Winter Walks in Scarborough, North Yorkshire

07Apr
by Cherryl

Winter walks are worth the effort.

The revitalising effects of the sea air when you’re wrapped up warm is not to be underestimated – and the Yorkshire coast of Scarborough had plenty of North Sea breeze to go around, lifting the mood, encouraging clearer thinking and getting the body a bit fitter!

A good walk any time of the year is never a bad idea, it just happened to be winter when I did this one.

I really enjoyed (and needed) this at the time – plenty of crispy aired walks, dotted with stops for thinking, pondering and taking photographs along the way.

Scarborough in December 

Scarborough is probably most cherished as a seaside destination for the UK summer months, but the landscape in winter makes for an interesting contrast and some good winter walks. 

Scarborough North Bay

The North Bay is known for being the more scenic side of Scarborough, with a vast quieter beach.

A cleaner beach with fewer crowds, away from the main South side tourist hub.

Maybe this has changed…..but I heard that anyone thinking about swimming in the sea in Scarborough was advised to swim in the North Bay beach which is confirmed to be cleaner and safer than the south. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-66259147 

North Bay morning walk

The tide was out that morning on the North Bay, after rough waves all the way in the night before. Calm always follows a storm!

When everything is closed, no shops open, no deck chairs, no candy floss, nobody selling anything along the sea front and there’s nothing but the raw coast to look at – sometimes those are the most beautiful beach and coastal scenes.

Scarborough sits on the east coast of the UK in the North Sea, known for being on the rougher and colder side of things – perfect for winter walks.

The walks captured for this post were on relatively mild days, not freezing, not blustery – just the normal coastal breezes, yet the waves and their acoustics were still pretty impressive.

Sometimes foggy mists moved in with some light rain then quickly moved off and out along the horizon.

Heading South

Scarborough Castle

Scarborough South Bay

There was more hustle and bustle a 15-20 min walk down the coast to the busier South Bay – a totally different scene.

🤔

Seabay 👀

A beach football match in full swing – nice day for it:

Rollercoaster – no. This is the tram that takes you up into the main town from South Bay Beach and vice versa

The town in South Bay

Here’s where you find all the high street shops, a few quirky shops and a quick walk to the trains, buses and taxis, so no surprise that it’s busier than the North Bay.

Back up along the northern coast

Let’s keep walking……

People love to come and stand around the spots where the sea tends to fly up in a rage and spill over onto the roads and pavement – to get the shot!! I watched one brave photographer for a while, he went up closer to the waves than any other sensible person around. I had my phone videoing, wondering if I’d capture him getting drenched, but it seems he was lucky that day.

Then another man parked his car right up against where the sea was spraying up…..he set his phone up on a tripod and then posed on the bonnet of his car with the sea spraying up at the side of him – it’s probably on instagram somewhere 🧐 you see all-sorts on a winter walk!

Wishing you all lots of happy walks and a good week ahead 💫

https://cherrylsblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Scarborough-Dec-23-Blog.mp4?_=1

25 thoughts on “Winter Walks in Scarborough, North Yorkshire”

  1. Pingback: A Windy Walk in Whitby and Another Fish & Chip Lunch - Cherryl's Blog

  5. debscarey – Billingshurst, West Sussex UK – Writer, Reader, Photographer and Random Scribbler. The random scribbling happens at Debs Despatches, I'm a writer for hire at Debs Carey, and I co-host Fiction Can Be Fun, where my fiction and #IWSG reflections can be found. All links below.

    debscarey

    North Scarborough looks wonderful – just how I like the seaside to be. South Scarborough looks a tad too peopley for full enjoyment (unless I’m having a day of street photography). One of my usual seaside haunts on the south coast experienced such heavy flooding that rescue was required for the residents. I may have to re-think it as a potential retirement spot 🙁

    Reply
    1. Cherryl – UK – This and that, an all rounder!! If it amuses, entertains, inspires or proves useful to just one person then it's doing its job! God bless x 💛🔆🌴🎨🌼✈️

      Cherryl

      Thank you! All is well 🙏 I hope the same is true with you. That song is linked to this particular Scarborough in North Yorkshire…🎶parsley , sage, rosemary and thyme 🎵 and yes, probably freezing water, I didn’t test it lol.

      There are other Scarboroughs around the world too….including at least a couple of Caribbean ones in Tobago and Jamaica, and Canada as well I think, and probably others!

      Reply
  8. Sheila Landry Designs – Meteghan River, Nova Scotia, Canada – I am an artist and designer of decorative painting patterns, woodworking patterns, needlework and embroidery kits and patterns, and original artwork. My Painting and Wood Surfaces for Decorative Painting is at my "Tole Painting Designs" Website My partner Keith Fenton and I sell our scroll saw patterns at our Scroll Saw Pattern website: "Sheila Landry Designs" My needlework patterns and supplies are available at my Etsy shop: "The Stitching Kitty"

    Sheila Landry Designs

    What a fun and full post!! I love seeing your excursions! I have missed you, Cherryl and was happy to see this. Beautiful!

    Reply
  9. Miriam – Australia – I’m a wonder lusting woman, a musician, a freelance travel writer and magazine columnist. Utterly passionate about travel and life and turning the ordinary moments into the extraordinary. My motto is “just do it”.

    Miriam

    Wow, your photos and musings are wonderful. And I have to agree with you, walks in the colder seasons along the beach can be absolutely invigorating. You know you’re alive that’s for sure!! 🙏

    Reply
  12. kagould17 – Not much to tell. After working for 3 companies over 43+ years (38 years 7 months with my last company), I finally got that promotion I had waited my entire career for……retirement. I have been exploring this new career for the past 7+ years and while it is not always exciting, the chance to do what I want for myself and my family instead of what my company wants has been very fulfilling. Early on, there was a long list of projects in my “to-do” hopper and I attacked these projects with a vengeance for the first 9 months of retirement. Eventually, my brain told me that this was not what retirement was about, so it took me another 5 months before my industriousness again took over and I attacked another line of projects, this time somewhat shorter and less complicated, as well as many new projects related to the family weddings in 2016. After going hard for 6 weeks and 3 weddings, my body was telling me to relax, then the flu bug hit and as soon as that was done with me, my sciatic acted up. No rest for the wicked. In 2020 and 2021, the Covid 19 pandemic changed the whole retirement gig. I was lucky to not be still working, for sure. I enjoy photography, gardening, working with my hands, walking, cycling, skiing, travelling, reading and creating special photo and video productions obtained in my first pastime. I may never become wealthy in any of these pursuits, but I already feel I am rich in life experiences far beyond any expectation.

    kagould17

    I do like your sea walks Cheryl. You are so right about walks being revitalizing, for both body and mind. We need this more than ever in winter. Happy Sunday. Allan

    Reply

Leave a ReplyCancel reply