Sandsend to Kettleness ~ Medium Walk

Distance Covered: 6 miles Time to Complete Walk 3 hours

Suitable for dog walking: Yes

A spectacular walk along the Cleveland Way with a visit to a hamlet and the village of Kettleness. Starting from Sandsend following the old railway line and then climbing above a railway tunnel with jawdropping clifftop views all around on the Cleveland Way.

General Safety Tips: Be careful climbing the very steep steps near the railway tunnel.

                                      

                                                  The Sandsend to Kettleness Walk

Getting There

Type in the Post Code YO21 3TG in your Sat Nav for the Sandsend west car park. Parking is £5.30 for four hours.

  

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The Walk

In the car park head to the corner and up the steps.

                                                  

                                                  

Follow the path which is the old railway line, keeping to the main track, with spectacular views of Sandsend and the cliffs.

                                           

                                                        

Head down some steps and then up another set of steps.

                                                    

                                                    

Head past an ornate bench on your left and a quarry on your right.

                                          

                                          

Pass an information board on your left and follow the path until you come a blocked up railway tunnel.

                                            

    

                                                       

                                                         

The tunnel is blocked so head to the right hand side of the path and up some very steep steps to the top.

                                                         

 

                                                

At the top follow the path which is near a cornfield with more spectacular cliff views.

                                                      

             

                                            

Soon you come to a signpost, Head to the left keeping to the field edge signposted to Lythe.

                                                   

 

At the end of the first field turn right at the signpost heading towards a farm.

                                                    

                                                     

When you arrive near the entrance to the farm, keep ahead on a rocky path.

                                                     

Soon you come to a road, turn right and head towards the hamlet of Goldsborough.

                                                     

                                                     

                                                     

           

Head through Goldsborough and keep right at a junction heading to Kettleness.

                                             

                                                         

Head down to Kettleness and follow the road to near the end to a signpost to your right for the Cleveland Way.

                                                 

                                                           

                                                

Turn right following the Cleveland Way. Some more spectacular views along the way.

                                                             

 

                                                 

  
 

                                                 

Follow the cliff path through gates until you come to the junction to Lythe and back on the path which leads back to Sandsend car park.

                                                            

                                                   

                                                             

Sandsend

Sandsend is a small fishing village, near to Whitby in the Scarborough district of North Yorkshire, England. It forms part of the civil parish of Lythe. It is the birthplace of fishing magnate George Pyman. Originally two villages, Sandsend and East Row, the united Sandsend has a pub and restaurant. A large part of the western side of the village, in The Valley, is still owned by Mulgrave Estate. The Valley is one of the most expensive areas to buy property on the Yorkshire Coast.

Sandsend and the neighbouring village of East Row began as separate villages but were joined when extra cottages were built for workers in the alum industry. Sandsend was also buoyed by tourism from the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway, which ran through the village from 1855 to 1958. The local station was Sandsend railway station, which opened in 1883 and was closed in 1958.

Kettleness

Kettleness, is a hamlet in the Scarborough District of North Yorkshire, England. The settlement only consists of half-a-dozen houses, but up until the early 19th century, it was a much larger village. However, most of that village, which was on the headland, slipped into the sea as a result of instability caused by quarrying for the alum industry. Kettleness became a smaller settlement, with houses rebuilt slightly further inland.

Historically, the hamlet has had an alum works, a jet mining industry and ironstone workings. The hamlet used to have a railway station on the Whitby, Redcar and Middlesbrough Union Railway, that was open between 1883 and 1958. Kettleness is recorded within the parish of Lythe for census purposes.