Walk · North Yorkshire

Filey Brigg to Cayton Bay on the Cleveland Way

Filey · YO14 9ET

6MILES

3h 5mON FOOT

190mCLIMB

Linear — plan the returnSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 88% 12% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 78%Lane & track 10%Road with traffic 12%

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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YO14 9ET

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Six linear miles of about three hours along the low boulder-clay cliffs north of Filey, 190 metres of gentle rise and fall on close-cropped clifftop grass, with a wooded descent at the end into Cayton Bay. Start at the Country Park car park and come back on the number 12 bus from the A165 at Cayton Bay, which runs every half hour into Filey. Long stretches are open grass where a reliable dog can run, and Cayton Bay is dog friendly all year, but the whole line runs along an unfenced and visibly slumping cliff edge, and the field boundaries carry sheep from spring onwards.

THE SMALL PRINTThe cliff edge from Filey Brigg to Yons Nab is unfenced, undercut and slumping, with the path in places running a metre from the drop, so dogs need to be on the lead wherever the route hugs the edge. Sheep graze most of the clifftop fields between Gristhorpe and Lebberston.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.2158, -0.2812

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Filey Brigg to Cayton Bay on the Cleveland Way

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