Walk · North Yorkshire

Sandsend Ness, the alum quarries and the railway tunnels

Sandsend · YO21 3SU

4.4MILES

1h 55mON FOOT

110mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 40%Lane & track 45%Road with traffic 15%

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.

Starts at

YO21 3SU

Directions to the start →

An easy 4.4-mile circular of just under two hours along the old Whitby to Loftus trackbed past Sandsend Ness to the Deep Grove alum quarries and the bricked-up tunnel mouths, returning over the fields above the shore. Park at the East Row or Sandsend Ness pay-and-display car parks, or take the 4 or X4 bus from Whitby, which stops beside the beck. The trackbed is wide, level and good for off-lead running, but the central Sandsend beach is closed to dogs in summer and the cliff above the quarries is soft and slipping, so keep to the path there.

THE SMALL PRINTThe signed central stretch of Sandsend beach, between the two car parks, is closed to dogs from 1 May to 30 September under North Yorkshire Council's dog control order, with a £100 fixed penalty. Between those dates walk the old railway trackbed above the beach, or carry on north-west past Sandsend Ness towards the alum quarries, where dogs are allowed all year.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.4950, -0.6668

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/SMARTTOUR/14040066

Sandsend Ness, the alum quarries and the railway tunnels

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