The North York Moors. Paddy Dillon

Walk 3 Lockton, Stain Dale, Saltergate and Levisham Moor

       Walk 4 Levisham and the Hole of Horcum

       Walk 5 Levisham Station, Levisham and Newton-on-Rawcliffe

       Walk 6 Hutton-le-Hole, Lastingham, Cropton and Appleton-le-Moors

       Walk 7 Gillamoor, Boonhill Common and Fadmoor

       Walk 8 Newgate Bank, Rievaulx Moor and Helmsley Bank

       Walk 9 Helmsley, Beck Dale and Ash Dale

       Walk 10 Hawnby Hill and Easterside Hill

       THE HAMBLETON HILLS

       Walk 11 Rievaulx Abbey and Old Byland

       Walk 12 Byland Abbey, Mount Snever and Oldstead

       Walk 13 Sutton Bank, Gormire Lake and the White Horse

       Walk 14 Osmotherley, Thimbleby, Siltons and Black Hambleton

       THE CLEVELAND HILLS

       Walk 15 Osmotherley, Beacon Hill and High Lane

       Walk 16 Chop Gate, Cringle Moor and Cock Howe

       Walk 17 Chop Gate, Urra Moor, Hasty Bank and Cold Moor

       Walk 18 Kildale, Ingleby Moor and Battersby Moor

       Walk 19 Kildale, Leven Vale, Baysdale and Hograh Moor

       THE NORTHERN MOORS

       Walk 20 Great Ayton, Easby Moor and Roseberry Topping

       Walk 21 Guisborough, Gisborough Moor and Hutton Village

       Walk 22 Danby, Siss Cross, Commondale and Castleton

       Walk 23 Scaling Dam, Clitherbeck, Danby and Beacon Hill

       THE HIGH MOORS

       Walk 24 Chop Gate, Cock Howe, Ryedale and Wetherhouse Moor

       Walk 25 Chop Gate, Tripsdale, Bransdale and Bilsdale

       Walk 26 Low Mill, Harland, Rudland Rigg and West Gill

       Walk 27 Church Houses, Bloworth Crossing and Farndale Moor

       Walk 28 Hutton-le-Hole, Ana Cross, Spaunton Moor and Lastingham

       Walk 29 Rosedale Abbey, Hartoft, Lastingham and Ana Cross

       Walk 30 Rosedale Ironstone Railway around Rosedale Head

       Walk 31 Rosedale Ironstone Railway from Blakey to Battersby

       Walk 32 Westerdale, Fat Betty, Westerdale Moor and Esklets

       Walk 33 Danby, Castleton, Botton Village and Danby Rigg

       Walk 34 Lealholm, Heads, Glaisdale Moor and Glaisdale Rigg

       Walk 35 Glaisdale Rigg, Egton High Moor and Egton Bridge

       THE EASTERN MOORS

       Walk 36 Goathland, Simon Howe, Wheeldale and Mallyan Spout

       Walk 37 Rail Trail from Moorgates to Goathland and Grosmont

       Walk 38 Goathland, Sleights Moor and Whinstone Ridge

       Walk 39 Goathland, Eller Beck, Lilla Howe and Goathland Moor

       Walk 40 Chapel Farm, Lilla Howe and Jugger Howe Beck

       Walk 41 Sleights, Ugglebarnby, Falling Foss and Littlebeck

       THE CLEVELAND COAST

       Walk 42 Runswick Bay, Hinderwell, Staithes and Port Mulgrave

       Walk 43 Runswick Bay, Kettleness and Goldsborough

       Walk 44 Whitby, Saltwick Bay, Robin Hood’s Bay and Hawsker

       Walk 45 Robin Hood’s Bay, Boggle Hole and Ravenscar

       Walk 46 Cloughton, Staintondale, Ravenscar and Hayburn Wyke

       THE LYKE WAKE WALK

       Walk 47 Osmotherley, Carlton Bank, Cringle Moor and Hasty Bank

       Walk 48 Clay Bank, Urra Moor, Bloworth Crossing and Blakey

       Walk 49 Rosedale Head, Hamer, Wheeldale Moor and Simon Howe

       Walk 50 Eller Beck, Lilla Howe, Jugger Howe Moor and Ravenscar

       Appendix 1 Route summary table

       Appendix 2 Useful contacts

      

      Sheep grazing has ensured that the dales have been close cropped for centuries

INTRODUCTION

      This guidebook offers 50 walks in the varied landscape of the North York Moors National Park. The park was designated in 1952 and covers 1432km2 (553 square miles) of land, comprising the largest continuous expanse of heather moorland in England. The moors are of no great height yet offer a wonderful sense of spaciousness, with extensive views under a ‘big sky’. There are also deep verdant dales where charming scenes and hoary stone buildings can be found, as well as a remarkable cliff coastline designated as the North Yorkshire and Cleveland Heritage Coast. The long-distance Cleveland Way wraps itself around the moors and coast, but there are many other walks that explore the rich variety of the area, focusing on its charm, history, heritage and wildlife.

      The walks are distributed through seven regions within the park, enabling walkers to discover and appreciate the Tabular Hills, Hambleton Hills, Cleveland Hills, Northern Moors, High Moors, Eastern Moors and Cleveland Coast. For those who like a challenge, the course of the classic Lyke Wake Walk, crossing the national park from east to west, is also offered, split over a four-day period to allow a leisurely appreciation of the moors. Almost 725km (450 miles) of walking routes are described here, although the national park could furnish you with many more splendid ones from a stock of 1770km (1100 miles) of public footpaths and bridleways.

      People have crossed the North York Moors since time immemorial, and some of their routes survive to this day. Stout stone crosses were planted to assist travellers and traders with a safe passage, and these days practically all rights of way are signposted and walkable, although some routes are used far more than others.

      Despite having the