🌊 Coast

Staithes harbour and beach

Tiny harbour, fossil beach and the Cleveland Way clifftop path.

Staithes harbour and beach
Photo: Bikeboy , CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Walk down the steep bank from the car park into a village that has barely changed in a century. The harbour is guarded by two breakwaters and Cowbar Nab, and the beach beyond has rock pools and fossils. The Staithes Heritage Centre tells the story of Captain Cook and the Staithes Group of painters.

Head over the footbridge to Cowbar for the classic view back across the harbour.

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