www.eastriding.gov.uk VISITOR INFORMATION HOW TO FIND THE RESERVE
Opening Times: Open every day of the year. Flamborough Outer Headland is located approximately Car Park: Pay and display charges apply all year, 2 miles east of Flamborough village and 5 miles eastof Flamborough large car park. Bridlington. By road from Bridlington approach on the B1255 to Flamborough, and then the B1259 to the Public Toilets: In the car park beside the café. Flamborough Lighthouse. Outer Headland Accessibility: There is a surfaced path to the Fog Signal Reserve car park: Station on the cliff top; other cliff and reserve paths are not OS Explorer Map 301: Grid ref: TA 254 706. Local Nature Reserve surfaced. There is a flight of 190 steep steps to Selwicks Bay. Postcode: YO15 1AR
Refreshments: Café in car park, tearooms and pubs in Bempton Cliffs Nature Coast Reserve (RSPB) Flamborough (2 miles) and Bridlington (5 miles). Path
Dogs: Keep your dog under close control, and do not Thornwick Flamborough Buckton Bay Cliffs Nature disturb wildlife, livestock or other visitors. Please clean up North Reserve Landing after your dog. Bempton (YWT)
WHAT TO DO B1229 B1255 Lighthouse Wildlife Watching Flamborough Cliff and Reserve Walks B1259
Sea Views Lane Bempton Flamborough Sewerby Outer Hall Lighthouse Tours Danes South Headland Dyke Landing B1255 LNR LNR LNR Sewerby
THE FLAMBOROUGH HEAD STORYBOARD TRAIL Bridlington The Flamborough Head Storyboard Project celebrates the riches of Flamborough Head. Nine storyboard panels The nearest railway stations are Bridlington located across the headland are linked by walking trails, with (5 miles) or Bempton (5 miles). Enquiries: downloadable podcasts, video clips, photo stories and maps. 08457 484950 www.nationalrail.co.uk www.flamboroughheadstoryboard.co.uk Buses stop in Flamborough village (2 miles) or North Landing (1 and ½ mile walk on FIND OUT MORE coastal path). EYMS bus routes 14 Bridlington to Flamborough. Countryside Access Team, East Riding of Yorkshire Council: The Beachcomber 100 open top bus runs (01482) 395208 between Bridlington and Flamborough Lighthouse [email protected] in summer months. www.eastriding.gov.uk/countrysideaccess BUSCALL enquiries:
Flamborough Lighthouse: (01482) 222222 www.eyms.co.uk www.trinityhouse.co.uk/lighthouses This document can be made available in other languages Flamborough Bird Observatory: or formats if required. To request another format, please contact us on Tel: (01482) 395320 or www.fbo.org.uk Email: [email protected] Flamborough Village (3km) Flamborough Head Chalk Tower Coast Path to North Landing Path continues along Heritage Coast (3km) Selwicks Bay the coast towards Bempton Scarborough BEWARE Cliffs Flamborough Danes Dyke OF QUICK Nature Cliffs Nature Earthwork RISING TIDES Reserve Reserve (RSPB) (YWT) Headland A UNIQUE AND SPECIAL PLACE Way USEFUL CONTACTSSTEEP Flamborough Outer Headland Thornwick Railway CLIFFS Flamborough Outer Headland forms part of one of the Countryside Officer Buckton Bay Station Agricultural Land Fog Signal North finest stretches of coastland in the East. This unique sea Cafe (01482) 395208 Landing Golf Station Bempton Course and cliff environment is protected as a Site of Special Local Nature ReserveFlamborough Police (non-emergencies) Flamborough Head Village (3km) 101 Scientific Interest, and its seabird colonies mark it as a Chalk Tower Car Coast Path to Toilets Heritage Coast Special Protection Area. The offshore environment has been Park North Landing East Riding of Yorkshire Council 24 Hour Call Centre Path continues along (3km) Selwicks Bay the coast towards Bempton Lighthouse (01482) 393939 Scarborough identified as a Sensitive Marine Area and a Special Area