Runswick Bay

Runswick Bay
Runswick Bay village
Runswick Bay is located in North Yorkshire
Runswick Bay
Runswick Bay
Location within North Yorkshire
OS grid referenceNZ82171599
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSALTBURN-BY-THE-SEA
Postcode districtTS13
PoliceNorth Yorkshire
FireNorth Yorkshire
AmbulanceYorkshire
UK Parliament
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UK
England
Yorkshire
54°32′04″N 0°45′18″W / 54.5345°N 0.7551°W / 54.5345; -0.7551

Runswick Bay is a bay in North Yorkshire, England. 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 UK road signs). It is 5 miles (8 km) 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.[1] It is on the Cleveland Way national trail. Runswick Bay was chosen as Beach of the Year 2020 by The Sunday Times.[2]

Runswick Bay
  1. ^ "Runswick Bay - Yorkshire dog walking". Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  2. ^ Haslam, Chris. "Beach of the year: Runswick Sands, North Yorkshire". The Times. Retrieved 28 October 2020.