Walk · North Yorkshire

Cayton Bay woods and Knipe Point

Cayton · YO11 3NN
Osgodby A165 Filey Road N 440 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
3.4MILES
1h 45mON FOOT
145mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 65%Lane & track 20%Road with traffic 15%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

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YO11 3NN
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A 3.4-mile circular of about an hour and three quarters down to the sands, north along the bay and up through the National Trust woods onto Knipe Point, returning over Osgodby Hill, with 145 metres of climbing and two long flights of wooden steps. Start at the Cayton Bay car park off the A165, where there is a barrier car park by the surf shop and free parking on the stub of the old road, with the number 12 bus stopping on the main road. Cayton Bay is open to dogs all year and there is a beck across the sands to drink from, but the woods are steep and slippery, the clifftop at Knipe Point is actively slipping with houses lost to it, and a short link follows the A165 verge.

THE SMALL PRINTKnipe Point is an active landslip and the clifftop there is fenced off in places and unfenced in others, so dogs must be on the lead on the headland. A short link between the woods and Osgodby Lane follows the verge of the A165, which is fast and busy.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.2462, -0.3664
SOURCE · HTTPS://VISITNORTHYORKSHIRE.COM/INDEX/CAYTON-BAY
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