The Most Beautiful Closed Railway in the UK? Scarborough to Whitby Railway Episode 2
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- The Lost Scarborough to Whitby Railway - Cloughton Station to Ravenscar
The Scarborough to Whitby Railway opened in 1885 and lasted for 80 years until its sad demise and closure in 1965.
In this series, i shall be following the full course of the route, from Scarborough right up to Whitby and visiting all of the intermediate stations and points of interest along the route of this disusd railway line.
Now the Cinder Trail or Track, this route is fully accessable and has some of the most stunning scenary along any disused railway within the UK.
In this video walk i set off from Cloughton Station where we finished in Episode One. We continue to push North, flowing through some of the most delightful scenary and getting ever closer to the coastal clifftops as we head off towards our final destination today of Ravenscar Station.
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That would have been a really good train trip. I can't forgive Beeching and Marples for what they did to the railways! Great video as always
It would have been so profitable today surly even with maintenance costs?
I'd love to see a heritage revival of this line. Following the example set by the Welsh Highlands Railway using imported South African Railway steam locomotives & stock. The narrow gauge would suit well with the gradients & diversionary routes necessary. I do feel it would even be possible to run down the grade under larpool viaduct to terminate close to whitby Town Station for access to the national network.
Marples was as corrupt as they come.
Regularly walk this line with the Dogs. What they did was social vandalism, isolating communities and stunting local economies. Great video!
As a lad from Crewe I was aware from age 9 that Beeching is a swear word! Looking forward to exploring what the vandal left abandoned. Great video.👍
Amazing walk - stunning views, rolling countryside, birds singing - life doesn’t get much better than this!! 👍
Thanks very much for watching Peter. There's plenty more to come too!
When I was young I loved this line. My summer treat was a 7 day rover ticket costing 5 shillings (£0.25) for me and 10 shillings (£0.50) for my Dad covering a triangle Whitby/York/Cleethorpes. Just think what a fantastic triangle Pickering/Whitby/Scarborough would make for N.Y.M.R. to operate !
It would be great Roy. Also that section between Pickering & Malton too
Funny you should say that. Around 1900 there was a second sour at Rillington from the line to Whitby facing to Scarborough. It lasted a couple of years before it was removed as unneeded as trains that served the Whitby to Scarborough via Pickering service were not that popular.
I think everyone knows that channels like yours help when we are at our lowest. Just had a friend on the phone telling me his partner has only months to live. It’s awful and very distressing but for a few minutes of your video helps a little bit. Keep them coming. They are fabulous.
Oh my goodness that's so sad 😞 Big hugs 🤗
Had the pleasure of working to maintain this old railway track for 12 months some years ago in a joint effort between local council and a company called groundworks. It's a really nice part of our coast that stretches for miles but sadly it's maintenance was and still is underfunded/overlooked by local council. There are still local groups that work very hard to keep the track accessible. Fond memories of this place that I don't think i'll ever forget.
Wonderful video today. It may be sad in a way that the railways have gone, but look what they left behind, absolutely stunning scenery.. I have never felt the need to go to exotic places and sit on a beach, but this makes me want to go out and but a decent pair of walking boots a backpack! Thank you for all the work you put in to these videos.
Thanks very much I'm so pleased you are enjoying them. I have just returned from making more films in this area ☺️
Beautiful area. Smashing presentation.Have walked from H.W. pub through the woods and down the cliff to the waterfall.. Then back for a pint.Wonderful memory brought back with this video. Thank you
My grandmother lived in Scarborough and as children we used to be taken to Hayburn Wyke where we crossed the railway line to walk down to the sea.
What a fabulous route with so many railway relics to see.. Looking forward to watching the next one 👍
I'm really enjoying this series what an awesome picturesque line it is, would love to do something like this but would need a chaperone in case I got lost. Well done to the people who organised this walk it's been a pleasure to watch and looking forward to the rest of it, keep up the good work.
