Walk · North Yorkshire

The scaurs from the Bay to Boggle Hole

Robin Hood’s Bay · YO22 4SQ
Robin Hood's Bay Mill Beck Pricky Bank Wood N 880 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
2.4MILES
1h 20mON FOOT
40mCLIMB
Out & backSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 80% 20% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 70%Lane & track 10%Road with traffic 20%

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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YO22 4SQ
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A 2.4-mile there-and-back of about eighty minutes across the flat rock scaurs of the bay to the beck mouth at Boggle Hole, almost level but slow going over weed-covered ledges and loose boulders that punish careless paws. Start at the slipway at the bottom of the village; park at Bank Top and walk down, and check the tide table posted by the slipway before you set off. The rock pools are full of interest and there is fresh water at Mill Beck, but this is the single most serious tide trap on the walk list, the scaurs are slippery, and there is no way up the cliff between the Bay and Boggle Hole.

THE SMALL PRINTA tide trap with no escape route. The scaurs cover completely and the cliffs between the village and Boggle Hole are unclimbable, so only walk this within two hours either side of low water and turn back well before the tide turns. The wet ledges are slippery and the boulders can cut pads.
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.4341, -0.5345
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.YHA.ORG.UK/SITES/DEFAULT/FILES/UPLOADS/PDFS/WALKING%20MAPS%202023/186-YHA-BOGGLE-HOLE-RAVENSCAR-LOW-NOOK.PDF
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