Discovering Robin Hood's Bay: A Magical Fishing Village
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- Опубліковано 16 чер 2024
- Robin Hoods Bay is a magical fishing village along the coast from Whitby North Yorkshire. The locals call it Bay or Bay town but legend has it Robin Hoods Bay is named after Robin Hood the famous outlaw who apparently thwarted a french attack on Robin Hoods Bay fishermen hence the name.
A favourite site for smugglers from the continent, it was also a place of shady deals and contraband in the 17th century. With goods whisked away from the shore through the tiny streets and alleyways heading inland.
Today, Robin Hoods Bay is a peaceful haven with many independent shops, cafes and pubs to enjoy as you lose yourself in the wonderful lanes of this picturesque place. Join us for a walk around with some interesting tales and history, in the last video of our Yorkshire travel series.
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00:00 Introduction
00:25 Getting to Robin Hoods Bay
00:50 Walking Robin Hoods Bay
04:01 History of Houses
05:28 Smugglers
06:02 Museum
07:10 Port to Sea
08:11 Quarter Desk & Beach
09:30 Sea Wall
10:57 Getting Lost in the Alleyways
13:22 The End
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Excellent views of Robin Hood Bay village. Note that the tide goes out quite a way here and as well as the sands there are a lot of flat rockbeds with some of the best fossils to be found in the UK. It is not far from me and has always been a favourite place to go.
Visited on Boxing Day about 15 years ago. The weather was extremely grotty, low dark clouds, cold driving wind, "lumpy" rain and the sea very rough. The owner of a chippy at the bottom of the hill had paid two students home for Xmas to put the fryers on for a lunchtime service. We sheltered under the portico of the old lifeboat station eating bags of steaming chips, along with a good number of like minded couples. It was bloody marvellous.
Sonnds like great memories!
Quirky and magical don't even begin to describe this beautiful, beautiful, village! Robin's Hood Bay looks like a place in an alternate world and one I would love to see and spend a lot of time in, if only to walk (hike?) around.
@@scendalbymodelrailway hahahaha
American here, Hello 👋. I remember seeing this in a UK doc many years ago, I’m so glad you shared this unique village. I love 💕 the many colors painted on the doors and houses. This village is just magical. I appreciate your details about the town and it’s historical past. Thanks again.
So pleased you liked it.
My dad was the village Bobby early 60's - I was a small boy - a great place to grow up in, many adventures to be had - ❤
Some of the happiest times of my life spent here with my sadly passed on partner.it's a truly magical place from a bygone age.many thanks for your excellent video
Glad we were able to stir some happy memories for you. 😊 All the best.
Such a beautiful village. I wish I could have visited this place long ago. Hope all the people who live there are doing well and happy.
it looks better than actually is
It looks lovely with all of the twisty walks and looking out to sea.
Oh how I miss the ocean!
I lived in RHB 1963 -65, my dad was the village Bobby (policeman) it was a fabulous place to live - many happy memories.
How wonderful! Nice to hear it stirred the memories.
Me to, dad was station officer at the coastguard station which back then was on top of the hill on the southern side of the village
Left in 65 and moved to Wick in North Scotland before emigrating to Australia in 69
Will get back there again soon
@@glenclark8513
I hope you do make it back.
I live in Sweden now but will get back to the UK later this year and RHB will be getting a visit.
Whitby is the most Beautiful Town I have ever visited and I have been to thousands of them all over the world.
I visited in 1990. It was magical, such a beautiful place.
Wonderful little town, we missed it when visiting Whitby, so we have to come here another time. Lovely made video, thank You so much for sharing with us! Best wishes from Germany 🇩🇪!
Glad you enjoyed it, happy holidays.
Robin Hoods Bay is at the end of the Coast-to-Coast path that crosses the country. I remember meeting my uncle there after he completed the walk, absolutely magical place to be.
Must have been wuite a walk!
One thing you missed is the lifeboat cottage it's absolutely miniscule you must visit if you go again. We were lucky enough to look through the windows and the cleaning lady came out and asked if we'd like to look around.
Where is it? I have not been able to find anything online about it. Thanks for the info.
@@MemorySeekers we only found it by looking through the windows and the cleaner coming out. It's towards the bottom on the left that's all I can tell you.
What an amazing little village we stayed at a beautiful cottage called Darnholm Cottage in Bay, we had a wonderful weekend on the seaside and the food at the local Bistro Brambles was incredible BOTH reccomended and will return again!
Our kids love fossil hunting on the beach, we've found some great fossils!
