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Dog-friendly walks in Runswick Bay

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

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Runswick Bay Easy Access Walk

Runswick Bay · TS13 5JF
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2MILES
95%OFF-ROAD

A level two-mile there-and-back along the Cleveland Way from Runswick Bay's upper car park towards Staithes, looking over the remains of Port Mulgrave's 1856 iron-ore harbour. Mostly grass and earth paths with one kissing gate, and refreshments and toilets back in the village.

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Runswick Bay and Kettleness old railway circular

Runswick Bay · TS13 5HT
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5MILES
2:45TIME
143mCLIMB
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Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

A gentle 5-mile circular of about two and three-quarter hours that starts along the sands, climbs a narrow path to the dismantled Whitby to Loftus railway and follows the level trackbed under stone bridges to Kettleness, returning on the Cleveland Way clifftop. Park at Bank Bottom car park at the foot of Runswick Bank, a variable charge of roughly £5.80 for four hours, and check the tide first because the opening and closing half-mile are on the beach. Runswick beach allows dogs all year and the old railway is a fine off-lead stretch between gates, but the clifftop return is unfenced and the pastures above Kettleness are grazed.

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Runswick Bay easy-access clifftop

Runswick Bay · TS13 5HT
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1.6MILES
50mTIME
35mCLIMB
80%OFF-ROAD

A gentle 1.6-mile there-and-back of under an hour along the bank top above the bay on a firm, mostly level surfaced path with only 35 metres of rise, benches at intervals and no stiles or steps. Start at the bank top pay-and-display car park, which has accessible bays and a toilet block, and the number 5 bus between Whitby and Staithes stops on the main road above. It is the best walk here for an old or three-legged dog, with big views and no scrambling, but the seaward side is unfenced turf above the cliff and the only water is what you carry, so keep to the path side.

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Runswick Bay, Port Mulgrave and Hinderwell

Runswick Bay · TS13 5HT
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6.1MILES
3:10TIME
200mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
Livestock — leads on

Six miles and about three hours north along the Cleveland Way to the abandoned ironstone harbour at Port Mulgrave, returning through Hinderwell on field paths and lanes, with 200 metres of climbing and one steep stepped ravine at Lingrow. Start at the bank top pay-and-display car park above Runswick, since the village car park floods on spring tides and fills early. Runswick beach is dog friendly all year and the beck at Hob Holes is good drinking water, but the clifftop is unfenced above a long drop, the fields inland are grazed, and the path down to the old harbour at Port Mulgrave is eroding and best left alone with a dog.

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