I'm so pleased you are enjoying them Peter. There's another 3 part's still to come. I've also started walking the Whitby to Loftus line this week. It's just myself doing the walks and putting them together 😊
Very enjoyable treck along what must have been one of the most scenic routes in the UK. Great drone shots and evocative old photo's. Looking forward to the next episode. Thank you.
Thank You for the Time & Effort You have taken in the making of this Video, Excellent Work! The Old Footage was lovely, It's so lovely to see the enthusiasm & interest relating to a much missed Era of the Steam Railway & Routes. I can't forgive Beeching for what he did! Obviously he didn't have any foresight!!! Looking forward to watching the other Parts. Thank You for Sharing.
I've walked this old railway route several times when in holiday and it's outstanding. Great scenery, so tranquil and peaceful. Plus the wildlife that can be seen. Imagine if the line hadn't been closed! Maybe with the net zero obsession it could be restored for a tram system, who knows!!!
Quite exhilarating It just gets better and the drone puts it all in to perspective.
Absolutely fantastic Ant. I have really enjoyed this series. There is so much beauty on these half forgotten railways. I know for certain my old home town had one. I even remember St Paul's Station when Cheltenham had two railway stations. Thanks for sharing.
I lived in the station house at Stainton Dale for 53 years from being 4 months old in September 1940. My father was appointed Station Master there so we moved from Leeds to the coast. It was a great place to grow up as a young boy. Track maintenance trains 'Ballast trains' would come up some Sundays, and I would always be on the platform. If the right driver was on he would slow right down and then shout " Come on Buster Jump on" so I would spend a full day on the footplate of the loco, and then drop me off on the way back to Scarborough. I bought the entire station in 1975 and ran an Engineering business from there for 25 years selling in 1993.
Well If your dad was stationmaster there then it was him I remember at Staintondale back in the early 60s We used to stay in a cottage ( right angles to the main road ) owned in those days by Nora Drake She worked at the ravenhall hotel which was in those days owned by Reg and Elsie cooper To get from the station to the cottage we used to get permission to walk up the track a bit before turning off up a little lane ( only after the last train had gone for the day) I last stopped over at a b and b in staintondale ( big bungalow) in the late 80s and then was a visitor to the house behind the national trust office in ravenscar Owned at the time by Ingrid and ray flute( holiday accomadation people who were family friends ) Lots of happy memories Since my wife had connections in the Whitby area we were then more likely to be found visiting Staithes but even that was over 20 years ago now Happy memories of steam trains on that line ( and the sound of the wind whistling through the telephone wires with all those little wooden anti bird bobbins ) I still have a beautiful fossil fern that came out a of a local wall whilst it was being refurbished
Absolutely love this Ant have been on this old track looking forward to Robin hood's bay to whitby especially
Absolute stunning video Ant, I enjoyed it all and very nostalgic looking at the photos past in a time less complicated. What a real shame all those old branch lines disappeared, shame on you Beeching. 😢
Glad you enjoyed it David thanks very much
Was up by the none town of Ravenscar two weeks back - stunning views across the cliffs
I cycled this part a couple of weeks ago and now found this video! You've put it together so well. Now will go back and complete the rest. Just found all your other videos and can't wait to watch through them all - thankyou!!
What a huge heritage have your country! And beauty! (excuse my english)
Thanks very much for watching Edgardo ☺️
One of the first decisions made by the infant NYMR enthusiasts was which line they wanted to preserve and the coast line Whitby to Scarborough was quite a strong contender. It was less historic as Stephenson laid out the Whitby to Pickering line in the 1830s, plus the coast line has many summer sea frets when you can barely see your hand in front of your face! It was also considered as a new site for the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway and again as a site for a new narrow gauge line using the Garrett locos that are now on the Welsh Highland Railway. It's a great route for walking and cycling today especially if the weather is OK. I often take a bike over there from Grosmont and ride down to Hayburn Wyke on a sunny spring day. You chose the best time to see it's glory when the whin bushes are in full bloom!
The sign you found at Stainton Dale was probably the catch point marker for the trap point at the south end of the station to prevent any run aways on to the main line on the falling gradient of the Whitby bound platform. The length of rail looked like NER 90lb rail which much of the line was laid with upto closure.
