A walk on the coast from Robin Hoods Bay to Boggle Hole

1. Robin Hoods
Bay to
Boggle Hole ~
Medium Walk

2. Distance Covered: 4 miles Time to
complete walk: 2 hours
Starting at the popular fishing village of Robin
Hoods Bay, make your way down to Boggle
Hole and look for fossils in the shallow waters.
An ideal walk for children. Wellington Boots
will be required for exploring Boggle Hole!

3. Getting There
From Middlesbrough go up Ormesby Bank and at
the top turn left onto the A171. Follow this road to
Whitby. Pass through Whitby and follow the A171
to Scarborough. Shortly after you leave Whitby
look for a left turning to Robin Hoods Bay. Parking
is to be found at the top of the village.

4. Map of the Boggle Hole walk

5. The Walk
Leave the car park and
turn right and head down
until you reach the
Victoria Hotel. Further on
from the hotel the road
falls steeply down into
the fishing village.

6. At the bottom just
before you reach the
shore turn right up
Albion Road which is
signed the Cleveland
Way.

7. By Flagstaff Cottage look
for some steps
ascending steeply to
reach the clifftop path.

8. Where it turns left through
a gate follow the Boggle
Hole sign. Stunning views
of the coast can be seen
along the path.

9. Follow this path until it
falls steeply down into
Boggle Hole.

10. Time to put on those wellies if
you want to explore the shore
waters while the tide is out.
Fossils from the Jurassic period
can be found! There is also a
nice café in the YHA building.

11. After you have explored for
a while, cross the footbridge
to ascend the bank on the
other side leaving the
Cleveland Way and
following the road away
from the shore.

12. Follow the road past
a car park and some
houses. Farther on
you will come to a
fork in the road. Take
the right fork signed
Fylingthorpe.

13. Cross over a stream and look
for a sharp right up some steps
onto a dis-used railway line

14. Follow the path under a bridge
and then cross a lane and
continue on the railway path.

15. Soon you will go through two farm gates
and eventually you will go through another
gate onto a main road. Turn right along the
road and look for a left turning signed
Village Hall which will lead you back to the
carpark.