Staithes hides in a cleft between two headlands, a huddle of cottages around a tiny harbour where cobles are still pulled up on the beach. The young James Cook worked in a shop here before moving to Whitby, and in the 1890s a group of painters known as the Staithes Group made it famous.
Leave the car at the top and walk down. The beach and rock pools are good for fossils, and the Cleveland Way runs along the cliffs in both directions.
🌊 Coast
Moderate
Dates TBC