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Guisborough Branch Walkway

Guisborough · TS14 8HD
N 880 YD
2MILES
55mON FOOT
25mCLIMB
Linear — plan the returnSHAPE
Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 15%Lane & track 80%Road with traffic 5%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, 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.

Starts at
Guisborough end of the branch walkway, off Rectory Lane on the west side of town TS14 8HD
Finishes at
Guisborough Forest and Walkway Visitor Centre, PinchinthorpeLinear — plan how you get back
Parking
Street parking at the Guisborough end; the pay and display at the Pinchinthorpe visitor centre is the alternative at the far end, £1.50 an hour to £6.00 all day
Directions to the start →

The old Guisborough branch railway, now a local nature reserve, running two flat miles west from the edge of town out to the forest visitor centre at Pinchinthorpe. It is level, wide and firm the whole way, shared with cyclists and horses, which makes it the obvious choice for an old dog, a barrow or a bad-weather day. Redcar and Cleveland's dog Public Spaces Protection Order, in force to 30 June 2028, puts no lead requirement on this route: the borough's on-lead areas are the formal parks at Locke Park, Borough Park, Zetland Park, Marske Valley Gardens, Marine Parade Lower Path Gardens, parts of Saltburn Valley Gardens and Coronation Park at Loftus, and none of them are here. Fouling and the fenced play areas are the offences that bite, at £100 on the spot and up to £1,000 in court.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.5340, -1.0680
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.REDCAR-CLEVELAND.GOV.UK/COMMUNITY-SAFETY/NEIGHBOURHOOD-SERVICES/PUBLIC-SPACE-PROTECTION-ORDERS-PSPOS/DOGS-PUBLIC-SPACES
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130mCLIMB
90%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed

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Bousdale Circular, Guisborough Forest

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1.9MILES
45mTIME
90mCLIMB
90%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed

The short option from Pinchinthorpe visitor centre, 1.9 miles on orange markers and about three quarters of an hour. It climbs through beech woodland onto the higher forest roads, takes the view out over Guisborough and Teesside, then drops back to the car park. Almost all of it is firm forest road, which makes it the trail to pick after rain or with an older dog, and there is no seasonal closure. The cafe and toilets at the visitor centre stay open until 3pm at weekends and bank holidays when the centre itself is shut.

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