Runswick Bay & Staithes
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Runswick Bay is one of the most attractive villages on the North Yorkshire coast
and a paradise for artists and photographers. Its cottages perch randomly and
almost precariously on a series of hillside terraces above the beach and the
streets are little more than narrow passageways and flights of steps, which
continually open up new vistas as they twist and turn between the close-packed
buildings. Both Runswick Bay and Staithes are highly individual coastal
villages: the former a picturesque jumble of cottages above a fine sandy beach,
the latter an old harbour beside a steep-sided inlet, still with a strong
Victorian atmosphere. The initial stage of the suggested 14-mile (with 1130ft of
ascent) BLACK
walk from Runswick Bay to Staithes follows a truly memorable stretch of the
North Sea coast which affords spectacular views before going inland, following an attractive route
across fields, by farms and through woodlands.