My sons favourite is the dinosaur shop 💙
Such great history at this place too... we loved going through the smugglers tunnel incredible memories
Thanks for sharing 😊
Danke memory Seekers, das war ja ein wunderbarer Spaziergang durch die Robin Hood's bay. Als deutsche habe ich dieses Video verschlungen.😂😂.
Einfach idyllisch und schön.❤❤
A truly stunning part of England,when we were kids we used to go on youth hostel holidays all over the uk,we once stayed in Robin hood's bay,collecting fossils and sea glass,truly incredible memories brought back,now we fossil between seatown and lyme regis,thankyou for a lovely video.
Incredible memories they now use the old Hostel for school trips what an amazing place 🙌
If you don't mind, what are youth hostel holidays? Would that be like a chaperoned school trip in your teens or something?
@@rebekahdavis5935yes
It's got to be the most beautiful, quaint village I've ever seen. Would love to be there in person.
It’s so cute 🥰
That was amazing ! I noticed the bins in the little lanes and wondered how rubbish is collected there.
I live in Perth W.A. Rubbish trucks pick the bins up from the street verge. No beautiful little villages here.
Would be so wonderful to experience living there for a while.
Interesting i have no idea but cannot see the bin men running up and down the lanes.
This immediately reminded me of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.
👍😂
Another great look at some of the many magical postcard British locations that were missed in younger days. Julia Bradbury's series may have shown some of the more hard-core adventurous possibilities in the past but this series shows what us less athletic types could have enjoyed given the chance. Long may these posts continue. 🙂
Lovely to see Robin Hoods Bay again. Fond memories. Thank you Will and Simon.
England really has a lot of beautiful places, this film is again excellent.
Thank you !
Your videos are so good; you focus on the places you visit whereas most travel videos focus on the videographers themselves.
Yes, we were frustrated by other travellers spending more time with them in the frame than seeing what the video was about. We come in just enough so you know who we are but concentrate on the scenery. Glad that has come across. 😊
Brilliant as usual, imagine living in those houses so much history and certainly would keep a person fit.🦘🐨🦘🐨😷
It certainly would!
It’s cold here but the sun is out. So nice to see folks in shorts and having a good time. The Bay is lovely and very interesting. Great job as usual. Thank you. Hugs and many blessings.
Happy Christmas Joen and thanks for watching this year!
@@MemorySeekers Merry Christmas to you two and I hope you have a great New Year. More hugs and blessings.
Just beautiful. Thank you Memory Seekers
Brings back happy memories of many years ago, camping above RHB after hiking along the cliffs from Whitby, and walking around the village eating fish and chips.
Amazingly beautiful. TFS❤
Sat Dec 17 7:00 PM EST Viewed from 🇨🇦 with an Egg Nog Coffee, after dinner ! It was an Absolute Delight and Pleasure 🌟 touring this quaint rustic village with you 🥰 Thank You for your captivating fantastical historic tours 💫 With great appreciation for your time, research and production 🙌
So pleased you liked it. Thank you for watching. 😊
What a lovely village! We have a little town in Arkansas called Eureka Springs that is just a network of hilly streets but delightful! Thank you for another wonderful video!🥰
I will look it up on Google!
Lovely! That town doesn't need a gym.You'll get free exercise just by walking about.So charming!
What a lovely little village. There are many up and down the UK. Picturesque.
Me reí ,cuando al final del vídeo resopla por la forma de las calles con tanta subida y bajada como tiene el pueblo. En mi pueblo donde vivo en Tenerife es lo mismo y cansa mucho😂.Pero Inglaterra es un país precioso. Gracias por mostrarla, para disfrutarla desde mi sillón.
@Lourdes Candelaria Lo visité una vez, cuando la marea estaba baja. Caminamos por la playa en busca de fósiles, ¡que son muy fáciles de encontrar allí! Un lugar encantador, pero también tienen mucho encanto las partes tradicionales de Canarias.✨
Indescribably beautiful and quirky village. Great for keeping your heart and body busy and healthy! 🤣
Happy Christmas Cassandra
@@MemorySeekers, may I suggest that you do a presentation on the Isle of Man
@@cassandraralph5906 We already have a few years ago. ua-cam.com/video/IALXdWZTYBY/v-deo.html
I used to frequently visit this enchanting little village, often renting the quirky white house opposite the Bay Hotel. I used to love it more in the winter when most of the tourists were gone and you could sit on a stormy night by a blazing log fire in the upstairs lounge at the Bay Hotel with spray from the sea splattering against the windows. Magic days.....
