North Yorkshire · 8 places checked
Two miles of ban-free sand and a pub that lets the dog in the dining room. Every verdict below was checked by a human — the stamp shows when.
A beach-edge cabin at East Row where dogs are more than welcome in the covered and uncovered outside eating areas, and may pop inside with you while you order if you are on your own. It bakes its own 'Pupcakes' — dog-safe treats of oats, banana, peanut butter and honey.
A dog-friendly stone-floored pub by the bridge in Sandsend, with wooden beams inside and garden seating looking over the beach. The menu runs from mackerel pâté and salt-and-pepper squid to dressed crab, with Black Sheep Best Bitter on the bar.
A dog-friendly, fully licensed beachside cafe that began life as a beach-hut kiosk in 2010 and now turns out wood-fired pizzas and locally made cakes. Sixteen flavours of Yorkshire ice cream seal the deal on a warm day.
A friendly cafe at Lythe Bank Bottom where dogs are welcome inside and out — no relegation to the pavement tables here. Handily placed for the northern, dog-friendly end of Sandsend beach.
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ADD A PLACEA long sweep of sand running from Sandsend village back towards Whitby, with step-free access towards the north end via a steep walkway. The summer ban only covers the village-adjacent section from the steps below the public toilets to the Bank Bottom Car Park slipway — but note high tide reaches the sea wall in places, squeezing the dog-friendly sand.
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ADD A PLACEAn easy 4.4-mile circular of just under two hours along the old Whitby to Loftus trackbed past Sandsend Ness to the Deep Grove alum quarries and the bricked-up tunnel mouths, returning over the fields above the shore. Park at the East Row or Sandsend Ness pay-and-display car parks, or take the 4 or X4 bus from Whitby, which stops beside the beck. The trackbed is wide, level and good for off-lead running, but the central Sandsend beach is closed to dogs in summer and the cliff above the quarries is soft and slipping, so keep to the path there.
An easy three-mile stroll along the sands from Sandsend car park towards Whitby's pier, with the cliffs at your back the whole way. Mind the tide, which comes in quickly near the Sandsend cliff end.
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ADD A WALKA polished coastal estate in woodland between Whitby and Sandsend, with dog-friendly rooms in The Beach House plus the self-contained Beck View and Water's Edge cottages for longer stays. Sandsend's long dog-walking beach is on the doorstep, with the North York Moors behind.
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