Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.
The 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.
A 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.
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.
Fifty 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.
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