Robin Hood’s Bay, i love you and miss you
So sweet we felt the same once we got to the top of the Hill 😪
Bought back memories of our Coast2Coast walk 2015. We spent 2 nights at Robin Hoods Bay and had an evening meal at the Bay Hotel. Great video thanks from kiwis in New Zealand.
What a wonderful walk you must have had!
Once watched a fizzling meteorite come in from the sea and explode across the town. Brilliant film, best I’ve seen on a village I know well. The beach is stuffed with fossils when the tides out but the best thing is to wander those lanes… many thanks.
So interesting & I love all the nooks & crannies. Amazing all the buildings right on the waters edge. The rescue you told us about was truly heroic. Thank you - I thoroughly enjoyed this trip ❤
Sometimes there comes the odd day - and its usually a hard one - when one is pleased to get home, draw in the curtains to shut out the dark, light up the candles ( it`s December `22 here in Yorkshire, just as it is in any other part of the world ) and take a cathartic walk around Robin Hood`s Bay. Oh - and look foreward to Spring.
Not long now ( two days ) before the sun begins to rise again here in England.
Snow in the bay last week apartantly its a first in a long time haha 😄
Thank you Will and Simon.Very very love your videos. I am travelling to England thanks to you !
Great to hear, where are you planning to visit?
Well if I ever made it back to England again. I’d definitely visit Howarth and Robin Hoods Bay. I’d love to stay at the Bay Hotel right by the sea. What a beautiful place. That’s what I loved so much about England. The history is still right there in front you. You not only can see it but you can FEEL it. I can see how people believe in ghosts. There’s definitely an energy to these places. Thanks again Simon and Will. Not sure where you’re taking us next but I can hardly wait. Merry Christmas to you and yours! All the best in the coming year! ❤❄️☃️🦃🍻🍺🎄🎁🎉
You won't regret it the ghost tours amazing oh and spooky haha
@@joellambeth2208 never did any ghost tours when I was there but I definitely felt them. Especially when I was in Bamburgh castle
Hope you make it back Jill, have a wonderful Christmas 🎅
Loved this town when we visited!❤
What a lovely & unique village. Loved the narrow streets and beautiful buildings and the bay. Wow!
It was indeed so quaint. Happy Christmas Marsha 🎅
@@MemorySeekers Happy Christmas to you. I'm looking forward to new travel adventures in 2023!
Will and Simon - thank you for sharing another beautiful area of your country. Your narration and video are done so well. I can't wait to see your next video!
Thank you 😊
Here’s an extract from an airbnb description which includes the gatepost mouse:
Beckfield is home to one of the famous "spots" in the bay, when the house was purchased by the family of the current owners in 1938 a gate for the house was made for them by the famous Thompson of Kilburn. His mouse trademark is a favourite with visitors.
My abdolutely favourite place,we go often at weekends. Love the quaint little bookshop....
So charming! Thank you for taking us along!
I'm from the south, Brighton. I would love to visit this place. Going by watching UA-cam videos of Yorkshire, it has to be most beautiful county in the country.
Yorkshire surprised us, and we just touched the surface with our trip. It really is stunning and worth a few more trips to see all it has to offer. Hope you make it up there.
Спасибо за интересную экскурсию. Очень понравились уютные домики из камня. Как хороша каменная кладка, ровные стены без изьянов
. Штормы бывают довольно сильные, не опасно ли это? Приятно, что местные жители заботятся о чистоте и красоте деревни. Чувствуется, что это место любят и посещают туристы.
The weather in England is pretty mild all year round. We don't really have extreme weather, we are blessed
Excellent,as per usual,you have shewn us all parts of our beautiful countryside we never dreamt of!
WOW!! Thank You guys. I think I would need to pinch myself so I know I'm NOT dreaming. You say it's only a 2hr walk from Whitby. I'm already planning in my head how I would do this in a day or make multiple walks. When I return, clearly this trip would concentrate my energies in Yorkshire. From a New Yorker's POV, London is nice, but it looks too much like home. I wonder what people in the Robinhood Bay do there for a living if they're not fishing or selling items for tourists. I would love to be a postal carrier just so I could walk around all day delivering mail and taking in the sights of the area on the daily. I don't care about the weather. OMG!!! how awesome would that be!??!
You could catch a bus, or drive there, would only take about 15 - 20 mins. I expect most people who work travel into Whitby or other nearby towns, it is only an hour to Middlesbrough.
