Reighton Sands and the clifftop

Speeton Cliffs and Bempton from Reighton

A big 10.1-mile clifftop circuit of about four and a half hours with 210 metres of climbing, going inland from Reighton through Speeton and Buckton to the RSPB reserve at Bempton Cliffs, then back north-west along the England Coast Path above 120 metres of sheer chalk. Start in Reighton village where the old road leaves the A165; the reserve has its own pay-and-display car park and visitor centre if you would rather halve it. Dogs are welcome at Bempton Cliffs, including inside the visitor centre where there are water bowls, but they must be on a short lead at all times on the reserve, and the entire clifftop stretch is unfenced above a vertical drop with gannets and kittiwakes nesting below.