East Riding of Yorkshire · 9 checked · 2 listed, not yet checked
11 places on our list here — walks from the village, somewhere to eat, beach access. Every verdict below was checked by a human — the stamp shows when. The rest are listed and waiting on a check, and say so.
Danes Dyke Kiosk is a place to eat in Flamborough, Flamborough. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.
Thornwick Bay Cafe is a place to eat on North Marine Road, Flamborough. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.
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ADD A PLACEA sheltered chalk and shingle cove at the foot of the wooded ravine, reached by a stepped path of about half a mile down from the reserve car park. The council's dog PSPO names only Bridlington North, Bridlington South, Hornsea and Withernsea, so there is no seasonal ban here and no lead requirement in law at any time of year. The reserve's own code of conduct asks that dogs are kept under close control and picked up after, which in practice means a lead on the woodland path and freedom on the shingle. There is no lifeguard, the cove cuts off on a big tide, and the beck runs out across the stones so there is fresh water to drink. Pay and display parking for about 80 cars at the top, with toilets open all year and a summer kiosk.
A deep sandy cove between chalk headlands, reached down the steep narrow road from the clifftop car park at the end of North Marine Road. The East Riding dog Public Spaces Protection Order names only Bridlington North, Bridlington South, Hornsea and Withernsea, so North Landing carries no seasonal ban and no compulsory lead on the sand at any time of year. The council's own description warns the bay is rocky and the access road steep, and the caves at the north end cut off on a rising tide, so keep an eye on the water. Parking is for about 150 vehicles with a small summer charge, and there are toilets, closed in winter, plus a cafe and shop at the top. The clifftop footpath either side runs through the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's Flamborough Cliffs reserve, where dogs must be on a lead.
Sand and chalk pebbles facing south across Bridlington Bay, at the foot of the wooded South Landing ravine and the RNLI slipway. It holds a Seaside Award and is a designated bathing water, but it is not named in the council's dog Public Spaces Protection Order, so there is no summer ban and no legal lead requirement here in any month. The council's own reserve page asks only that dogs are kept under close control and picked up after, because not everyone is comfortable around them. Access is either down the steep lifeboat road or by the flight of 75 steps from the woodland trail, and there is pay and display parking for about 100 cars on the upper level with year-round toilets. The lower level is for the RNLI and permit holders only.
The little chalk-and-shingle bay directly below Flamborough Lighthouse, ringed by stacks, arches and a wave-cut platform that geology students are bussed out to see. It is outside the council's dog Public Spaces Protection Order, so there is no seasonal ban and no compulsory lead at any point in the year. Getting down means a long steep mostly stepped path from the headland car park, which the council states plainly is not suitable for wheelchairs or limited mobility, and it is a hard climb back up in summer heat. There is very little beach at high tide and the rocks are slippery with weed, so this is a short scramble rather than a long run. Pay and display parking, toilets and a cafe sit at the top by the lighthouse.
Two coves in one, Little Thornwick and Thornwick Bay proper, tucked under high chalk cliffs west of North Landing with a natural arch and a sea cave you can walk into at low water. No part of it appears in the East Riding dog Public Spaces Protection Order, so dogs are free here all year with no lead required by law. The council warns the way down is a fairly steep uneven path with metal steps, so it is no good for a dog that will not manage a staircase, and the sand vanishes entirely on a high tide. Parking is at the Thornwick Bay car park at the end of the lane off North Marine Road, with the cliff-edge cafe alongside. The clifftop above is Yorkshire Wildlife Trust land where a lead is required.
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ADD A PLACEThe council's own two-mile circuit of the ravine, down through the woods to the shingle at Dykes End, across the beck and up the far bank, then north along the ravine top to Flamborough Road and back. It is the one walk on this headland that is properly sheltered, so it works in a gale off the North Sea when the clifftops are unwalkable. No dog order applies anywhere on the reserve, and the council asks only for close control, so a dog can be off the lead the whole way apart from the short section beside the access road. There are steps at both ends of the beach crossing and the ground is rough and root-crossed in the woods. Start and finish at the pay and display car park on Flamborough Road, grid reference TA215694.
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ADD A WALKFifty acres of woodland dropping down a steep ravine to the sea, on the line of the prehistoric earthwork that cuts clean across the Flamborough headland from here to Cat Nab on Bempton Cliffs. The council's countryside service asks only that dogs are kept under close control and picked up after, so there is no lead rule and no seasonal ban anywhere on the reserve or its beach. The tree trail and the ravine paths are soft underfoot and shaded, which makes this the sensible Flamborough option on a hot day when the clifftops are baking. Pay and display parking for about 80 cars sits on the site of the demolished Danes Dyke House off Flamborough Road, with toilets open all year and a kiosk in season. A bridleway leaves the top of the exit road, crosses the ravine and heads over the golf course to Sewerby.
Two hundred and twenty acres of clifftop grassland and chalk cliff wrapped round the lighthouse at the tip of the headland, the most northerly chalk outcrop in Britain. The council's own page for the reserve says dogs are allowed but must be kept under close control and picked up after, and there is no lead order and no seasonal ban here in any month. Walking is on foot only across open field and cliff-edge grass where restharrow, carline thistle and kidney vetch grow, and the drop is unfenced in places, so a recall you can rely on matters more than a lead does. The beach at Selwicks Bay is down a long flight of steps from the grass. There is a large pay and display car park by the lighthouse with toilets open all year, picnic benches and a seasonal cafe and shop.
The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust's stretch of clifftop between Thornwick Bay and Breil Nook, a mile and a half of chalk grassland and sea-pink ledges with puffins, kittiwakes and razorbills below and the odd bottlenose dolphin offshore. The Trust's own reserve page gives the dog rule as on a lead, and asks you to pick up after your dog and use a bin, which is stricter than the council land either side of it. The way in is the coastal public footpath from the North Landing car park, and the Trust warns the path is hilly and steep in places with steps, and to take extra care in wind. Parking is not the Trust's own: use the charged car parks at North Landing or Thornwick Bay, with seasonal toilets and a cafe at North Landing. There is a picnic area on the reserve itself.
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