Saltburn-by-the-Sea is a seaside town in North Yorkshire, 12 miles east of Middlesbrough. It was a tiny fishing village until the 1860s when ironstone mining got started, and it was laid out as a resort and mineworkers' village on a grid pattern. The population in 2021 was 5900.

Redcar 5 miles east was a steel-making town, but the industry collapsed and the steelworks are a sad brownfield site. It's nowadays a commuter town with a population of 37,600.

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Map of Saltburn-by-the-Sea

By road follow A19 towards Middlesbrough, then A174 east. The coastal route A171 from Scarborough is attractive in all weathers except fog.

By train you usually change at Middlesbrough, which has direct services from Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne and York. Trains run every 30 min from Middlesbrough to Saltburn, taking 25 min via Redcar; they may start from Darlington or Bishop Auckland.

54.5835-0.9741 Saltburn Station is central in town. It has ticket machines, but no waiting room or toilets. There is step-free access to the platforms.

Arriva North East Bus X4 runs from Middlesbrough every 30 min, taking 50 min via Redcar, and continues to Loftus and Whitby.

X3 runs hourly from Middlesbrough and continues to Skelton and Lingdale.

Buses make several stops through town including the railway station.

Town is walkable; see below for the funicular.

The local taxi firm has folded but in Redcar is Red Car, geddit? (+44 1642 470470).

• Saltburn Pier is 681 ft / 208 m, half its original length through storms and accidents.
• Saltburn Cliff Tramway is a funicular between Marine Parade and the pier entrance, running Mar-Oct daily 10:30AM-6PM. Installed in 1884, it's powered by water fed into a tank on the upper car, until it outweighs and hauls up the lower car. Adult ride £2.
• Valley Gardens follow the course of Skelton Beck from the beach near the pier upstream to an imposing railway viaduct.
• Teddy's Nook is a villa on Marine Parade opposite Spa Hotel that sometimes lets rooms. It was built in 1862 for Henry Pease, the entrepreneur who established the town. There's a bogus legend that Edward Prince of Wales had an affair here with the actress Lily Langtry. Not a shred of evidence for this, or that they ever had an affair or visited town, although both would study Redcar's racing results with interest.
• Emmanuel Church (Anglican) is on Windsor Rd 200 yards southwest of the railway station. It was built 1867-69.
• Our Lady of Lourdes Church (RC) is more modest, built in redbrick in 1928. It's on Milton St 100 yards east of the station.

• 54.585-0.92441 Charm Bracelet is a 2 m sculpture along the coastal Cleveland Way. The original of 1990 was vandalised and replaced by a sturdier version in 1996.
• 54.5634-0.89982 Land of Iron (Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum), Mill Lane, Skinningrove TS13 4AP, ☏ +44 1287 642877. M-W F Sa 10AM-4PM. This drift mine extracted iron ore from Deepdale. Visit by guided tour, which takes you underground, allow 90 min. Adult £10.50, conc £8, child £5.50. (updated Aug 2025)
• 54.555-0.7933 Staithes is a small scenic fishing village 9 miles east of Saltburn, with its houses on tiny alleyways.

• Beach: it's sandy from Saltburn all the way through Redcar to the mouth of the Tees.
• Saltburn Surf School is on the Lower Prom 100 yards west of the pier.
• Saltburn Arts has a cinema and theatre. It's on Albion Terrace 50 yards south of the station.
• Redcar Racecourse has flat-racing April-October. It's half a mile south of Redcar Central railway station.
• Cleveland Way is a hiking trail from Saltburn to Whitby, 20 miles / 33 km.
• Golf: Saltburn GC is on Guisborough Rd, south edge of the village.

Hunley GC is at Brotton 2 miles east.

Cleveland GC is north and Wilton GC is south of Redcar.

• Saltburn Music Festival is the last week in June, with the next probably on 27-28 June 2026, tbc.
• Saltburn Folk Festival is next held 8-10 Aug 2025.
• Saltburn Beer Festival is probably next on 15 Nov 2025, tbc.

Sainsbury's is on Milton St next to the station, open M-Sa 7AM-10PM, Su 10AM-4PM.

• Rapps Cafe is at 11 Milton St north side of the station, open Tu-Sa 9AM-9PM, Su 9AM-3PM.
• Jadoo is next door at 9 Milton St, open Tu-Su 5:30-11:30PM.
• Coco & Rum is Thai, on Station Square and open daily noon-3PM, 5-10PM.
• Alessi's at 9 Dundas St is open M-Sa 3:30-9:30PM.
• Parlours at 14 Station St is open Th F noon-midnight, Sa Su 9AM-midnight.
• Spices opposite at 21 Station St is open daily 4-11PM.
• Seaview Restaurant, Lower Prom TD12 1HQ (by pier), ☏ +44 1287 236015. M-Sa 11:30AM-8:30PM, Su 11:30AM-7PM. Relaxed place for trad seaside fare with beach views. (updated Aug 2025)
• Tomahawk Steakhouse is east end of Lower Prom, open daily 9AM-11PM.

• The Ship Inn for 120 years was the only local public house, because it stood east of the stream and therefore in the parish of Brotton, beyond the jurisdiction of Saltburn's teetotal Quakers. (Though visitors could drink in hotel and private clubs, which excluded the riff-raff.) It's now a Greene King pub open daily 10:30AM-10:30PM.
• Others sprang up since 1982 when national licensing rules were relaxed, and now include Guns Bar, The Pillar Box, Alexandra Vaults, The Marine and The Victoria.

• 54.5845-0.96981 Spa Hotel, Saltburn Bank TS12 1HH, ☏ +44 1287 622544. Comfy dog-friendly place in the former Assembly Rooms. B&B double £200. (updated Aug 2025)
• Brockley Hall, Glenside TS12 1JS (200 yards south of station), ☏ +44 1287 622179. Quirky B&B with florid decor. B&B double £150. (updated Aug 2025)
• Saltburn House at 24 Marine Parade is okay if they honour the booking, but management is disorganised.
• Park Hotel is on the sea front in Redcar.

As of Aug 2025, Saltburn and its approach roads have 4G from EE and Vodafone, and 5G from O2 and Three.

• Reach the North York Moors via Yarm.
• South along the coast to gothic Whitby and genteel Scarborough.
• North into County Durham, where the highlight is Durham itself.