Best walks near Redcar by train

Recommended: A direct town-centre-to-town-centre route, under 20% on roads with the rest flat and well-surfaced tarmac path mostly along the riverside. Passes through a semi-industrial landscape and runs close to the river.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Recommended: A varied route through nature reserves and beaches.

Warnings: About two miles around the port alongside a main road.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Recommended: A quiet walk, separated from built-up areas, with several steep climbs and descents.

Lunch: No food or drink en route after Seaham.

Warnings: Several steep climbs and descents.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A lengthy route with substantial pavement sections at the start and end and narrow countryside footpaths in between. The section around Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park is the nicest but also the most challenging terrain. Can be muddy when wet. Extensive woodland.

Warnings: The route crosses the busy A689; the safer crossing point is slightly east of the line shown, at the traffic lights. Can be muddy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Warnings: A track between roughly NZ4003 1630 and NZ4036 1628 may be blocked and impossible to walk; be prepared to divert.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Warnings: This route relies on the Transporter Bridge to cross the River Tees; the bridge has been closed for repair with no reopening date, so you would need to detour to cross via the Newport Bridge (A1032).

Walk details: Slow Ways.

lots of lovely nature and panoramic views. A long route mixing town road-walking with field paths and farm tracks across open country, with panoramic views and lots of nature. Many field paths are poorly maintained, lost or heavily overgrown with nettles and brambles and very wet and muddy after rain. Passes under the A1 near Darlington; there is an ice cream shop at Walworth a short detour off-route.

Warnings: Many field paths are overgrown, lost or blocked and need hacking through nettles; some require detours around farms. Parts cross or run beside the busy A6072 and A1, and the A1 underpass can flood. Tough going for adults and impractical with wheels away from the towns. Can be muddy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A long, demanding rural route through fields, woods and quiet villages, starting well on footpaths to Brompton but becoming very tricky from Ings Beck onward, with no clear paths across hayfields and waist-high grass. Poorly maintained throughout, with blocked or missing stiles, locked gates and overgrown footbridges and ditch crossings. Sections through villages and on lanes are pleasant. Coincides with the Coast to Coast path in places, which provides a clearer alternative around some obstacles. Extensive woodland.

Warnings: Much of the route is poorly maintained, with blocked or missing stiles, locked or overgrown gates, slurry heaps across the path, waist-high nettles and grass, and unbridged ditches to scramble across; signage is very poor with few finger posts or waymarkers, so careful navigation is essential. Sturdy clothing is advisable.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Highly recommended: An easy, safe coastal-edge walk on good footpaths through housing estates and an extensive area of allotments and on mainly hard-surfaced track running alongside the railway. A few steep bits and one gravelly part by the fields; mostly a steady climb from Saltburn to Marske. The path through the allotments is a designated bridleway, so dogs should be kept on leads. Could be enjoyed as a circular route, walking back to Marske along the beach when the tide permits. Disabled toilets (keys needed) in Saltburn and Marske.

Destination pub: Plenty of places to eat near the station in Saltburn, with the Victorian Cliff Lift and beach a short walk away.

Walk details: Slow Ways.