The Cinder Track Hideaway

01/06/2026

Great feedback from our guests this past week 🥰

31/05/2026

The Cinder Track is looking lush and green at the moment 💚

is the perfect base to explore Whitby and see more than just the town 🫶

31/05/2026

Be safe - always check the tide times 💙

🚨Incidents are rising, it’s not a number we can celebrate🚨

Over 14 young people have lost their lives in water related incidents across the UK during this half term heatwave alone. Behind every headline is a devastated family, grieving friends, and a community changed forever. Our thoughts are with everyone affected.

Here on our coastline, we’ve also seen a rise in incidents in recent weeks. We’ve responded to searches along side other services including Whitby RNLI lifeboat along the cliffs, reports of people in difficulty in the water, paddleboards drifting out to sea, and mobility scooters getting into difficulty on steep ground. We’ve also attended several highly sensitive mental health incidents to which we will make no further comment at this time.
These incidents are a reminder that even familiar places can present unexpected hazards, and they highlight the importance of safe access routes such as our towns cliff lift being available and functioning.

📍What concerns us most is that these tragedies aren’t limited to one type of location. They’re happening at beaches, rivers, lakes, reservoirs, waterfalls, beauty spots and along our coastline. Places that are often visited for a day out, a walk, a paddle or an instagram post.

The common factor is often a lack of understanding of just how quickly a situation can change.

Water that looks calm can be dangerously cold. A river can be far more powerful than it appears. Rocks around waterfalls can be slippery and unstable. No understanding of what happens to the water underneath the surface. The consequences of not wearing buoyancy aids or life jackets at sea. Tides can cut off escape routes far quicker than expected. Even on warm days, cold water shock can affect anyone, regardless of age, fitness or swimming ability.

We aren’t sharing this to alarm people or stop anyone enjoying the outdoors. We live and work in some of the most beautiful places in the country and want people to enjoy them safely.

⏱️Please take a few minutes to check the conditions before you head out. Understand the risks, carry the right equipment, and have a plan. Talk to your children and young people about water safety. Those conversations may feel small, but they can make all the difference.

The incidents we attend are a reminder that water deserves respect wherever you find it, at the coast, in the dales, beside a river, around a lake, or beneath a waterfall.

‼️Please don’t assume it won’t happen to you or someone you know. Every family affected by these tragedies probably thought the same. It could be your child, your sibling, your partner, your friend. Please take water safety seriously and look out for one another.

Take care of yourselves and each other this summer.

📟On call for our community 24/7
💙Your Whitby Coastguard Rescue Team

30/05/2026

Whitby Snack Snatchers 😂😂

Life at the seaside 🍦🍟🦈

North Yorkshire Council is considering a new £119,500 plan to help gulls and people get along better at the seaside, with fewer noisy squabbles and food-related mishaps. 🐦🍟

The plan would include Scarborough, Whitby and Filey. Some ideas are handing out 5,000 gull-proof bin bags, upgrading litter bins, cleaning up bird mess during busy seasons, putting up signs, and reminding visitors and businesses not to leave food out for the gulls.

The goal is to make the coast cleaner, safer and more welcoming, while still protecting gulls as an important part of seaside wildlife. Whether you like them, avoid them, or have had your chips stolen by them, gulls are a big part of life by the sea.

Councillors will talk about the plans soon, and a final decision should come later this summer. In the meantime, keep an eye on your chips and your ice creams.

29/05/2026

Lovely feedback from one of our guests 🥰👏🏻

26/05/2026

He’s going in 😅👣🌊☀️

25/05/2026

Thank you for our lovely feedback from our guests this week 🥰

25/05/2026

Hoping this helps keep our guests cool in this gorgeous sunny weather in Whitby ☀️👏🏻

23/05/2026

Harbour side on a summer’s evening in Whitby 🫶

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