I am lucky enough to live within a 1 hour drive of this beautiful village, last summer my family walked the 6 miles along the clifftops from the bay up to whitby the scenery is breathtaking .In whitby there was an american dance troupe performing and after chatting to the organisers they gave us vouchers for free fish and chips ( probably best fish and chips in britain ) ! After spending a couple of hours in whitby we took the bus back to robin hoods bay and all agreed we are going to do it again this summer. I am a postal carrier ( postman ) although sadly not in this village , if you are ever in england the east yorkshire coast is a wonderful place to visit !
What a charming little village! Thank you for doing all the hiking for us. Seeing the back alleys and paths is great fun!
Our pleasure a super village.
Well done and beautifully filmed. You certainly showed the village off with this one. Lovely narrow streets and alleyways. The slightly rough sea added to it's beauty.
Have yourself a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year.
Have a great Christmas!
I first knew of this gorgeous place thanks to the books of Molly V Huges who visited here in the late 1800's... though at the time they struggled to find any shops at all.. by the looks of it she'd still recongnise it today... beautiful place.
Gosh - living in those tiny alleys must be challenging when needed a new couch or rug! Thanks!
Never even considered that. And i have visited several times yes i think its going to cost mre to get delivery's there. 🇬🇧 👍
What an adorable town! Thank you for pointing out the mouse on the gatepost and other charming details. I love all of the brightly colored doors. Everything there is now England, but I appreciate your shout-out to the area's historic inhabitants under Danelaw. We are fans of The Last Kingdom. Happy Christmas to you both!
It is a wonderful fishing village probably my favourite in the U.K. Have a wonderful festive season!
I would like to wish everyone living in the RH Bay a happy summer. Love from Sweden
Thank you , I like hearing the history .
Cheers .
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi, I along with another guy installed pumps motors control gear and associated pipework under the floor of the coast guard museum you mention, back in 1964. It was bought by Leeds University as a marine laboratory. Our pumps drew sea water at high tide and pumped up to holding tanks in the roof space ,which then fed the various specimen tanks. We stayed 5 weeks at the top of the hill in the Grosvenor Hotel, just up from the laboratory a shop did fish and chips only on Wednesday lunchtimes. When we left in our mini van it couldn’t get up the hill on its own , I had to step out at walking pace and push - we made it. Thanks for prodding the memory banks. By the way I was 15.
Great story thank you for sharing! Glad we did stir the memories for you 😊
Very-very love your videos! Wonderful place
Another wonderful tour that you have presented us with . What a splendid little town . I enjoyed seeing all the architectural quirks in some of the buildings . The Yorkshire tours have been the best . Please keep up the good work ! Merry Christmas !
Merry Christmas David!
Thanks for another wonderful video. Your videos are a great combination of scenery, detail, narration, and information, and all of them make me want to jump on a plane for a visit.
That is what we like to hear! 😊
Luar biasa sangat menakjubkan pemandangan di desa Robbin Hood terima kasih ya diajak jalan jalan virtualnya .....sukses konten nya dan semangat
Terima kasih banyak atas komentarnya yang indah. Kami sangat senang Anda menikmati videonya. Semua yang terbaik.
I’ve been visiting RHB for 30 years now go every year 3 times a year such a magical place i aim to retire their one day
Season's Greetings! What a charming village on the bay....envy the people who get to live there everyday! I would take any one of those cute little houses! 😂 Thanks again, Merry Christmas ~ Happy New Year!🥳🥂💫🍻❣
Hello, so pleased you liked the walk. Happy Christmas 🎅 all the best for 2023.
I love the British architecture.
Absolutely beautiful place Robin hood’s bay, thankyou for showing this , quaint houses, went a few years ago, lovely
Bet you can't wait to revisit 🤗
Thank you. This was like a life-sized museum of curiosities. I do have a question about the odd fenestration in some buildings: did anyone explain why there appear to be small houses with no windows in some rooms? Window tax? Smuggling? Difficult weather?
весьма интересно и познавательно😀👍👍👍
Wonderful place, thank you!
Greetings from San Diego. What a great video; all of your videos are so well done and interesting; I very much enjoyed the Yorkshire series. At 1:07 in this video here, that orange barrel-looking thing with the white stripe around it, that's a World War II sea mine!
Hello, yes it is decommissioned thankfully! 😊
Прекрасные виды, спасибо большое 😃👍
We've been here a few times with the kids in the past, and they loved the beach, always a joy to go, another excellent episode my friend, and subbed 😀
Welcome! Glad you have visited, such a super place.
