hood's Bay beach and fossils
Rock pools, ammonites and the widest scar on the coast at low tide.
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Boggle Hole
A smugglers' cove with a youth hostel in the old mill, a mile south of Robin Hood's Bay.