Sandsend Holiday Cottage

Things to do

Visit North Yorkshire

As the largest county in England, North Yorkshire has a wealth of tourist attractions and some notable hidden gems too! Here is a selection of our favourites, all readily accessible from Sandsend.

  • Staithes – a quaint fishing village and now home to CBeebies “Old Jack’s Boat”.
  • Runswick Bay – one of the prettiest villages on the North Yorkshire Coast.
  • Whitby
  • GrosmontThe North Yorkshire Moors Railway steams regularly through here.
  • Goathland – wind swept moors and “Heartbeat country”.
  • Danby – home to the North Yorkshire Moors National Park.
  • Robin Hoods Bay – Jurassic fossils aplenty and end of the Coast to Coast walk.
  • Ravenscar – with spectacular views across the sea and the odd seal or two!
  • Scarborough