This video is a great advert for the North Yorkshire coast, Ant. The tourist board should use it!
I've really enjoyed this video and the previous episode. I hope it won't be too long before you post the last section. Living in Whitby, I'm familiar with these places, but because of my chronic illness, I'm no longer able to get out and walk like I used to and videos like yours give me great pleasure being able to explore and enjoy from the comfort of my armchair. Thank you...keep up the great work!
Loving your enthusiasm for one of my favourite old railway routes. We cycled the entire line there and back last year and can vouch for the gradient from Cloughton to Ravenscar, even on e-bikes (1/41 I believe!) The sign just before Staintondale station is a catch points warning sign, there was a set there to prevent runaways down the hill back to Cloughton. Looking forward to the next (and possibly the best!) section! 👍
Looking forward to seeing the next installment
Glad you enjoyed it thank you
Absolutely fantastic and so very enjoyable video looking forward to the next one
Thanks very much Craig. 3 more to come!
That’s definitely on my list of cycling routes, absolutely stunning. Your so enthusiastic about your walk as usual, keep up the excellent videos. ✅
Walked ravenscar to Robin Hoods bay after watching this I now need to complete this and the other sections of the old cinder trail .. why this beautiful line was closed god only knows a direct route from Scarborough to Whitby and beyond surely would be used today !! fantastic scenery content and presentation
Thanks very much Alan very kind. I started the Whitby to Loftus line this week
Absolutely loved this episode. I echo the comments below, a truly masterful presentation of an amazing walk.
Thanks very much for watching 😄
Such a fantastic line. Next time I'm up there, I must explore more of it. Particularly the Ravenscar tunnel! Thanks, as always, Ant for the video and the inevitably lovely music.
Interesting to see this route again
Did this trip in the reverse direction from Whitby to Scarborough (Trains at either end to / from Manchester) in November pre covid on my Brompton bike - arrived just before dark after a late start
One or two steep bits to walk but a long downhill into Scarborough 😊
I have been using a map called Mapy which although it is Czech in origin covers the whole world with cycling paths etc and fine detail -usable offline if you download the area before you go
Have been looking at the Chesterfield canal / old railway lines north from Chesterfield - maybe this next week weather permitting Have just watched your vid to Staveley - looks interesting 👍🏻
Absolutely fantastic and video and beautiful countryside but still sad.
Thanks very much Paul. I agree 👍
How you have not been commissioned do to a TV series is beyond me...your commentary and research are so proffesionl...couple that with superb editing and a music score...wow...I really do look forward to each railway walk video..👏👍 regards, John
another great great video a great well done for what you film
when i was eight years old in1960 iwent from ormesby station to scarboroughalong the coast line by kettlenes ican still remember the steam locos great line still ride along on bike.
I've just spent the past couple of days walking part of the line North of Whitby towards Kettleness for further videos 😊
What a beautifully made video, I was glued to it all the way through. Such a lovely old railway and it's good that the pathway has not spoilt the trackbed, and the bridges have basically been kept intact. Many thanks.
Absolutely incredible footage Ant. Hats off to you again. 👏🏻
The first theme was giving me Jurrasic Park vibes 😂
Quite fitting for something that no longer exists
Gosh Ant, that was a stunning video, what a wonderful path. Thank you and take care.
Thank you Christine plenty more to come 😀
Superb. Colours, scenery , filming, drone, bird song, before and after photos, weather, findings, bridges and tunnels. I could go on and on. Who needs to go abroad when we have such beauty here in Britain.?Thank And. Fantastic.
Fascinating video ❤️
I live in Whitby and regularly cycle along the lines it's a beautiful bike ride 😍
Liked and Subscribed 🙌👍
Another superb video on this line and good to see in the old photo's the stations had the odd camping coach
Thank you as always. Plenty more to come 😄
another awesum video Ant lots off history still there thanks mate.
