Independent walking holidays - The Cleveland Way
The Cleveland Way stretches for approximately 110 miles/177km along the edge of the North York Moors and the North Yorkshire Coast and reaches its highest point on Urra Moor 454m (1,489ft). The scenery encompasses farming landscapes and forests - some have hardly changed for centuries - dramatic rolling country with abrupt scarps and sandstone edges, bleak moors, dramatic cliff and beach seaside scenery. It semicircles the largest open moorland in England then follows the Heritage Coast on top of rugged, but grassy cliffs. Eighty percent of the trail is within the North York Moors National Park. All this moor and cliff walking is punctuated with interesting market towns and sleepy fishing villages steeped in historical and literary associations. On this holiday you walk a total of 67 miles on the coastal section from Kildale to Filey.

On this independent walking holiday you stay for seven nights at the HF Holidays hotel in the town of Whitby. Each day you are transported to the start of the walk. At the end of each day you are picked up and transported back to the hotel at Whitby.             

No of Nights :          7
Grade:                     Moderate
Dates available:      Starts on Saturdays from April to October.        
Accommodation:     Larpool Hall in Whitby                       
Meals included:      Breakfast, a packed lunch and dinner daily.
Price:                      739 GBP (Great Britain pounds) based on double
                               Single supplement 56 GBP

Itinerary:      

Day 1: Arrival day in Whitby

Day 2: Kildale to Skelton
19km (12 miles)  Starting at Kildale, walk over Coate Moor to Captain Cook’s Monument. On to Yorkshire’s own “Matterhorn”, Roseberry Topping, then a woodland walks towards the coast.

Day 3: Skelton to Staithes
19km (12 miles)  Dramatic cliff scenery as you follow the Cleveland Way from Skelton to Staithes

Day 4: Staithes to Whitby
21km (13 miles) Along sandy beaches, watching seabirds and finding out about the smugglers en route to historic Whitby.

Day 5: Whitby to Robin Hood’s Bay
13.5km (8½ miles) An easy cliff-top walk to Robin Hood’s Bay. 

Day 6: Robin Hood’s Bay to Scarborogh
22.5 km (14 miles) Short but steep descents reveal secret bays and inlets, wildlife reserves and the way to the seaside resort of Scarborough

Day 7: Scarborough to Filey
19km (12 miles)  A cliff-top finale, as your trail rounds the headland to the Victorian resort of Filey

Day 8: Departure day