🌊 Coast
Saltburn pier and cliff tramway
The last pier on the north-east coast and the oldest water-balanced cliff lift in Britain.
Challenging · Linear
Photo: Kevin Waterhouse , CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
🌊 Coast
Challenging
Challenging
Challenging
Saltburn to Staithes on the Cleveland Way
The wildest section of the coast path: Huntcliff, Skinningrove, Boulby and the highest cliff in England.
Distance15 km / 9.3 miles
Time5 hours
GradeChallenging
RouteLinear
Climb from Saltburn onto Huntcliff, once a Roman signal station, and follow the cliff edge to Skinningrove's beach and jetty. Beyond, the path climbs over Boulby Cliff, at 203 metres the highest point on England's east coast, and drops to Staithes. Return by the X4 bus.
- Long, with several big climbs
- Cliff edges unfenced in places
- Skinningrove has a pub and the mining museum
Things to see nearby
🌊 Coast
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Challenging
Lyke Wake Walk
The famous 40-mile challenge across the moors from west to east coast, to be completed inside 24 hours.
Challenging
The Cleveland Way
National Trail in a horseshoe around the moors: 109 miles of escarpment and sea cliff over about nine days.
Challenging
The Wainstones and Hasty Bank
Rocky tors, a stretch of the Cleveland Way and a big view over the Cleveland plain.