Cayton Bay Beach

Nice beach, clean and lifeguard patrolling. Seems to be popular with surfers and bodyboarders. However there is plenty of sea fun for the kids too. Dog friendly. Just watch the descent down to the beach, two ways we found to it were very steep. Toilets, food shop and surfing gear shop on or near beach

Lovely flat beach with steep path going down to it. Great golf beach games and surfing. There is a toilet by the carpark and a shop on the beach. Nb that at high tide the beach is covered (as you see from the photo)

Cayton Bay Beach is a hidden gem on the Yorkshire coast. It is a beautiful

This is a great dog friendly beach.There is a good car park close by with a toilet and a little shop.The walk down to the beach could be a bit tricky for people who are unsteady on their feet as it is steep and slippery.However, the beach is worth the walk down to it.The beach is flat and sandy. On the right day, it would be good for surfing and body boarding.If you like hunting for sea glass, there are some great bits to be found here.

Beautiful golden sand beach! Clean and easily accessed by myself and my 3 year old son, pushchair in hand.Shared a magical sunset with my boy, watching him running all over the beach, shoes and socks off, paddling in the sea!Absolutely amazing view!

Cayton Bay beach is a great Yorkshire-coast sandy beach.The beach is subject to quite a large tidal surge so at high tide, the water can extend all the way to the cliffs. Don't get caught out.At low tide, there are exposed rocks on the beach, providing ample opportunity for young ones to look for aquatic life in the rock pools that forms.From end to end, the beach is about 3km at low tide and there are old ruins of concrete bunkers harking back to the 2nd world war that was intended to protect against amphibious landings.There is a nice beach cafe and the council services the remarkably clean toilets. Lifeguards mark out appropriate swim and surf areas.There are three entrances to the beach: the main one which is central to the beach and is found opposite the holiday park. One at the south-end of the beach past the local surf school and one at the north-end of the beach which runs through the small section of National Trust land.Be aware that all of these entrances have a drop of about 35m from the road down to the beach and it feels like a slog making your way back up. It is well worth it though!The Cleveland Way trail skirts around the cliff-tops surrounding the beach and provides a great view of Scarborough in the distance.Note that the beach is also dog-friendly and many dogs are on and off leash. For the most part, they are well-behaved.Cayton Bay beach is really worth a visit.

Fabulous dog friendly beach, loads of paddle boarders, top field parking £5 daily. Be careful walking down the large slippy slope to get down to beach, walk along to beach side cafe that sells tea and coffee and cakes, lots of stones and rocks in the corner if you want to look for fossils. Well worth the visit the dog loved it…. Much more than my legs did walking back up the slope!

It's a lovely, quiet beach. Beautiful views and a nice walk along when the tides out.Halfway down to the beach there's a toilet block and a very dog friendly ice-cream kiosk type place with some outdoor seating. Not massive but does good coffee and some hot food. Staff were lovely.They have re-done the toilets so there's an actual toilet block now instead of the old shipping container type effort that was there last time we visited.The path to the beach is steep and uneven in places, I would not recommend for prams or wheelchairs. When we went we had to leave my son's wheelchair at the kiosk and carry him down the last steps and it was a bit precarious.Always check the tide times before you go, when the tides in there's no beach!

Such a beautiful beach we visited at 7pm and it was so tranquil and relaxing, wish we'd have visited earlier than we did as we left it to our last day on holiday there

This is an amazing long sandy beach which is in total contrast to those of Scarborough and FileyIt is a completely uncommercialised and the beach at low tide is massive.There is a steep walk down to the beach from the car park with toilets by the cafe and pumphouse.You'll also find a bridleway that goes to the top of the cliffs that gives you awesome views of the bay and access to the bays north and south of Cayton.