The Cinder Track

The Cinder Track is a 17-mile route between Scarborough and Whitby. It’s almost completely traffic-free making it ideal for walking, wheeling or riding a horse. Owing to its origins as a railway line, the route gets its name from the cinders used to make the track bed as opposed to the usual crushed stone. These days, the Cinder Track provides a well-used, well-loved urban and rural multi-user path for both leisure and commuting. 

The route is part of National Cycle Network Route 1, part of a UK-wide network of signed paths and routes for walking, wheeling, cycling and exploring outdoors

For more information on the  Cinder Track , and where it can take you, see the  Cinder Track page on Sustrans' website .

Utilising funding from  Sustrans’ Paths for Everyone programme  - a wider project supported by the Department for Transport - we’ve been working with North Yorkshire Council to make the Cinder Track more accessible to those who want to walk, wheel, cycle or ride a horse. We’ve done this by removing or redesigning barriers, widening the path, and resurfacing it to create a smooth and continuous route.  

For more information on the work we've been doing to improve the route, view the map below. There's also more information on the work we've done and our aspirations for the Track on the  Sustrans website .

The Cinder Track runs through fabulous scenery and provides a well-used, well-loved urban and rural multi-user environment for both leisure and commuting which should be accessible to people of all ages and abilities. However, at the moment access barriers and poor surfacing make some of it difficult for those with mobility scooters, wheelchairs or adapted bikes to use. Through the winter months the path can get muddy making it less usable.

In a public consultation carried out in 2016, more than three quarters of those surveyed said that the Cinder Track was in need of improvement. The most common response when asked what improvements were needed were related to the path surface and drainage.

To find out about accessibility improvements on the track between Burniston and Cloughton, see:  Increased accessibility as Cinder Track works complete - Sustrans.org.uk 

The Cinder Track is for everyone. Some people using the path may be vulnerable.

Please:

• Be considerate of other people;

• Keep to the left;

• Slow down and enjoy your journey.

North Yorkshire Council runs a Facebook page for the Cinder Track:  https://www.facebook.com/cindertrack/ 

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