North Yorkshire · 5 places checked
A sheltered horseshoe of sand under red roofs; north of the beck is dogs-all-year. Every verdict below was checked by a human — the stamp shows when.
The upper-village hotel on the Cleveland Way, five minutes' walk from the beach, where all parts of the building are dog friendly. Expect an exuberant welcome from Ted, the resident brown Labrador landlord.
The pub at the bottom of the bank, with a beer garden looking straight down the sweep of the bay to the beach and cliffs. It is dog friendly and provides water for four-legged friends, with roaring fires waiting in winter.
Know a Runswick Bay pub, cafe or place to stay that lets dogs in? Tell us and we will go and check it.
ADD A PLACEA picture-postcard sheltered bay tucked under the hillside village, ideal for fossil hunting along the shore. Dogs are welcome all year round, but time your visit with the tide — a large sandy beach appears at low tide while high water can cover the beach entirely.
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ADD A PLACEA 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.
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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