Dog-friendly walks in Filey

A 7.3-mile circular of about three hours with only 90 metres of climbing, running south from Filey along the firm sands of Filey Bay past the wartime pillboxes to Hunmanby Gap, then back on the clifftop path above the bay. Start near Murray Street in the town or at the Coble Landing, both pay-and-display, and note that Filey station sits on the Yorkshire Coast line from Scarborough and Hull. Filey's central beach bans dogs in summer, so between May and September join the sands south of the Coble Landing; beyond that the beach is wide and quiet and a fine off-lead run, but the boulder clay cliffs are soft and the tide comes right up to them at the Filey end.

Clifftop paths above Filey Brigg, where 150 million years of geology juts into the sea beside the remains of a Roman signal station — this is the coastal trailhead of the Cleveland Way. The county's official guide calls it an excellent spot for dog walking, kite flying and bird watching.