Distance Covered: 4 miles Time to complete walk: 2 hours
Safety Tips: No real safety issues- a pair of Wellington Boots would come in handy to explore Boggle Hole.
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!
The Robin Hoods Bay to Boggle Hole walk
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.
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.
Road down to the village
At
the bottom just before you reach the shore turn right up Albion Road which is
signed the Cleveland Way.
Albion Road
By Flagstaff Cottage look for some steps ascending steeply to reach the clifftop path.
Steps by Flagstaff Cottage
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.
Fork in the road
Cross over a stream and look for a sharp right up some steps onto a dis-used railway line.
Follow the 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.
Boggle Hole
Here, the bay in front of the old converted Watermill, was once a notorious smugglers’ haunt. Nowadays all ages can enjoy the Jurassic coastline and beachcombers can search for fossils or rockpool life along the shore.
The name Boggle Hole, comes from boggle, or goblin, which is said to haunt the slopes. In local folklore,
Surrounded by a dominant cliff face full of tales of fishermen’s secrets Boggle Hole really is a quaint hollowed out crevice in the coastline.
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