A few years ago, we started to think about the next step. KFEST was coming up for it’s tenth anniversary and we started to dream big. Then suddenly, during the pandemic, we heard that the site was being sold. Something new was happening but we didn’t know what it was. Very often, beautiful new things are born out of pain. And, so it was, after a painful year of searching and questioning, we discovered Saltburn.
This town was built by the Pease family. Edward Pease (a railway pioneer) was the founder of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (later LNER). He was a quaker, founder of the Peace Society, co-founder of the Anti-Slavery Society and co-founder of Robert Stephenson’s locomotive company (the guy who made the Rocket). His son, Henry Pease inherited the railway company and his father’s passion for peace as an MP and international peace negotiator.
In 1858, while walking along the coast path towards Old Saltburn to visit his brother Joseph in Marske, Henry saw ‘a prophetic vision of a town arising on the cliff and the quiet, unfrequented and sheltered glen turned into a lovely garden’. So the family bought the land and made it happen.
At first, we thought our move here was just about a house. But underneath, we knew something was happening. As soon as we arrived, we knew that Saltburn was a place of life, of new life. And our house, our town, is a gift that we need to share. Just like Henry Pease we want this place to inspire you. Rather than being ‘just’ where we live, Saltburn is a place we want you to visit, to experience new life, to reacharge, to rediscover your creativity.
Saltburn is part of the next chapter of KFEST and the community that it has built.
Come and visit.
(walking distance)
Seaview Restaurant
Completely refurbed for 2021 and offering superb beach views and a great seafood menu. Reputed to be the best fish & chips in the North East. Mains between £10-20.
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Ship Inn
Possibly the best view from an inn on the beach in the UK! Traditional windswept pub with wide menu, good ale, great terrace on the beach. It gets busy. Mains between £9-18.
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23 Milton Street
Great, intimate, buzzy pizza restaurant and bar. Busy, but fine with kids if you book. Good IPA ales and gins. Pizzas £7.50-13.50.
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Coco & Rum
Thai restuarant on the main square. Usually busy. Prices are a little high.
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(driving)
Craigs by the Sea, Marske
A surprising spot for brunch and lunch near the centre of Marske. Really high quality bakery and fresh food. Coffee, cakes, breakfast skillets and mains between £7-20.
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Number 20, Port Mulgrave
A lovely French bistro just close to Staithes. Not open every day. Check their instagram for latest dates.
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Guns Bar – small tap house (pale ales and lagers) on Milton Street
The Pillar Box – small tap house on Milton Street
The Beach
Saltburn is Victorian seaside resort with an amazing surfing beach, great for families. It was voted UK Beach of the year 2021. Swim, rent a surfboard, build a sandcastle, buy a lemontop ice cream, search for seaglass, spend all your 2ps in the machines on the pier. Take a long walk – the beach goes on for miles in both directions.
The North York Moors
Take a long walk.
The Valley Gardens
Take a walk through the gardens, ride the steam train, wander the secret paths.
Staithes
Beautiful harbour town with beach, some galleries, deli-sweet shop, local mens fashion shop WH-1, two pubs. Park at the top of the hill, grab a pint on the Quay from the Crab & Lobster pub, play on the sand and go rock-pooling.
Whitby
Famous for fish & chips (but everywhere is around here) Whitby is a harbour town with a cathedral on the cliff overlooking it.
Yarm
Yarm is a hidden gem. A traditional market town, lined by georgian buildings with some surprising shops and restaurants.
Roseberry Topping (hill – incredible 360′ views)
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Saltburn to Skinningrove (beach and hills – south)
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Saltburn to Marske (beach – north)
Yarm is a hidden gem. A traditional market town, lined by georgian buildings with some surprising shops and restaurants.