Thank you Andrew very kind
Looking forwards to the next instalment👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it Graham
Absolutely brilliant video...well worth a visit I think, can't wait for part 3
Very kind Trevor thank you. Part 3 will follow in a week or so.
This is another great Ant mini-series. I know the "cinder track" well and your work brings it's former existence back to life. Lovely drone footage and I love seeing the historical photos you insert into the video. Really enjoying this set.
Just got round to watching part 2 and as always, a fantastic video. Thank you for making and sharing it. The scenery must have been stunning from a train back in its day, as it was from a drone!
As you said, the Gorse was resplendent in its yellow gown, and I bet the air was filled with the heady scent from the beautiful Hawthorn. I'd love to live in the station house, I wonder how many ghost trains pass by late at night? 🙃
Great scenic views, thanks for sharing!
Glad you enjoyed it thank you
One of my walks, when I lived in Scarborough ❤
Scarborough and Whitby get so many holiday makers/ visitors now, I reckon that line would be busy if in use 🤔
I absolutely agree I think it would be an absolute success in today's world. Thank you for watching 🙂
Great video, the bridges are stunning, can't wait for the next video 👍
Thanks very much Rob. It shall be available next week 🙂
Last time I was on the Cinder Track, was in 1981 or 1982, on an all boys school outing. There were about 20 of us, and 2 or three male teachers. We roughed it out for 1 or 2 nights in one of the track side station masters houses. It was a 2 story brick building on the left, with a kitchen in a single story extention towards the north bound. It was stuffy and dank, had no heating no electricity or running water, we didn't wash in 3 days, ate fryed sausages and french toast and didn't wash our hands or brush our teeth.
We walked by ourselves unsupervised in small groups of 3 or 4, with a map and compass following the cinder track north for several miles in the rain, untill Ravenscar I believe. Our shoes and socks got were soaked.
In the evenings were told a true ghost story how there was a train crash on a foggy night just up the track, and the body of one of the victims was bricked up in an upstairs chimney. And sure enough, when we went to bed that night, we felt the crooked bricks in the chimney of our stuffy bedroom.
When I got home, my mother had to wash everything 3 times to get the smell out, me included.
absolutely beautiful video, took me away to a better Britain from a dreary hotel room on London.
Glad you enjoyed it Darren thank you. Currently working on part 3
Another fantastic video, Ant! Thanks for that!
well Done Ant this and the previous video are really great, maybe one of your best yet! We stayed in Hawsker last year and i used to walk the dogs on the this line. Look forward to it
Another beautiful video and I rate ur vids being the best disused railway vids.
How good is this!!! Thanks Ant.
Cheers Marc thanks very much ☺️
Thank you for the breathtaking video today. It Is something I always look forward to. The drone scenes are always something to forward to. And the scenery is always picturesque and colourful. Enjoy the week ahead, and see you on the next, Ant! Cheers buddy! 🇬🇧👍🙂🇺🇸
Plenty more to come from this area too 😀
Great video there’s a nice cafe at Ravenscar
Scintilating stuff this Ant.. enjoyed this immensely.. and sure to watch it again at some point
Thanks very much Brian so much more to come
Fantastic video as always they just keep getting better top man 👍🍺
Thanks very much Andrew 🙂🙂
I'd love to live in an old train station with the track bed and platforms still there. wow. Brilliant 😄👍🏻
Beautiful route, Ant. Excellent video 👌🏼😀
Very kind Frank thanks for watching 😊
That looks like a cattie creep at the 13:20 mark. Its for getting cattle from one side of the to the other without disrupting the trains.
What a superb video as always ant! Thank you
Appreciate it Mike thank you
Thanks for sharing Ant, great vid👍
What beautiful scenery & aerial footage Ant! The old photos of the station are wonderful. It has to be the most scenic disused railway in the UK but maybe im a bit biased coming from Yorkshire but it is breathtaking & thank you for taking us on your journey. Your channel is brilliant well done! ❤😊
Very enjoyable part two..thank you. I reckon the peolpe who live at Stainton Dale need to get a few bits of track down in the platforms. And a rather sad end at Ravenscar where they didn't waste any time ripping up the sleepers. All the best.
