There’s a long stretch of sandy beach to the north of Whitby. At the other end, nestling underneath the cliffs, is the small village appropriatly named Sandsend. It was originally a fishing village, then a home for workers in the alum extraction industry. Today it’s a tourist resort and, apparently, the most expensive place to buy a property on this stretch of the coast!
On the Sunday morning of our holiday in Whitby, as the tide was going out, I set out with my son to walk the 3 miles to the village. It was a fine morning and although there was a bank of cloud hovering over Whitby, we were in the sunshine as we headed north.
Looking down to the beach where the tide was receding, from the cliffs near Whitby Pavilion
Although it was early, there were quite a few people taking some exercise on the beach and / or walking their dogs!
Passing the colourful beach huts
There were a few surfers out
A rocky stretch
Approaching Sandsend. We didn’t stop to look around the village as we’d planned to visit the Abbey that afternoon and time was getting on.
Halfway back to Whitby, we took a path that climbed halfway up the cliff to get a different perspective
We were walking towards the cloud now, but it was clearing and we were in the sunshine most of the way back to Whitby
Looking down on the beach huts and towards the harbour
We took the path up to the top of the cliffs a short distance before the Pavillion and passed one of the heritage statues celebrating thealleged invention of the “Crow’s Nest” by local man, William Scoresby
And a second one, of Skipper Dora Walker (1890-1980), the first female fishing boat skipper on the North East coast.
A little further on we turned off the cliff top path back down towards Skinner Street and our holiday cottage.
It looks like a good there-and-back walk. I’ve been to Sandsend end a couple of times, there’s nothing there but it’s a lovely little place. I had coffee and cake in the cafe on the corner by the beach and it was very nice too 🙂
It looks like a good there-and-back walk. I’ve been to Sandsend end a couple of times, there’s nothing there but it’s a lovely little place. I had coffee and cake in the cafe on the corner by the beach and it was very nice too 🙂
Yes, a good walk. We had a little variation on the way back by taking the higher path on the cliffs
Morning walk along the sand, seaside and cliffs. Superb!
Have walked there from Whitby too and had lunch at the pub in the village. Great pics. 🙂
Ta 😊
Looks like a great walk!
It was a nice easy walk along the beach. 🙂