BEWARE High Cliffs Flamborough Danes Dyke Flamborough Cliffs Nature of Conservation. The reserve is part of the Flamborough Flamborough Countryside AccessOF QUICK Stacks Nature Earthwork Village (3km) RISING TIDES Flamborough Head Reserve Reserve Coast Path to www.eastriding.gov.uk/countrysideaccess (RSPB) (YWT) Headland Headland Heritage Coast. Chalk Tower Head Farm North Landing Agricultural Land Path continues along Heritage Coast Way (3km) Selwicks Bay Tourist Informationthe coast towards Flamborough Bempton STEEP Sewerby Scarborough Outer HeadlandThornwick Railway HISTORY BEWARE (01482) 391634 Cliffs CLIFFS HallFlamborough Danes Dyke Local Nature Station Path continues Buckton Bay OF QUICK Nature Cliffs Nature Earthwork Reserve North Agricultural Land Fog Signalalong the Danes South Landing RISING TIDES Cafe Reserve Reserve Landing Golf Several features of archaeological interest remain well coast towards Dyke Local Local Nature Pond Station(RSPB) (YWT) HeadlandBempton Course preserved, with signs of medieval ridge and furrow farming Bridlington Sewerby Nature Way Reserve STEEP Reserve Railway technique visible in the fields. More recent history can be CLIFFSCar Thornwick Toilets Buckton Bay Station seen on the cliff path with concrete WW2 pillboxes Agricultural Land Fog Signal Park North Cafe Golf Lighthouse Station Landing positioned to defend against the threat of invasion. Bempton Course High Flamborough Agricultural Land Steps Agricultural Land Stacks The present lighthouse was built in 1806, becoming Car Toilets Park Head Farm Agricultural Land automated in 1996 to show four white flashes every Lighthouse Flamborough 15 seconds. The old Flamborough lighthouse is a 1673 High Sewerby Outer Headland Hedgerow Flamborough Hall Local Nature Cattlemere Hole Path continues Stacks Reserve constructed chalk beacon tower, thought to be the oldest along the Danes South Landing Dyke Local Local Nature Head Farm Agricultural Land Pond coast towards building of its type in England. Bridlington Sewerby Nature Reserve Flamborough Reserve Old Fall Seawatch PermissiveSewerby Outer Headland In 2002 the area was designated a Local Nature Reserve Plantation Hall Local Nature Observatory Path continues Paths Reserve along the Danes South Landing in recognition of its wildlife value and importance to the Dyke Local Local Nature Pond coast towards local community. Bridlington Sewerby Nature Reserve Truckway AgriculturalPicnic Land Public Reserve Area Steps RESERVE MANAGEMENT Agricultural Land Footpath Flamborough Outer Headland is managed by the countryside Agricultural Land Bench access team. Our goal is to balance recreational activities Steps Cattlemere CliffsHole Hedgerow Agricultural Land Coast Path to with conserving wildlife. Some of the arable fields on the South Landing (4km) 220 acre reserve are farmed in a beneficial way for wildlife. New Fall Old Fall Lighthouse Seawatch Permissive Hedgerow Flamborough Bird Observatory’s seawatch viewpoint Plantation Cattlemere Hole Observatory Paths offers panoramic views of the seascape and provides a safe place to monitor the thousands of seabirds that fly past Old Fall TruckwaySeawatch Permissive Picnic Public Plantation Flamborough every day. Observatory Paths Area Footpath
Picnic Access for all to Truckway Fog Signal Station. Public Bench Keep to the paths and Area Footpath Cliffs VISIT SAFELY Coast Path to Cliff top paths are unsurfaced. take care on steep steps. South Landing (4km) Camping, fire lighting, New Fall motor biking and horse Beware of sea cliff edges Bench Cliffs Lighthouse Coast Path to riding are not permitted. and quick rising tides. South Landing (4km)
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