Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, not a navigation aid. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.
Eight miles and around four hours, out along the Cleveland Way past Saltwick Nab to High Hawsker and back on the level Cinder Track over Larpool Viaduct, with 280 metres of climbing concentrated in the little ravines on the cliff leg. Start at the Abbey pay-and-display car park at the top of the 199 steps, or leave the car in town and walk up, since the Abbey car park fills by mid-morning in season. The Cinder Track half is a fine off-lead stretch, but the outward cliff path runs within a stride or two of an unfenced 50-metre drop and crosses grazed fields, and Saltwick Bay below is a well-known tide trap with a rising sea cutting off the beach access.
A 40%-scale replica of Captain Cook's Endeavour sailing from Whitby harbour, near the Magpie Café. The crew's own words: 'Sea dogs are welcome onboard FREE OF CHARGE' — though it's worth ringing ahead as sailings depend on weather and tide.
A Skinner Street coffee shop known for home-cooked food and generous portions at sensible prices. Dog treats are kept on hand for diners with canine friends in tow.
Seven linear miles and about three and a half hours along the finest clifftop mile-for-mile on this coast, climbing 300 metres in and out of Saltwick, Maw Wyke and Ness Point with several long stepped descents. Start at Whitby Abbey and take the X93 bus back from Robin Hood's Bay, or reverse it and finish with the 199 steps. The path is grass and beaten earth almost throughout with beck crossings to drink from, but the edge is unfenced, undercut and in places within a metre of the route, most of it crosses grazed sheep pasture, and there is no safe way down to the beach until the Bay itself.
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