Robin Hood's Bay and Beach — Attraction in Fylingdales

At the bottom of the hill, leave the old bay village at the coastguard’s ramp and turn right. Somewhere south of Robin hoods bay is a little cove. If the tides are in your favour head south along the stunning rocky beach to a fresh water cove about 3/4mile away. Take time to absorb the salt strewn air, listen to the crashing waves on the rock beds of the North Sea (if nature allows) and ogle Ravenscar’s magnificent headland further to the south. If through a lack of depth within my current description, you have failed to appreciate what windswept, romanticism can be found in this short but stunning stroll… think harder then make time.

Once you have navigated the beautiful rock plateaus of Robin Hoods Bay beach and arrived at the first inlet complete with mil. I ask you to tiptoe the land formed fresh streams, or jump from rock to rock across the various waterways that run down from what seems to be the centre of YHA Boggle Hole.

Boggle Hole is a youth hostel with decked cafe, facilities and well priced coffee shop within. This is also an old mill found within a smugglers cove. Full of rustic charm, Boggle Hole is somewhere along Mill Bank and accessible from a car park, a little walk inland and away from the hostel. Even on the worst of days this beach retreat of a cafe is busy with those needing a warming brew after a windswept Sunday stroll. In the Summer the decking bustles and I assume the beachside cafe is open too, today not. However inside was alive with aforementioned bustle as the coffee shop provides the warmth and fayre much required. Continue the circular stroll from the eclectically named Boggle Hole up the short (if steep) hillside steps to the north of the YHA decking area. Here the wind dies down for a moment or so as the headland shrubbery literally engulfs you for most of your remaining journey. Gorse & Heather rides alongside your path and on occasion hides the sky, creating the low sections that children can imagine being the ransacked homes of Hobgoblins. Hobgoblins being that which have given namesake to Boggle hole in the local dialect. The dense and natural planting only parting for the occasional scenic seat with views out and upon the North Sea. The pathway has fallen in sections, so be sure of foot whilst you leave the beautiful Boggle hole and head back to the lower bay village. Take in the Oystercatcher birds digging through the local fields in their black and white livery. Then hop the slab ridden path, to avoid the muddy puddles and make use of the kissing gate to drop you at one of two locations.

If you take a right, you will drop to another little cafe, new to this section of coast and just behind the RNLi museum. Where, on this day a man sung whilst collecting money for those who save, those in peril upon the sea.

If you take a left you will drop into one of the many pathways that make up the lower bay. You will find here a fish and chip shop that still cooks in beef dripping and provides the genuine warmth and sustenance that all that coastal air has no doubt sapped from you… now for that steep hill back to the bay car parks via the Laurel Tree pub for a pint of Old Peculiar I hope.

Not the longest of walks but one packed with passion, perfect for children who like adventure but not a hike. Great for the dog around beach. Also seemingly perfect for someone who sees this area for what it truly is, stunningly...

It's a great spot for just about anyone who likes the seaside. Like a lot of the beaches, it can be let down by badly behaved dog owners. But it's an otherwise fantastic beach where you can take your pick between swimming, exploring the rock pools, building sandcastles, reading a book, eating icecream... You get the idea. Be mindful that the beach has a very shallow slope so when the tide comes in, it vomes at you quite quickly and there will be very little beach left once it's in. None at all in the immediate vicinity of the central slipway.

There are also plenty of places to eat or get a drink though the resteraunts do look to get really busy. Plenty of ice cream and sweet options to.

But if you're arriving by car, do yourself and everyone else a favour by avoid driving down the at all costs. The bay has no public parking, the road is super narrow with very few passing places and few places where you can turn around are often swarming with children armed with ice-cream and sandy spades. Also, it makes it really difficult for people who do need to use the road.

EV charging in the Bank Top carpark works quite well. It can be hard to access some of the bays but all for plugs were working when I was recently there. There are quite popular so might not be a good idea to count on getting a charge if you don't have plenty of time to keep coming back in the hour of a space. To get into the far charging bay, you often have to drive across the pavement but it can be done so don't write that one off if it's empty and you...

What an amazing, awesome place to visit. There's not much to do because Robin Hoods Bay isn't that big. There's your normal little gift shops where you can pick up a bucket and spade for the kids. The beach is beautiful, but mostly rockie so be careful they are slippery ( that's if the tide is out). Some nice places to sit and take in the spectacular views and rest your feet ready for the walk back up the extremely steep hill!!... Not many places to eat and the fish and chip shop at the top of the bank stops serving at 7.45pm. There's two public car parks the one closest to the town isn't massive and fills up quite quickly, the other one is only a short walk away so isn't to bad. The walk into Robin Hoods Bay is really steep so anyone with mobility issues might struggle because it's even harder coming back up and there's no public transport. It's well worth a visit and you won't be disappointed but you can't make a full day out of it, there's just not enough to do unless you spend all day beach combing. Saying that, we're returning next year with our two grandchildren who...