Date/Time
Date(s) - 31 December 2024 - 31 December 2026
10:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location
Runswick Bay
Categories
Runswick Bay is one of the most popular locations on the Yorkshire Coast, and it’s for this reason that a private tour guide is best to show you the less known ‘spots’. With consistent fossils finds and beautiful scenery, it is a treat to collect fossils on Britain’s Best Beach, as voted by the Sunday Times in 2020.
Begin to understand the geoheritage of the site with a qualified, Earth Science specialist to reveal stories of Victorian jet-miners, ice age glaciers, dinosaur aged reptiles. Itineraries from Runswick can include the circular walks to Port Mulgrave (4 horus) or Kettleness (3-5 hours), incorporating stunning clifftop scenery and spectacular scar rock platforms. Your guide will show you how to track through the Mass Extinction event that lead to the Whitby Mudstone being a famous fossil bearing bedrock ‘Lagerstätte’, and reflect upon ice age glaciers that delivered a bounty of geological curiosities from Northern England, Scotland and Scandinavia. When sand levels allow it, you can walk upon a golden ammonite graveyard, and see the stunning Belemnite battlefield
Private tours are available throughout the year are arranged to suit tides, adventure level, age and ability of the hiring party. Our guides consider the unique safety factors required for safe and responsible collecting at this location.
Summer, school break and weekend availability is extremely limited. Please book early for 2026 dates. Runswick Bay has perhaps the best access for non-optimal tidal conditions, but we greatly recommend choosing an ideal date from the calender..
Choose an available date via this calendar
Private tours costs are
1-6 people – 2 hour itinerary = Cost £195
7-11 people or 3 hour itinerary = Cost £250
12+ people or 4+ hour itinerary = Cost £350
Group bookings can also combine visits to multiple locations, including a guided visit of Whitby Museum
Get in touch to discuss what’s possible for a chosen location or date range. We’ll advise on options that will be best suited to you.
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