It would look great with track down wouldn't it? I wonder if they would be allowed?
Another brilliant video Ant. Loving this series 👍🏼😁
Thanks very much I'm pleased 😀
a family village near me " cranford kettering " has a train station house conversion and its garden is where the tracks were , i never asked or looked to see if any remain
really enjoyed thanks
Thanks very much Stephen
Lovely walk
It really is 😁
Surprised to see how overgrown Hayburn Wyke platform has become over the last 30+ years. I remember it being quite clear of the overgrowth and intact, you could walk on it.
It did look like it was close to be lost :(
Hi ant I have been watching your videos of your walk along the disused railway line between Scarborough and Whitby and I have loved the videos I have seen so far and I can't understand why beeching closed that railway such a lovely railway line and stunning scenery along it's route and I have always been interested in the lost railway lines in the UK I have a disused railway line near me in Beverley near hull and it was the former Beverley to York line and that is a lovely walk too I would love to be in one of your future videos and meeting you in person too but that is upto you hope to hear from you soon mate many thanks Jamie horsley from Beverley near hull
loved it thanks
Thank you 😊
What a wonderful series - relaxed informal commentary supported by historic maps and photos. If you ever publish books on this subject I would be an eager customer. 😀
I often feel that this kind of subject is lacking in railway related magazines and would make a great feature
My father (Dad in old times), was an LMS driver so I’ve got steam in my blood. Soon after I could walk I used to drive my Dad’s 3.5” gauge home built Canterbury Lamb. When my Dad retired from full time work he moved to Grosmont and returned to his first love, steam. Now, whilst I understand the Net Zero aspirations (totally stupid) one of which is that us mere mortals are controlled in our freedom of movement. I’m OK with that provided that we restore the ability to move from one place to the next using the railways.
So give us the ability to move from one place to another by restoring all the disused railways and then we might just have a consensus to move forward.
Part 2,just as interesting as part 1! Thanks again. I'm finding as I get older,the more nostalgic I'm getting,and,as one person commented,the rail network was wrecked by the Beeching cuts,I think that if they had persevered with the railways,there would be less road traffic.
It's so sad whqt happened to all of the UK railways that were axed, due to the beeching cuts. We need our railways now more than ever.
Would reduce road traffic, if we would have kept all of the closed railway lines
I feel this one would have been extremely popular today too
Your right, looks like a beautiful line. Tourists
Would have loved it
As someone who’s cycled this most beautiful trail a few times you’ve Truly done this most magnificent disused track justice Ant😀👍 As always very well researched. Well don👏👏👏👏👏👏
Glad you enjoyed it Nigel thanks very much for watching 😊
Another magnificent video, Ant.
Thankyou as always Joseph :)
I'm enjoying this series, it must have been a stunning train journey during summer. I wonder how long it would have taken. I particularly liked the old cine footage and the separate video on the former Bent Rigg radar station. Nice work Ant, looking forward to part 3!
20 miles ish 1964 timetable lists as 58 minutes
Great track for horseriding done it many times.
I bet it is. My daughter would love it
@TrekkingExploration and you can get down onto the beach by Boggle Hole near Robin hoods Bay too, wonderful times
Your videos are getting better all the time,Ant.
The line would have been so busy nowadays, had Beeching and Marples had the foresight to keep it open. It must have been a great run.
Being a Scotsman, another wonderful line was the Callander and Oban line between Dunblane and Crianlarich, especially the part running through Glen Ogle.
An idea for a future video, perhaps?
great video planning on going to scarborough on friday
I've just returned again today. I popped up for a couple of days to do more ☺️ Enjoy
Now I'm getting the reason why you're liking it so much, what a beautiful walk, love those bridges, tall, narrow and last forever!!!👍👍👍
Plenty more to come too! Lot's more 😊
Yes, it is. I lived in Scarborough many years ago and often used to cycle up to Whitby - they seem to have improved the surface since the 1980s as it was rough in places. Always thought it would make a good mini railway location - like the Ravenglass railway, then the footpath could run alongside it.
