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What is this life if, so full of care,
we have no time to stand and stare
Cloughton
Wyke from the cliff path looking south
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Wednesday 27 April 2005
Map: OS Explorer OL27 North York Moors Eastern area at 1:25000
 Cloughton Wyke |
The
weather forecast for today was better in the east so my
neighbour and I drove to the east coast at Cloughton Wyke,
map ref. TA 019952 at the end of a narrow lane overlooking
a little rocky bay. The forecasters were right and it
was a lovely sunny day with a cool breeze. We set off
at about 1015am heading towards Scarborough on the Cleveland
Way along the cliff top for about 2km to Crook Ness. There
is a little car park here at the end of the lane from
Burniston. We left the Cleveland Way at this point and
followed the lane towards Burniston for just over 1km
to the disused coastal railway track at map ref. TA 015930.
The railway track is now a footpath and cycle route from
Scarborough to well north of Whitby. We walked along the
railway path for about 1km northwards to Cloughton Station,
now a very nice tea shop where we stopped for a drink
and a toasted teacake. At the station (map ref. TA 011941)
we left the railway and turned left to follow the lane
to the main road at map ref. TA 009941.
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We crossed the main road and took the track opposite for
about 200m to the foot of a small hill. There is a path
running round the foot of the hill and we turned left
to follow this path round the hill through some pretty
woods and then across fielda to the edge of Cloughton
Woods below Ripley's Farm at map ref. SE 995946. From
the edge of the woods the path dropped steeply down to
cross a small stream and then climb up to join a track
heading northwards through the woods for about 2.5km to
the main coast road at map ref. SE 991967. The track is
a public right of way for most of the way to the road
and it is well walked. The woodland was very pleasant
in the sunshine with the bright fresh green of the young
larch needles. At the main road we took the path 50m to
our right on the opposite side of the road across a field
and through some woodland to a road at map ref. TA 001970.
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 Hundale Point from the clif path |
 Lookout point above Long Nab |
 Scarborough Castle from Long Nab |
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At
the road we turned left down the hill for 100m to join
the path on the right which took us across a field to
a bridge on a farm track across the old coastal railway
track at map ref. TA 002972. Once across the bridge there
is a well worn way down the lefthand side of the bridge
onto the railway path. We followed the railway path to
the Heyburn Wyke Hotel about 600m away. At the hotel we
took the path across a field to join the Cleveland Way
on the cliff top above Heyburn Wyke. The railway had a
little station at Heyburn Wyke. A hundred years ago it
was intended to serve a holiday development centred on
the pretty wooded valley lesding down to the shingle beach,
but it was a failed venture. We followed the cliff top
path back to our starting point at Cloughton Wyke. The
whole route was about 16km and took us 5 hours to walk
including a couple of breaks.
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 Railway path between Burniston and Cloughton |
 Railway carriage used as a holiday let at Cloughton Station |
 Tea shop at Cloughton Station |
 Woods above Lindhead Beck |
 Cloughton Woods |
 Farm track crossing the railway path near Heyburn Wyke |
 Looking back to the farm track bridge from the railway path |
 Woods at Heyburn Wyke |
 Looking down into Heyburn Wyke |
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Left: Heading back to Cloughton on the Cleveland Way |
