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Dog-friendly walks in Scarborough

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

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Raincliffe Woods and Throxenby Mere circular

Scarborough · YO12 5TE
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4.1MILES
2:05TIME
175mCLIMB
95%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed

A 4.1-mile woodland circular of about two hours that follows the green Wallis trail up a steep, root-laced pull to the top of the woods before contouring back above Forge Valley, with 175 metres of climbing and paths that stay greasy well into spring. Start at the free Throxenby Mere car park on the Scarborough to Ayton road, where the number 128 bus stops, and note the trail crosses itself in a figure of eight so the waymark colour matters more than instinct. The mere is a proper drinking and swimming stop, the woods are quiet enough for a long off-lead run once you are off the road, and there is no livestock, though the ground drops away sharply on the Forge Valley side.

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The Cinder Track north: Scalby Mills to Cloughton

Scarborough · YO12 6RP
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9.2MILES
4:10TIME
155mCLIMB
95%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed

Four and a half miles out and the same back, about four hours at a dog's pace, on the old Scarborough to Whitby railway: a wide, well-drained trackbed with only 155 metres of gentle gradient and no stiles at all. It starts at Scalby Mills by the Sea Life Centre, where the North Bay road train and the number 3 bus both terminate and there is pay-and-display parking. This is one of the best off-lead miles on the coast, level and enclosed with becks to drink from at Scalby and Burniston, but it is shared with cyclists and horses, so a dog that ignores a bell is better on a long line.

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Cleveland Way south: Scarborough Spa to Cayton Bay

Scarborough · YO11 2HD
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5.5MILES
3:00TIME
200mCLIMB
74%OFF-ROAD

Five and a half linear miles of about three hours along the softest cliffs on the North Yorkshire coast, with 200 metres of up and down, a couple of long flights of steps and a stretch of tarmac where the trail has been diverted inland by landslip at Osgodby. Start at the Spa and catch the number 12 or 13 bus back from the A165 at Cayton Bay, which runs every half hour. Cornelian Bay and Cayton Bay are both dog friendly all year and reachable down steep wooded steps, but this cliff is actively slipping, the edge is unfenced for most of the way, and the diversion follows the verge of a fast main road.

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Oliver's Mount and Scarborough Mere circular

Scarborough · YO11 2YB
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6.5MILES
3:15TIME
230mCLIMB
70%OFF-ROAD
Livestock — leads on

Six and a half miles and a little over three hours, climbing 230 metres in two goes, the second of them a stiff haul up the wooded flank of Oliver's Mount to the war memorial and one of the best views on the coast. Start at the Mere on Queen Margaret's Road, where parking is free and the number 12 bus passes on Seamer Road a few minutes away. There are long stretches of woodland and lakeside where a steady dog can be off the lead, water at both ends, and cattle in the fields above the railway, but the summit road is open to traffic and is a favourite with motorcyclists, so leads go on before you reach the memorial.

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Scalby Mills, the Cinder Track and Peasholm Glen

Scarborough · YO12 7NA
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3.2MILES
1:32TIME
70mCLIMB
80%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed

An easy 3.2-mile circular of about ninety minutes, climbing 70 metres up the wooded glen behind Peasholm, crossing to the Cinder Track and dropping back down to Scalby Mills and the North Bay promenade. Start at the Peasholm Glen gates on Columbus Ravine, where street parking is free beyond the park and the number 3 bus runs the length of the bay. The glen is enclosed woodland with a beck running through it and is good off-lead ground once past the park, but Peasholm Park itself is lead-only, and the central North Bay sands are shut to dogs in summer.

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Scarborough North Bay, Scalby Mills and Marine Drive

Scarborough · YO12 7TU
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5MILES
2:09TIME
80mCLIMB
60%OFF-ROAD

A 5-mile circular of about two hours on hard surfaces throughout, out along the North Bay promenade from Peasholm to Scalby Mills, back beneath the castle cliff on Marine Drive to the harbour and up through the old town, with only 80 metres of climbing. Start at Peasholm Park, which has pay-and-display parking and an open-air theatre, about a mile from Scarborough station. The central North Bay beach bans dogs in summer, Marine Drive throws the sea clean over the wall in an easterly and carries traffic, but the northern end of the sands towards Scalby Mills is open to dogs all year and the beck there is a good rinse-off.

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Scarborough South Bay and the Castle headland

Scarborough · YO11 2HD
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4.3MILES
1:58TIME
140mCLIMB
60%OFF-ROAD

An easy 4.3-mile circular of two hours with 140 metres of climbing, from the Spa along the South Bay sands to the harbour and lighthouse, up onto the castle headland and back down through St Nicholas Gardens past the Central Tramway. Start at the Spa, where there is pay-and-display parking on Foreshore Road, or walk down from Scarborough station in about fifteen minutes. Hard surfaces and steps rather than mud, so kind on old paws, but the South Bay beach is closed to dogs in summer and the harbourside is busy with traffic, fish waste and bold gulls.

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Scarborough Three Peaks: Jacob's Mount, Oliver's Mount and the Castle

Scarborough · YO11 1TU
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10.5MILES
5:20TIME
400mCLIMB
60%OFF-ROAD

A hard 10.5-mile town-and-country round of five hours or so, taking in all three of Scarborough's high points for 400 metres of climbing, half of it on pavement and estate road and half on woodland and clifftop path. It starts at the railway station, which is the sensible way to arrive, and the loop can be cut short at the Spa if legs give out. There is good off-lead ground in the Mere woods and on the castle headland grass, but this is a lead walk for long stretches through streets, the castle cliff edge is unfenced and steep, and the beaches below carry a summer dog ban.

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South Cliff Gardens, Holbeck and the Wheatcroft cliff

Scarborough · YO11 2HD
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3.6MILES
1:45TIME
130mCLIMB
65%OFF-ROAD

A 3.6-mile circular of about an hour and three quarters on made paths and zigzag steps through the restored South Cliff Gardens, out to the wilder scrub above Wheatcroft and back along the Esplanade, with 130 metres of climbing taken in short flights. Start at the Spa, where there is a large pay-and-display car park and the Central Tramway lifts you back up to the town if you have had enough. Dogs are welcome throughout the gardens on the lead, there are drinking taps by the Italian Gardens shelters, and the cliff path beyond Holbeck runs along the top of an old landslip where the ground is soft and the edge is not fenced.

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