Route diagram, drawn from the recorded track — for the shape of the walk, not for navigation. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.
A short 3.1-mile circular of about an hour and twenty minutes, down the gap onto Hunmanby Sands, north along the beach towards Filey and back up onto the clifftop path, with the 70 metres of climbing all in one pull. Park at Hunmanby Gap at the end of Sands Lane, where there is a small pay-and-display and a beach cafe; it is two miles down from Hunmanby village, which has the nearest station. This end of Filey Bay carries no seasonal dog ban at all, so it is the reliable summer choice on this coast, with miles of firm sand to run on, but check the tide because the beach narrows towards Reighton and the clifftop path runs close to a soft, slumping edge.
A beloved cafe right at Hunmanby Gap, about four miles south of Filey along the sands, whose sign famously welcomes 'dogs with well behaved owners'. The classic finish to a long dog gallop down Filey Bay's quieter end.
A long, quiet stretch of shoreline running from the Speeton cliffs up to Filey, reached by a steep path from a private cash-only clifftop car park. Dogs are welcome all year, and its distance from the crowds makes it a favourite escape when Filey's central beach ban is in force.
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