Find Nearest Beaches in North Yorkshire

Planning a trip to the North Yorkshire coast and looking for where the nearest North Yorkshire beach is, our UK beach lists and beach search will help you discover the nearest beach to me.  Then for each North Yorkshire beach, we will answer questions around location, rural or town, sandy or pebble, rockpools, tide times, weather forecast, dog restrictions, bathing water quality, closest beach cafes and provide general information on the beach, its facilities and the surrounding area.

When on a beach page use our tools to expand your search to nearby seaside villages, towns and the surrounding North Yorkshire coast for things to see and do or places to eat.

If you are looking for an award-winning beach, you can browse our UK Blue Flag lists or our UK Seaside Award lists.

Have a dog? Finding a dog-friendly beach can be hard work and our dog-friendly beach lists will help direct you to the best locations allowing dogs.

Finding the best beach in North Yorkshire is easy – explore the beach links below, to find the closest beach just hit the “Find Near Me” button or use the search bar to plan where your next North Yorkshire beach visit should be.

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Redcar Sands Beach

Redcar Sands beach is sand, close to Redcar town popular with surfers and kite surfers. Lifeguard, parking a short walk away and many more facilities in the town. Read more…
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Scarborough North Bay Beach

Scarborough is one of Yorkshire’s and the UK’s most traditional Victorian era coastal resort towns. North Bay is one of the two sandy beaches in Scarborough and is the larger although slightly quieter of the two bays. A half moon strip of sand that stretches north from the headland in to the centre of Scarborough. Popular surfing beach suitable for Read more…
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Coatham Sands Beach

Coatham Sands is a large sandy beach backed by dunes that run North of Coatham a northern area of Redcar. The dune system a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) is in front of the golf course and is a haven for wildlife and plants. Very popular kitesurfing, landboarding and buggy location. No facilities other than car parking. Read more…
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Hayburn Wyke Beach

Hayburn Wyke is a delightful and isolated bay 6 miles north of Scarborough with the beach being pebble and rocks and in some places difficult to access. The word ‘ wyke ‘ is of Scandinavian origin and denotes a narrow inlet sheltered by headlands. The surrounding woodland is protected as a nature reserve and managed by the National Trust and the Read more…
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Cattersty Sands Beach

Cattersty Sands and Skinningrove beach are split by a pier which was built by the Skinningrove Iron Company in the late 1880s for loading ore onto steamers bound for Middlesborough. You need to move away from the car park to the other side of the pier where you will find a long stretch of sand with some shingle backed by Read more…
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Runswick Sands Beach

Runswick Sands is a sheltered sandy beach with rock pools on either side of the bay at Runswick. Although this can be a large sandy beach you have no sand at high tide so it is worth checking the Runswick Bay tide times below when planning a visit to avoid disappointment. Runswick Bay Beach as it is also known is Read more…
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Cayton Bay Beach

Cayton Bay beach is an unspoilt and quiet bay located 5km south of Scarborough and a similar distance north of Filey. The bay is a wide, sandy beach backed by cliffs, and one of the best surfing locations in North Yorkshire. The centre of the bay has a reef that creates a flat lagoon which is perfect for kayaking, Stand-Up Paddle Boarding Read more…
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Whitby Sands Beach

Whitby Sands beach is a sandy beach with some rocks situated to the west of the town and the beach is also known as West Cliff Beach. The River Esk splits through Whitby and a unique swing bridge connects the West and East sides of the town. On the east, you have a small sandy beach below the Abbey and Read more…
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Stray Beach

Stray Beach is a sandy beach to the south of Redcar and the North of Marske sands. As this beach lacks facilities it tends to be quieter than the more popular nearby beaches of Redcar and Saltburn. Facilities at the beach include parking, toilets and a cafe but for more, you will need to head into Redcar. Read more…
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Ravenscar Beach

Ravenscar beach is a mix of sand and rock pools backed by cliffs. The beach is at the far end of Robin Hood’s Bay and in Ravenscar village you have the Ravenscar Visitor Centre which is managed by the National Trust. Parking available on the road. Read more…
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Reighton Sands Beach

Reighton Sands is part of a long stretch of sandy beach within Filey Bay and the beach is backed by low cliffs. A small amount of parking and the beach is backed by caravan holiday parks which have a cafe. Read more…
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Upgang Beach

Upgang is a small beach on the north side of Whitby. It is sandwiched in between Sandsend Beach and Whitby Sands. Located just next to Whitby golf coarse the beach is well known for the surf and is very popular and productive beach for fishing, especially during summer. Access to the beach is via the steps and walkways which have Read more…
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Find North Yorkshire Dog Friendly Beaches

Heading to the North Yorkshire coast with your dog and not sure if they are allowed on any beaches?

This North Yorkshire list of dog friendly beaches will help in planning your next trip to the beach, beaches for dogs near North Yorkshire

Our North Yorkshire dog friendly beach list currently has 5 North Yorkshire beaches listed where dogs are allowed with 8 beaches that have some dog restrictions, and there are no beaches on which a full dog ban is in operation.

North Yorkshire dog friendly beaches North Yorkshire Beaches allowing dogs

This list shows 5 North Yorkshire beaches with no dog restrictions and can be used all year.

  1. Cayton Bay Beach, Scarborough
  2. Cattersty Sands Beach, Saltburn-by-the-Sea
  3. Runswick Sands Beach, Whitby
  4. Robin Hoods Bay Beach, Whitby
  5. Reighton Sands Beach, Filey

Note, although dogs are allowed you are expected to keep control of your dog, clean-up after them and some beaches may require you to keep them on a lead. Please check local information sites for any restrictions.

North Yorkshire beaches with dog restrictions North Yorkshire Beaches that have dog restrictions

This list shows 8 North Yorkshire beaches allowing dogs but with some restrictions. These restrictions could be a time of day, restricted zones, dogs to be kept on a lead or only allowed out of season. Check our beach information page for details of the restrictions in place.

  1. Redcar Sands Beach, Redcar
  2. Filey Sands Beach, Scarborough
  3. Scarborough South Bay Beach, Scarborough
  4. Whitby Sands Beach, Whitby
  5. Granville Beach, Redcar
  6. Marske Sands Beach, Redcar
  7. Sandsend Beach, Whitby
  8. Saltburn Beach, Saltburn-by-the-Sea

North Yorkshire Beaches that do not allow dogs North Yorkshire Beaches that do not allow dogs

We have no North Yorkshire beaches recorded that do not allow dogs at any time.

North Yorkshire Beaches that we have NO dog restriction information

This list shows 9 North Yorkshire beaches where we have no information on dog restrictions.

  1. Upgang Beach, Whitby
  2. Hayburn Wyke Beach, Scarborough
  3. Cloughton Wyke Beach, Scarborough
  4. Scarborough North Bay Beach, Scarborough
  5. Coatham Sands Beach, Redcar
  6. Stray Beach, Redcar
  7. Staithes Beach, Staithes
  8. Bran Sands Beach, Redcar
  9. Ravenscar Beach, Scarborough

    10. If a North Yorkshire beach is not listed above then we have no information and you will have to check local beach information boards.

    Note that we try to keep this dog beach information up to date but restrictions are set by local councils and occasionally we may miss a change.