boggle hole

Robin Hoods Bay to

Boggle Hole ~ Medium

Walk

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!

Getting ThereFrom 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.

Map of the Boggle Hole walk

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

 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.

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

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

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.