We have only seen it from the coast road from above. So thanks for taking us down. 🙏👍
thankyou so much. A Dream come true. Beautiful and peaceful cottages . Thankyou for your commentary too, ofcourse. John (Australia)
Glad you enjoyed it
I do love your videos. You have a relaxing presenting style and show areas documentary makers usually miss. Thank you for this one. How beautiful this place is and now on my bucket list.
Thank you, so glad you like them.
This is extra....quaint....fascinating!!
As a child I was wooed by this place and annouced to Mum I was gonna have a shop ... and I did accept I transported my dream to where we immigrated Canada
What sort of shop did you open?
@@MemorySeekers I was a fashion designer in the 80's. Arts and crafts in the 90's. Also in the nineties an interior designer and antique shop. In the 2000s a fripperie. Now I am back to my original passion of painting and drawing. Thanks for inquiring and keep up the amazing videos. I don't know if you have done Kirstall Abby and museum in Leeds. Who knows with covit measures what's happening there. The crocus time is the best. There are the remants of a Victorian/Edwardian incinerator. In the 2000s I found a lead figurine there: a pussycat. It's in the southwest corner of the lot, now brush. My body is in Canada but my heart belongs to England.
@@Helen-us1ly Hi Helen, thanks for sharing the Abbey, I have added it to our travel map and next time we are in the area we can go and take a visit! What an interesting creative career you have had. Great to read you are doing what you love! All the best.
@@MemorySeekers Lovely
Always went there every year growing up. Lots of memories there and you’ve brought back a lot of nostalgia for me!
So nice to read!
I loved watching this, thank you both for this! 😊
Our pleasure!
We've been here a few times, it's a magical little place. A pity that the tide was in because one of the best features is the smugglers tunnel which is beside the Bay Hotel, couldn't be seen. We stayed at The Bay Hotel in one of the sea view rooms,glorious views over the bay but if you are a light sleeper then these rooms may prove challenging. The tide came in through the night and the waves crashing against the walls kept us awake for a while but we just lay there laughing to ourselves! The video doesn't do the steep hill justice but again,that's part of the fun of this place. If you have never been here then go and visit it! plenty of cafes and a few pubs to keep you refreshed. The beach itself when the tide is out is expansive but can be rocky in places so plenty of rockpools to explore.
Yes, it was a shame we could not see the tunnel but that water was rough and no chance of getting anywhere near it! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences in the bay, most interesting to read. Wonderful place.
Just imagine moving house into or out of those streets, a removal man's nightmare . Absolutely stunning to see though
Had not even thought of that! Nightmare 🫣
Robins hoods bay is wonderful village l have a weekend there a few years go
Delightful video beautiful little village Thanks for sharing always enjoy your journeys through English villages It's a wonderful break from everyday life. Thanks again
Thanks for watching.
Спасибо за потрясающую атмосферную прогулку!
Спасибо за просмотр.
Thank you for this walk through this quaint, beautiful village❤️❤️🎄🎄
Haya. Really enjoyed both your videos (this & your previous 1) I adore the tiny little lanes, path ways, it is like an enchanting fairy-tale 🧚All the History fascinates me 😀Thanku so very much for sharing. x
Such a beautiful place, have you visited yet?
@@joellambeth2208 No.
Happy Christmas
@@MemorySeekers Wishing you both a happy, merry & magical Christmas & all the best for 2023 🎅🎄
Beautiful! Thank you!
It truly is a magical place - thanks for this very enjoyable tour through this quaint village. 💕💕
It really is! We loved it.
🇬🇧 Stayed in Robin Hoods Bay many many times over the years all seasons, truly beautiful and so so special. Spending Christmas there is unbelievable and you never want to leave. We are Yorkshire natives, so a little biased perhaps. 😉
Thank you for sharing, we would love to go back and stay a few nights.
@@MemorySeekers You won't regret it. There are also some lovely cottage rentals as well as the b & b's.
Excellent video, as always. Thank you for sharing. Jeff
Very pretty town. Thank you for sharing x
All the coast around there is stunning, it is my escape when I need a break.
Perfect place for a break when u need it!
Will be there there Saturday doing some fossil hunting 🙂
Splendid vid, took me just right back. Thanks a bundle! 😊
Superb presentation and narration, thank you for the look around and the information about the location it was excellent.
My all-time favourite village. ❤️❤️
10.29 mark, the open door behind the couple sat at the picnic table, that's been our place to stay, twice a year for the last 11 years, was there last week, already miss Ingleby house
Nice memories 😊
A fascinating place, and very well presented in your video. Many thanks.
So many good memories here. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️