Local attractions to suit everyone
There are attractions nearby for everyone, whether you are fit and active or prefer life to be a little more sedate. Indeed, if your party likes both, it is not a problem – you sample the delights of village tea rooms while others power up steep banks on their bikes and race back down!
Many of our guests use the cottage as a base for walking, with the Cleveland Way literally on the doorstep, but there is so much more. We have listed most of the local attractions below, but feel sure we have missed some out.
For The Active
Sailing at Runswick Bay
- Walking on coast, field, wood and moor
- Cycling on quiet lanes and moorland tracks
- Dedicated mountain biking
- Surfing – schools at Saltburn, waves at Staithes and Sandsend
- Sailing – at sea and at Scaling Dam
- Fishing – from the shore and out at sea
- Horse Riding
- Swimming
- Fossil Hunting
For the Arts lovers
Evocative images like these can be found on almost any trip out
taken a few hundred yards from the cottage
- Wide range of arts – Staithes, Sandsend, Whitby
- Wide range of crafts – Loftus, Rosedale, Whitby, Staithes
- An overwhelming array of photography subjects
- Art and music festivals
For Families
Hinderwell Show – the place to see the famous Cleveland Bay – just one of the August attractions
- Beaches – Runswick, Sandsend, Robin Hood’s Bay, Whitby, Saltburn
- Towns – Whitby, Guisborough, Robin Hood’s Bay
- Attractions – Shire Horse Centre, Flamingoland, Dracula…
- History – Historic Abbeys, ancient churches, ancient villages, Museums, industrial heritage…
- Fossil hunting at Runswick Bay and Robin Hoods Bay
- North York Moors Railway
- Country shows
For the Nature Lover
The most ancient of birds still living amongst us
- Bird watching
- Rock pools and scaurs
- Fossils
- Chance of seals, whales and dolphins
- Huge variety of wild flowers and native woodlands
Gastronomy
Not just fish and chips and country pubs, but local sea food in Staithes and Whitby including crab, kippers and wet fish. Add local produce from Richard’s village butcher and shop and you can produce your own masterchef experiences in our kitchen.