Walk · North Yorkshire

Scarborough South Bay and the Castle headland

Scarborough · YO11 2HD

4.3MILES

1h 58mON FOOT

140mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 60% 40% shares tarmac with cars

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

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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YO11 2HD

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An easy 4.3-mile circular of two hours with 140 metres of climbing, from the Spa along the South Bay sands to the harbour and lighthouse, up onto the castle headland and back down through St Nicholas Gardens past the Central Tramway. Start at the Spa, where there is pay-and-display parking on Foreshore Road, or walk down from Scarborough station in about fifteen minutes. Hard surfaces and steps rather than mud, so kind on old paws, but the South Bay beach is closed to dogs in summer and the harbourside is busy with traffic, fish waste and bold gulls.

THE SMALL PRINTScarborough South Bay beach is closed to dogs from the West Pier to the southernmost flight of steps by the underground car park roundabout between 1 May and 30 September under North Yorkshire Council's dog control order. Outside those months the sands are open; in summer walk the beach south of the Spa towards Holbeck, or take the castle headland and Marine Drive, which allow dogs all year.

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.2790, -0.3985

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/SMARTTOUR/22464987

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