Public rights of way provide a legally defined network of paths that allows everyone to explore and enjoy the coast and countryside of the Redcar & Cleveland area, whether by walking, cycling or horse riding.
Altogether there are about 400 kilometres of public rights of way in the Borough, approximately 100 kilometres of which are in the North York Moors National Park.
They include part of the Cleveland Way, a 110 mile National Trail from Helmsley to Filey. Within Redcar & Cleveland the Trail goes from Roseberry Topping to Saltburn and then down the coast to Staithes.
Access to the countryside is also available on Open Access land (mainly over moorland in the North York Moors National Park) where there is a "right to roam" on foot, without necessarily having to stay on public rights of way.
The responsibility for managing and maintaining the paths, tracks or lanes that make up the public rights of way network is shared between Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council and the North York Moors National Park Authority.
While most of the information on the Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council web-site is general to all public rights of way some of it may be specific to those managed by the Borough Council.
Advice should be sought from the North York Moors National Park Authority on any queries relating specifically to public rights of way or Open Access within the National Park.