Date/Time
Date(s) - 22 March 2026
9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Location
Runswick Bay
Categories
Join The Rock Showman for a Fossil safari on Britain’s Best Beach!
SUITABILITY RATING – Ideal for families, beginners, younger children and for adults with minor mobility issues. The itinerary has level access onto the beach, with a 30 minute walk to the furthest hunting grounds. Terrain is sloped road, sand, cobbled beach, and bare rock platform.
START LOCATION – Benches below entrance to “Tides Cafe” Runswick Bay, TS13 5HT
PARKING – A small, busy, cash-only P&D car park is in the lower village – Bank Bottom Car Park – TS13 5HT. In Summer and on busy weekends this is regularly full, with the nearest parking at the top of the village. Allow 20 mins to park car and get to the start location. Minimum P&D advised 4 hours (March to November)
Level: Intermediate, Beginner
Age range: Over 4
This is a 2 hour tour starting from the Cafe near the Beach and (usually)heading South East towards Kettleness. Your guide Steve, will take you on a journey back through ice ages towards the Jurassic and introduce the fossils that can be found from Earth’s distant past at this classic location. Ammonites, Belemnites, Whitby Jet, Marine Reptile bones and Ice Age fossils have all been found on this itinerary. Steve will give the story of these creatures, and the environments in which they lived.
The tour leaves from the cafe at the advertised start time so please come about 15 minutes before, giving enough time to use public loos located here.
This tour combine specialist scientific knowledge with tips on responsible collecting and how to stay safe along the Yorkshire Coast.
