Walk · North Yorkshire

Speeton Cliffs and Bempton from Reighton

Reighton
Reighton Speeton Bempton Buckton A165 Whitedyke Hole Plantation Wasters Plantation N 1 MILE © OpenStreetMap contributors
10.1MILES
4h 24mON FOOT
210mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 78%Lane & track 12%Road with traffic 10%

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.

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.

THE SMALL PRINTDogs must be kept on a short lead at all times on the RSPB Bempton Cliffs reserve, including the clifftop viewpoints, because of the nesting seabirds; they are welcome on the reserve footpaths and in the visitor centre, where water bowls are provided. The field paths inland from Reighton and Speeton cross grazed land, so leads are needed there too.

House rules, decoded

Water bowls
Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.1592, -0.2790
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/SMARTTOUR/5936580
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