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.
An inland 4.6-mile circular of about two and a half hours up the wooded valley of Roxby Beck and back over the fields, 190 metres of climbing on paths that are properly boggy from October to April and rarely walked in winter. Start at Dalehouse, a mile inland from Staithes, where there is limited free roadside parking by the bridge and the number 5 bus stops on the main road above. The beck is shallow, clean and lined with wild garlic in spring, and the wooded stretches are sheltered off-lead ground, but there are half a dozen stiles, some of them awkward, and sheep on almost every field on the return.
A real-ale inn at the top of the village on Staithes Lane, named for the town's most famous apprentice. Its own site notes a couple of rooms are dog friendly for 'a break away with your four legged friend', but they are limited, so check before booking.
A small vintage tearoom in the old village that welcomes dogs, though the room is snug and there will very likely be other dogs already in residence. Light meals and cakes at kind prices after a blowy walk on the breakwater.
A welcoming High Street local in the old village that happily takes dogs — just be prepared for the small indoor rooms to be busy, and full of other dogs. A proper fishing-village pint, moments from the harbour.
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