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Dog-friendly walks in Hornsea

Boots on. These are the Hornsea walks worth the drive, with lead rules and livestock warnings marked.

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N 880 YD 2.1 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN
DOGS WELCOME

Hornsea north beach to Atwick

Hornsea · HU18 1NR
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2.1MILES
1:05TIME
14mCLIMB
94%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed

The northern escape from Hornsea’s summer dog ban. The council order covers only the sand between the concrete ramp at Headland View and the steps south of Sands Lane, so if you drop down at the Headland View ramp and turn north you are outside it from the first stride, all year, with no lead requirement. You pass the last of the sea defences, then the boulder clay cliff takes over and rises steadily, with the caravan parks of Longbeach and Atwick set well back on top and field boundaries ending in mid-air where the land has gone. Two miles on, the clay ramp at the end of Cliff Lane brings you up into Atwick. It needs a falling tide because at high water the sea meets the clay in places, and you should keep well out from the cliff foot, which slumps without warning after rain.

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N 880 YD 5 MI · OUT & BACK
DOGS WELCOME

Hornsea south beach to Mappleton

Hornsea · HU18 1PZ
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5MILES
2:30TIME
25mCLIMB
92%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed

This is the walk that lets you avoid Hornsea's summer dog ban entirely. The council's dog Public Spaces Protection Order only covers the sand between the concrete ramp at Headland View and the steps south of Sands Lane, so if you drop onto the beach at the Sands Lane steps and turn south you are outside the order from the first stride, on any date, with no lead requirement. The sand runs past the last of the Hornsea Burton bungalows and then out under two and a half miles of raw boulder clay cliff to the two great rock groynes that hold Mappleton up. It needs a falling tide: at high water the sea reaches the clay in several places and there is no way up. Coastal erosion here is measured in metres a year, so keep out from the foot of the cliff, where fresh slumps of clay and fence posts come down without notice.

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N 1 MILE 3.2 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN
SOME LIMITS

Hornsea Rail Trail, Hornsea Town to Sigglesthorne station

Hornsea · HU18 1PS
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3.2MILES
1:20TIME
20mCLIMB
92%OFF-ROAD
Livestock — leads on

The Hornsea Rail Trail is the old Hull and Hornsea railway, now the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail, and it starts a few yards behind the arched frontage of Hornsea Town station on Railway Street. Heading inland it drops through the cutting to the site of Hornsea Bridge station, crosses the Stream Dike and then runs dead straight across the Holderness plain in a green corridor of hawthorn and blackthorn, with the water of Hornsea Mere showing away to the right. It is level, wide and traffic free the whole way, which makes it the reliable wet-weather option when the clifftops are running with mud, and it is shared with cyclists and horse riders. The Trans Pennine Trail's own user code asks that dogs are kept under close control and in sight, that a short lead is used on busy sections and near farm animals and horses, and that you clear up. Sigglesthorne station, oddly, sits at Great Hatfield rather than Sigglesthorne, and the Wrygarth Inn is a short walk from the old platform.

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