Runswick Bay is one of the Yorkshire Coast’s prettiest destinations with its sweeping, sheltered bay and charming red roof cottages. The sandy beach, which once provided anchorage for brightly coloured fishing boats, is now a family favourite for rock pooling, fossil hunting and coastal walks, where you can admire the breathtakingly stunning sea views.
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One of UK’s Finest Beaches
The Times and Sunday Times Travel recently named Runswick Bay Britains best beach in their top 50 round-up of the country’s best beaches. Watch the video below to get a feel for why this unassuming yet beautiful bay deserves this title.
Runswick Bay Hotels & Self Catering Accommodation
Huckleberry
Saltburn-by-the-Sea, TS13 5HU, United Kingdom
Walkers Cottage
7d Walkers Yard, Cliff Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 3DD
Victoria Hotel
Station Road, Robin Hood’s Bay, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO22 4RL
Thirley Banks Cottages
Harwood Dale, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 0DR
The Runswick Bay Hotel
2 Hinderwell Lane, Runswick Bay, Whitby, North Yorkshire, TS13 5HR
The Firs
Hinderwell Lane, Runswick Bay, Whitby, North Yorkshire, TS13 5HR
Staithes Holiday Cottages
Toffee Crackle House, High Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, TS13 5BH
Scalby Lodge
Coastal Road, Scalby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO13 0DA
Runswick Bay Caravan & Camping Park
Bank Top, Hinderwell Lane, Saltburn-by-the-sea, North Yorkshire, TS13 5HR
Rowantree Farm
Fryup Road, Ainthorpe, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 2LE
Kas Kane Holiday Cottages
Mill Lane, Skinningrove, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, North Yorkshire, TS13 4AP
Holmleigh Guest House
6 Prospect Hill, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 1QE
High Chapel
High Chapel, North Yorkshire, TS13 5HU
Greystones Holiday Apartment
4 The Crescent, Flat 4, North Yorkshire, YO11 2PW
Explorers Rest
7 Wellington Terrace, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 3HF
Crab & Lobster Cottage
Crab & Lobster Cottage, Runswick Bay, North Yorkshire, TS13 5HU
Cliffemount Hotel
Runswick Bay, Bank Top Lane, Whitby, North Yorkshire, TS13 5HU
Blue Beck Cottage
Egton Bridge, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO22 5AX
Beacon Cottage
High Street, Ampleforth, North Yorkshire, YO62 4HF
Ann’s Cottage
Hill Yard Cottage, Rosedale East, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 8RHAbout Runswick Bay
Runswick Bay is a bay in the Scarborough Borough of North Yorkshire. It is also the name of a village located on the western edge of the bay although the village is sometimes shortened to Runswick on road signs.
Runswick Bay is 5 miles north of Whitby, and close to the villages of Ellerby and Hinderwell.
It is a popular tourist attraction due to its picturesque cliffside village, stunning coastal walks, fossil hunting and Runswick Sands, a white sand beach.
For walkers, Runswick Bay is on the Cleveland Way national trail.
Runswick Bay was chosen as Beach of the Year 2020 by The Sunday Times.