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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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