Ravenscar to Scarborough
Distance:
10.5miles, 16.8km
Description:
The rail trail which links Ravenscar (and Whitby) to Scarborough is one of the foremost cycle routes in the UK. There are some great sea views and you would not miss any of them scrutinising maps as the navigation is very simple. Among the many highlights is Ravenscar itself dubbed The Town That Never Was and the beach at Hayburn Wyke. In addition, there is a selection of places to eat and drink right on the track which makes it particularly well suited to family cycling.
TIME:
Allow 1.5 to 2.5 hours
DIRECTIONS: RAVENSCAR TO SCARBOROUGH
From the entrance to the Raven Hall Hotel turn down Station Road. At Foxcliffe Tea Rooms turn R around Station Square then L down Loring Road onto the rail trail.
Pass the Hayburn Wyke Inn and, at the Station Tea Rooms in Cloughton, cross over the road and continue along the trail. In Burniston cross over the road and, after a few metres, turn R to re-join the trail. After another mile the trail emerges on Lancaster Way. At the end turn L down Field Close. Turn R on main road then immediately L to cross Scalby Beck.
Follow the trail past playing fields and a cemetery, and eventually along a narrow alley beside an all-weather sports pitch. Emerging at the Gladstone Road Play Area take the marked cycle path to the R and skirt round the Safeway car park and past its petrol station to reach the main road via West Parade Rd. At traffic lights turn L. The station is 200 yards along on the R.
DIRECTIONS: SCARBOROUGH TO RAVENSCAR
Turn L out of the railway station and, after 200m at the traffic lights, turn R down West Parade Rd. Pass to the L of the Safeway petrol station and skirt the car park. At the back of the car park turn L down a marked cycle path, underneath a bridge and down an alley beside an all weather sports pitch. You are now on the rail trail cycle path.
Continue forwards passing underneath three more bridges, alongside a cemetery, and some playing fields. Pass over a bridge at Scalby Beck and at road crossing in Scalby turn R then immediately L down Field Close and R down Lancaster Way. Before the last bungalow on the R look for a gap signed Railway Path. After another mile you emerge in Burniston to cross another road. Pick up the rail trail again on other side.
At the Station Tea Rooms in Cloughton cross over the road to continue along the rail trail and past the Hayburn Wyke Inn all the way to Ravenscar. Just before the old station platform leave the railway path to the R and down a slope and into Station Square. Turn L past the Foxcliffe Tea Rooms down Station Road to the entrance to the Raven Hall Hotel.
FACILITIES:
Seasonal cycle hire at Foxcliffe Tea Rooms in Ravenscar
Refreshments available on the route at Cloughton and the Hayburn Wyke Inn and just off the route in Scalby
All facilities in Scarborough
Accommodation
- View Accommodation in Cloughton
- View Accommodation in Burniston
- View Accommodation in Scalby
- View Accommodation in Scarborough
