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.

Kiveton Park ~ Medium Walk

Distance Covered: 6 miles Time to Complete Walk 3 hours

Suitable for dog walking: Yes

Just outside Sheffield, Kiveton Park Community Woodland is an amazing place for walkers. Featuring Sculptures along the way especially the packhorse sculpture "Dreaming of Sky" you then head through the village of Harthill and then across fields and country lanes and finally beside a canal. A great walk for a sunny Sunday afternoon.

General Safety Tips: Be careful on the road when heading to Thorpe Salvin.

The Kiveton Park Walk

Getting There

Post Code S26 7YT in your satnav which is the Kiveton Community Woodland. Parking is free of charge just off Hard Lane.

Maps of the Kiveton Park walk

The Walk

From the car park turn right and head through the gate and along the path.

At a branch in the path keep left.

Head past some lovely art work on your left and right. 

 

Keep left crossing over a bridge. 

Head up the path that zig-zags to the top on your right.

Arrive at the top and the amazing Dreaming Of Sky sculpture in front of you.

Head on the path to your right which bends to the left.

Keep ahead on the path and follow it downhill.

Turn left and head along the path and when it bends to the left go through a gate on your right. 

Follow the path and emerge on to a field - keep on the path to your left. 

Go past a bridge and then over the second bridge on your left.

Turn right and go through the village of HartHill.

Just before a mini roundabout cross over the road near No 69 and head left up steps along the public footpath. 

Emerging on a road, head across and through a stile.

Keep to the edge of the fields and bend to the right slightly following the waymarked posts.

Head through an open field and through a wooded path.

Emerge from the wooded path onto a country lane. Turn left and head down the lane. 

At the give way sign turn left and head along the road, keeping aware of any traffic.

At the junction turn right in the direction of Thorpe Salvin.

Stay on the side of the road listening for traffic and soon you arrive at Thorpe Salvin. Head left near the church and then left on the road out of the village. 

When you come to the brow of a hill, head right and down a lane. 

Head down the track and over a bridge and beside the railway.

Head to your right through a gate and onto the canal towpath. Follow the path to your right.

Head along the path staying to the left at a fork in the path. 

Passing canal boats on the canal you eventually arrive at a road bridge. Head over the road and through a gate and continue on the canal path. 

Go through a gate and then head along the path emerging into a field.

The path then soon emerges at a gate onto a road and over the road is the carpark you started the walk from.

Kiveton Park

Kiveton Park is located at approximately 53°20′30″N 1°15′30″W, at an elevation of around 330 feet (100 m) above sea level, and is located 8 miles (13 km) west of Worksop, and 11 miles (18 km) south-east of both Sheffield, and Rotherham respectively. It lies on the B6059 road (Station Road) and is served by two railway stations: Kiveton Bridge and Kiveton Park. The Chesterfield Canal lies to the south, while the villages of Todwick and South Anston are to the north and east. Kiveton Park lays claim to being in Rotherham Borough Council, has a Sheffield postcode, a Worksop telephone code, and has the Chesterfield Canal running through it. The village has two railway stations: Kiveton Bridge railway station in the centre of the village; and Kiveton Park railway station.

Kiveton gets its name from the Anglo-Saxon for the settlement in the hollow. In the Domesday Book it is written "Ciuetone", and was under the ownership of William de Warenne.

It subsequently transferred to the de Keuton family, who sold the estate to the heirs of the former Lord Mayor of London Sir William Hewett (of the neighbouring hamlet of Wales, died 1567) in 1580. One of his descendants was Thomas Osborne who became the first Duke of Leeds. He arranged the building of a stately home in the village, Kiveton Hall (also spelled Keveton, Keeton or Keton Hall), in 1698.

The building was demolished by George William Frederick Osborne, 6th Duke of Leeds in 1812, with local legend stating that the demolition was the result of a bet with the then Prince of Wales (subsequently George IV of the United Kingdom).^{[citation needed]} After Kiveton Hall was demolished, Hornby Castle became the main seat of the Dukes of Leeds. The traditional burial place of the Dukes of Leeds was All Hallows Church, Harthill.

A Community History Project has been set up to record and encourage an understanding of the history of Kiveton Park and neighbouring Wales, particularly mining heritage. This was based in the Old Colliery Offices.