Its gorgous isn't it? I started walking North of Whitby on the Loftus line this week
@@TrekkingExploration you should have a look at the remaining bits if Scarborough to Pickering line, not much left as mostly farmland, but a few interesting stations still intact with platforms. Most private houses now. I seem to remember Ebberston station being in good order with a bit of track and a carriage, similar to Hawsker station. Thornton Dale station is nice to look at and did have original station gates about 20 years ago.
What a gorgeous walk. I can understand why you enjoyed it. Looking forward to part 3, got my Beef Monster Munch and Hula Hoops ready! 😉😋
Ha ha ha my two favourites, although i prefer salted Hula Hoops :)
Goodness ...yes got to be the original ones! It was all I ever took in my snap to work ...ended up with the nick name hula hoops girl ...that and Veronica (Lord knows why 😂)
I'd have wrote a Panda pop ...but don't think they make it anymore 😕
This is fantastic Ant! can definitely see why you've split this one and made a series! Will be definitely visiting with my 4 legged friend 🐾🐕
Another fantastically well put together video and mini series Ant. Thanks very much for sharing it with us
Glad you enjoyed it Ed thank you. I've just returned from a few days up there again pushing on North beyond Whitby
Hi Ant, great series your putting together. The few disused railways, that are now trails, we have near me are a really enjoyable way of getting into the countryside. Thanks for another superb video.
Thank you for showing this, I shall be cycling the route in July, and I was a bit wary of what to expect. Now I've watched your walk. I can't wait to get started.
Thanks once again.
Glad you enjoyed it Andrew. I hope you enjoy it. Plenty more to come
Thank you for the video we absolutely love this part of North Yorkshire we have walked the cinder trail it's really beautiful
Glad you enjoyed it. Such a stunning coastline
Enjoying your walk immensely. Not been to the area for some 20 years but as a Yorkshireman it’s very much my thing Interested in walk two When I was very young I used to stay in staintomdale and the train was still running Used to catch it most days in one direction or other and having alighted at staintomdale we had permission then to walk up the track about a mile before turning off to the house we stayed in At the time family friends owned the raven hall hotel so was often in there In later life I married into a family with connections to Whitby Happy memories of Hayburn Wyke Tan beck ( ravenhall to sea) and stoupe beck Keep up the wonderful walks ( subscribed to your channel)
Cheers Ant. Something decent to watch in the afternoon 👍
Glad you enjoyed it Guy thank you
@@TrekkingExplorationstill I would enjoy popping along with you on one of your Trek's.
excellent video it's very sad to see a railway not only serving the community but stunning scenery it should have never closed i would love to see it reopen before it gets to late great photos sad to see them cutting up the sleepers look forward to part 3
The locals used the more frequent and often quicker bus services.
Imagine the huge crowd of steam buffs and tourists to take this scenic route
Lost opportunity caused by Beeching and Marples Crooks..
Brilliant railway treck, I highly recommended visiting the Rochdale to Bacup Railway Line. The viaduct at Healey Dell nature reserve is stunning along with a failed rail bridge adjacent to a rebuilt one.
Thanks so very much. I'm doing very little today so i shall have a look at this on maps etc
I stayed at Hayburn Wyke Station when I was very young. You could rent it out in the same way as a camping coach. Happy if vague memories. On a more recent visit i was almost trampled by a herd of deer that dashed down the track bed in the direction of Cloughton there must have been a dozen of them.
Wow that must have been quite scary!
I'd also love to do a camping coach
Fabulous walk, beautiful scenery, great music as well, do you have a play list for each film?
The section from Saltburn to Boulby is still open for freight and is very scenic and a few years ago they ran a special sightseeing service down it which I think ran from Maske as Saltburn is on a little branch which would require a complicated reversal.
Looks like you had a great time in Yorkshire, I chose to do this line over winter and boy was in cold!
I've just returned from another visit today continuing on beyond Whitby