Dog-friendly walks in Whitby — checked by humans

Cleveland Way: Whitby to Robin Hood's Bay

Seven miles of heritage-coast clifftop between Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay, with bay and beach views for most of the way. It is the classic coastal leg of the Cleveland Way, dropping you into the huddled red roofs of Bay at the far end.

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21.5 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN

DOGS WELCOME

The Cinder Track (Whitby–Scarborough old railway)

Whitby

21.5MILES

95%OFF-ROAD

Off-lead allowed

The old Whitby to Scarborough railway, 21.5 largely traffic-free miles of cinder path — the stretch from Robin Hood's Bay climbs gently through woodland to Ravenscar in about four and a half miles. Sea views come and go through the trees, and the X93 bus can carry tired legs back to the start.

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6.5 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN

DOGS WELCOME

Whitby to Robin Hood's Bay on the Cinder Track

Whitby · YO21 1YN

6.5MILES

3:00TIME

145mCLIMB

93%OFF-ROAD

Off-lead allowed

Six and a half linear miles of about three hours on the old railway, a steady, barely noticeable 145-metre pull out of the Esk valley and then a long easy run south, all on hard trackbed with no stiles and no gates that matter. Start at Whitby station and come back on the X93 bus from Robin Hood's Bay, which runs roughly hourly and takes dogs at the driver's discretion. The crossing of Larpool Viaduct is fenced and 40 metres above the river, the track is enclosed by hedge and cutting for most of its length and makes excellent off-lead ground, and there is water at the Hawsker and Ramsdale becks.

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7 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN

SOME LIMITS

Cleveland Way cliffs: Whitby Abbey to Robin Hood's Bay

Whitby · YO22 4JT

7MILES

3:35TIME

300mCLIMB

90%OFF-ROAD

Livestock — leads on

Seven linear miles and about three and a half hours along the finest clifftop mile-for-mile on this coast, climbing 300 metres in and out of Saltwick, Maw Wyke and Ness Point with several long stepped descents. Start at Whitby Abbey and take the X93 bus back from Robin Hood's Bay, or reverse it and finish with the 199 steps. The path is grass and beaten earth almost throughout with beck crossings to drink from, but the edge is unfenced, undercut and in places within a metre of the route, most of it crosses grazed sheep pasture, and there is no safe way down to the beach until the Bay itself.

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5 MI · LOOP

SOME LIMITS

Cock Mill Wood, Rigg Mill and the Esk

Whitby · YO22 4NL

5MILES

2:35TIME

190mCLIMB

82%OFF-ROAD

Livestock — leads on

Five muddy miles of about two and a half hours through steep-sided beck woodland behind the town, climbing 190 metres in short sharp pulls between two old mill sites and returning over farmland to Larpool. Start at the Larpool Lane end of the Cinder Track above Whitby, where there is free roadside parking, a ten-minute walk from the station. The becks run all year and the woods are shaded and enclosed, so this is a good hot-day walk with plenty to drink, but there are several awkward stiles a large dog will need lifting over, the field paths carry sheep, and the waterfall at Golden Grove sits in a private garden and can only be seen from the path.

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10 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN

SOME LIMITS

Esk Valley Walk: Egton Bridge to Whitby

Whitby · YO21 1YN

10MILES

85%OFF-ROAD

Livestock — leads on

Ten mildly undulating miles shadowing the River Esk from Egton Bridge to the sea at Whitby, on good paths, old toll roads and field tracks. There is a steepish dip and climb over a disused railway line near the end, and the village train makes it an easy one-way walk.

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8.1 MI · LOOP

SOME LIMITS

Whitby Abbey, Saltwick Nab and Hawsker

Whitby · YO22 4JT

8.1MILES

4:00TIME

280mCLIMB

87%OFF-ROAD

Livestock — leads on Off-lead allowed

Eight miles and around four hours, out along the Cleveland Way past Saltwick Nab to High Hawsker and back on the level Cinder Track over Larpool Viaduct, with 280 metres of climbing concentrated in the little ravines on the cliff leg. Start at the Abbey pay-and-display car park at the top of the 199 steps, or leave the car in town and walk up, since the Abbey car park fills by mid-morning in season. The Cinder Track half is a fine off-lead stretch, but the outward cliff path runs within a stride or two of an unfenced 50-metre drop and crosses grazed fields, and Saltwick Bay below is a well-known tide trap with a rising sea cutting off the beach access.

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7.7 MI · LOOP

SOME LIMITS

Whitby West Cliff to Sandsend circular

Whitby

7.7MILES

3:20TIME

160mCLIMB

40%OFF-ROAD

A 7.7-mile circular of about three and a quarter hours, out on quiet lanes past Sneaton Castle and Newholm to the Hart Inn at Sandsend, then back along the sands and the West Cliff promenade into Whitby; easy going, but well over half of it is tarmac. Start at Whitby bus station or the Church Street car parks, and note that the 4 and X4 run to Sandsend every half hour if you want to cut it short. Sandsend and Whitby West Cliff both close their central beaches to dogs in summer, the return along the sands needs a falling tide, and the Khyber Pass climb back into town is on pavement, so plan this one on a lead with the tide table to hand.

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2.4 MI · LOOP

SOME LIMITS

Whitby piers, the West Cliff and Pannett Park

Whitby · YO21 3PU

2.4MILES

1:12TIME

90mCLIMB

50%OFF-ROAD

Water bowls

A 2.4-mile town circular of about seventy minutes, entirely on pavement, pier deck and park path, with 90 metres of climbing taken on the Khyber Pass and a set of steps up from the harbour. Start at the swing bridge in the middle of town, five minutes from the station and the bus stops, with the Marina and Church Street car parks both close by. It is an all-weather, all-tide option when the cliffs are unwalkable and there are water bowls outside several Pier Road shops, but it is a lead walk from end to end, the outer pier has open drops on both sides, and the West Cliff beach below is shut to dogs in summer.

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