Walk · North Yorkshire

Saltburn Valley Gardens and Rifts Wood

Saltburn by the Sea · TS12 1GG

2.4MILES

1h 15mON FOOT

90mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 92% 8% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 80%Lane & track 12%Road with traffic 8%

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

Cat Nab car park, Saltburn seafront TS12 1GG

Parking

Cat Nab pay and display; limited disabled parking near the Woodland Centre, pedestrian access from Glenside and Albion Terrace

Directions to the start →

Skelton Beck runs down a wooded ravine behind Saltburn and the path follows it from Cat Nab past the miniature railway, the Italian garden and the woodland centre, then on under the Halfpenny Bridge viaduct into Rifts Wood before looping back on the other bank. The borough dog PSPO puts a lead requirement on named parts of the Valley Gardens only, the Italian garden and tea rooms, the walled garden and the woodland centre, with a £100 fixed penalty and a maximum of £1,000 in court; the woodland beyond those areas carries no lead order. The beck is shallow and reachable in several places, the tree cover means it is walkable in a gale, and the whole loop is a comfortable hour and a quarter. The order runs to 30 June 2028.

THE SMALL PRINTPSPO requires dogs on a lead in the Italian garden and tea rooms, the walled garden and the woodland centre. Fixed leads no longer than two metres, extendable leads not beyond four metres. £100 fixed penalty. The rest of the woodland has no lead order.

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.5838, -0.9700

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