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.
A 5.4-mile circular of about two and three quarter hours south along the Cleveland Way above the tangled undercliff of Beast Cliff, returning on the Cinder Track, with 190 metres of climbing and a coastal path that is narrow, bracken-choked and slow in high summer. Start at Station Square in Ravenscar, where roadside parking is free and the old station building marks the Cinder Track. The railway leg is level, enclosed and excellent off-lead ground, but the outward path runs along the rim of a 100-metre landslip terrace with no fence at all, and the moorland edge holds ground-nesting birds in spring.
A 1.5-mile pair of easy loops on compact earth, short grass and aggregate stone, level to the north and with one 100-metre slope of about one in ten to the south, taking in the Cleveland Way past Raven Hall and the viewpoint over Blea Wyke. Start at Station Square in Ravenscar; the northern loop has no stiles or gates at all, while the southern loop has two kissing gates that will stop a wide buggy or an off-road scooter. The obvious choice for an old or short-legged dog on this stretch of coast, but the Cleveland Way section runs along an unfenced clifftop with a 200-metre drop, so keep the lead on and stay to the landward side of the path.
A big 8.8-mile day of about three and three-quarter hours and 180 metres of climbing, out from Ravenscar along the Cinder Track past the disused station to Robin Hood's Bay, then back on the Cleveland Way over Stoupe Brow and the Peak alum works with the whole sweep of the bay ahead of you. Start at Station Square in Ravenscar, where there is roadside parking and a National Trust visitor centre; the 115 bus from Scarborough serves the village. Several level miles of cinder for off-lead running on the way out, but the return runs close to an unfenced and actively slipping cliff edge, and the descents into Stoupe Beck and Boggle Hole are steep and stepped.
Six miles and about three hours combining the Cleveland Way, the Peak Alum Works terraces and the Cinder Track, with 240 metres of climbing and one genuinely steep, stepped descent to the alum quarries and back. Start at the National Trust Coastal Centre in Ravenscar, where there is a small car park and the seasonal Coastliner bus stops on the main road. The Cinder Track section is fine off-lead running, but the alum works sit on an unstable cliff terrace with unfenced drops and open shafts, the Cleveland Way crosses sheep pasture throughout, and there is no water on the top so carry some.
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