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The steep road into the village
Robin Hood's Bay is located by the coast, and access to the village is from the top of the cliff. It's not advisable to drive into the village as there is only one quite steep, narrow and bendy road in. This image will give you an idea of what it's like. I saw on the internet someone said it's 25% gradient. I can't verify the figure, but I can confirm it is steep!! This image was taken towards the top of the cliff as we were leaving the village. The village is behind me and the road gets narrower and a bit more steeper than this. The second image is inside the village and that's the width of the road.
The picturesque village
Despite the steep and narrow entrance, don't let that deter you from coming to Robin Hood's Bay. It's a really charming village, well worth a visit. You'll be welcomed by this amazing view of the bay at the top of the cliff.
As you walk along the main road into the village, there are a lot of small cobblestone alleyways on both sides . It was really lovely to wander around exploring the quaint cottages. Every turn was different and a surprise, an absolute delight. And the best thing was that there was hardly anyone here. Most people stayed around the main road by the shops, restaurants and the bay.
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Some of the side roads were accessible to vehicles, and they were equally pretty. As you can see all the streets are pretty narrow, and I didn't see any cars come through at all. Apparently there's a sign at the top of the cliff advising people not to drive into the village. I only saw a few delivery vans and one or two private cars who either ignored or didn't see the sign. I reckon they must have got a big shock when the got to the bottom of the village!
Robin Hood's Bay
The bay is at the end of the road. This is the widest part of the road and the busiest part of the village. A lot of people were lingering around here soaking up the sun and the smell of salty sea breeze.
I went out to explore the bay, as you would do when you visit a fishing village. It is said, in the old days, the area was also quite famous for smuggling. The maze of narrow alleyways and a network of secret tunnels under the houses made it easy to move smuggled goods around with them every seeing daylight. Sadly I didn't have time to visit the tourist information center, and The Bay Museum wasn't opened, so I couldn't find out more about this interesting piece of history.
What I couldn't figure out, was if whether these rocky bays helped with the smuggling when the boats came in.
The ice cream van certainly didn't find it difficult to set up business here. I mean this is a bit of walk from the main street and according to Google map, there is no visible entry to the bay where it is parked. I couldn't work out why it was parked so far away....
Crab sandwich lunch
Anyway, the bay was the perfect place to have lunch. I walked passed a place on the way down that sold seafood, my favorite!!!
I love crab but they're very fiddly to eat and it's a pain as you have to make sure you remove all the shell. Dressed crab is great as someone has done all the hard work for you, and you can just tuck into the crab meat, mouthful after mouthful. Yummy!!!
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Robin Hood's Bay is such a quaint village. If you're ever around the region, I highly recommended it, you won't be disappointed. These extra images are for
