Walks you can reach from Redcar East by train

Stockton Station to Middlesbrough Station (Durham)

15m direct from Redcar East.

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.

Easy: 7km, moderate ascents.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route

Middlesbrough Station to Hartlepool Station (Yorkshire)

15m direct from Redcar East.

19km. Gentle ascents.

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).

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route

Shildon Station to Darlington Station (Durham)

45m direct from Redcar East.

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.

20km. Moderate ascents.

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.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route

Marske Station to Saltburn Station (Yorkshire)

6m direct from Redcar East.

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.

Easy: 3km, moderate ascents.

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

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route

Billingham Station to Middlesbrough Station (Durham)

15m direct from Redcar East.

Easy: 6km, gentle ascents.

The Tees Transporter Bridge on this route has been closed since 2019 with no reopening date, making the route impassable as drawn; an alternative uses the Newport Bridge (A1032), which has footpaths alongside a busy road.

Documented by Slow Ways — download GPX route

Saltburn Station Circular via Warsett Hill (Yorkshire)

15m direct from Redcar East.

Cleveland Way cliffs from Saltburn over Warsett Hill, with ironstone-mine remains and a charm-bracelet sculpture above the sea.

8km. 3h.

Cliff-top paths with steep climbs; keep dogs on leads near livestock and cliff edges.

Highlights: Huntcliff (A high coastal cliff east of Saltburn bearing the remains of a Victorian ironstone-mine fanhouse, on the Cleveland Way and England Coast Path) and the Cleveland Way (A National Trail that here follows the cliff-top coastline east of Saltburn, also signed as the England Coast Path).

Lunch: The Ship pub on the Saltburn seafront, early on the route.

Documented by Northern Railway (tips, photos and local insights).