Favourite Walks in the North Yorkshire Moors

Walks in North Yorkshire Moors

Here our selection of some of best walks to be found in Yorkshire Moors are:

1.Goathland and Park Rigg

Start and Finish: Goathland
Approximate time for the walk: 4 hours
Distance: 7 miles
Landscape: Moorland and forest
Map: O/S Outdoor Leisure North Moors Eastern area
Description of the walk:

This walk starts from the North Yorkshire Moors National car park, at the eastern side of Goathland. From south end of the car park, passing the toilet block, go down the road for about 30 yards. After 30 yards, turn left and follow the path, sign-posted Grosmont Rail Trail. Continue straight along this track (no diversion) as goes gradually down hill to pass cottage called Incline cottage.

1. After passing the cottage, turn left at the signpost for Thackside. Immediately you enter Combs wood, crossing over the footbridge. Continue straight-ahead, climbing steps and up through a path with trees on either side of the path. You then reach a figure post for Beck Hole. Turn left along this broad track for little while. At the next finger post sign, turn right and go straight head to top-edge of the wood. At the edge of the wood, turn right to exit the wood through a gate. Continue straight along the edge of wood, passing a bridleway sign. Go through gate and turn left and follow the wallside past the farm and continue straight ahead along the drive-way of the farm to reach the road. At the road, cross over the road and take the signposted path directly opposite. This path descends quickly down by a wall to the bottom. Then turn right through the reeds along a path.
2. Continue along this path through reeds. This path is very indistinctive and very boggy in places but keep straight-ahead passing some silver birches to emerge in a opening where there is bracken. Continue up the narrow path with bracken on either side of the path. You eventually emerge from this narrow path into a grassy path. Continue straight-ahead to meet a way mark gate which has an arrow on it. Follow the arrow and straight ahead to reach the brow of the field. You will meet a gate, go through it and turn left along the wall for 50 yards. After 50 yards, turn right down another path to go down the slope of the hill. When you reach the bottom of the slope, go straight ahead (don’t turn left). Follow this path to the top of the slope of the hill. Carry straight-ahead up this path taking no diversions on route to reach some heather. Carry straight ahead on this path with a lone tree straight ahead. The path is now not very clear but aim for the lone tree in the distance. Carry on straight wards to reach the tree. When you reach the tree, carry straight ahead to pass it and eventually the path starts to improve with you passing a small cairn of stones.
3. After a few hundred yards, the path becomes very clear so follow this path straight wards direction to reach a moorland road. Immediately turn left on the road and walk down the road for three-quarters of a mile to reach a set of ‘S’ bents and picnic spot. Turn left through grassy bank, to a vehicle track right to the right of the beck. Pass through a gatestile to enter Hazel Head Wood. Follow this path following the way-mark arrow. This leads to a field. Go straight ahead through the field to a stile and then turn right over West Beck to reach a ford.
4. Cross over the ford and go straight ahead up the vehicle track, passing through a gate and go for another 60 yards to meet a road. Turn right up the road for a couple of hundred yards and turn left at an old metal footpath sign. Go straight ahead, and immediately turn left at the second footpath sign just little further on. About 40 yards later, another track emerges but don’t this path to the right. Rather cross it and carry straight ahead in the direction of the moor.
5. Look now a cairn on the moorland. Carry on this path for further 200 yards before turning right to get to the cairn. At the cairn, carry straight-along this broad track for a mile. Don’t take of the left paths and keep straight ahead to emerge at a tarn. Carry on passed the tarn to your left and carry straight ahead on the path. Carry straight as the path now descends to reach a road at the each of Goathland. At the road, turn right and walk along the road through village to return once again to reach North York Moors National Park car park where the walk finishes and concludes.

2.Kildale and Captain Cook’s Monument

Start and Finish: Kildale
Approximate time for the walk: 4.5 hours
Distance: 8 miles
Landscape: Moorland and forest
Map: O/S Outdoor Leisure North Moors Western area
Description of the walk:

This walk starts in the centre of the village of Kildale. To this start this walk, pass the post office and turn left at the first road. After a few yards, turn right along path sign-post the Cleveland Way, passing the tea rooms. Carry straight ahead down this narrow path, to pass under the Esk Valley Railway Line. Carry straight now on now the tarmac path and climb upwards passing Bankside Farm. Pass over the cattle grid and continue straight up the slope to the top slope. At the top of slope, turn left on footpath (sign post Cleveland Way and Gribbdale). This is a forest road.

1. After about 500 yards, leave the main track and go up a green path, passing trees and a Cleveland sign. Go straight ahead up this path following the path to Easby Moor and then Captain Cook’s Monument. Once you have reach the monument, turn right along a flagstone path which leads to a road and a car park at Gribbdale Gate. At the road, turn right for a few yards and then go half left up the vehicle track passing a green sign on the SSSI moorland.
2. Carry straight ahead, passing a barrier and continue up the track. After about a few yards, turn right of the main track and go up the gully which has a rocky path. Follow this path straight now as you pass over Great Ayton Moor to meet a road. Turn right, passing through a gate and go along this unfenced road. Carry straight ahead down this lane for a couple of miles to arrive at another road. Go straight over and continue down lane opposite for another 130 yards. The road now turns left where you now return right on this footpath.
3. Follow this footpath for another 40 yards and over a small beck. Now go half right up and across the field to a gap in the wall. Continue through the gap in the wall and turn left up the wall. With wall the path leads to a wire fence with a small pond on your right and a stile on your left. Go straight forward with the wire fence on your left hand side to cross the field. At far-side of field, turn right down by a wall to reach a signpost and gate. Here turn left through the gate. Carry straight ahead for 60 yards to meet a signpost. Here turn right and go on this path to pass some trees.
4. Follow this woodland path, passing over a bridge to reach another sign-post. Turn left and follow the path next to the Esk Valley railway line. Continue straight ahead with railway line to your right. Carry on and pass over a stile in hedge line and continue along the field edge, curving left to arrive at metal gate/stile. Go over the stile and turn left on the road. Continue along the road for half a mile to return to Kildale where the walk finishes and concludes

3.Scawton and Cold Kirby

Start and Finish: Scawton
Approximate time for the walk: 3 hours
Distance: 5 miles
Landscape: Forest
Map: O/S Outdoor Leisure North Moors Western area
Description of the walk:

This walk starts from the centre of the village of Scawton. To start the walk, walk back towards Sutton Bank, passing the Hare Inn and immediately turn left and go straight ahead to pass a few cottages to emerge at a signpost. Turn right here, passing through a gate and go straight across the field in the direction of a telegraph pole. Continue straight along this path. At the bottom of the field, bear left to a yellow marker. Carry past the marker on a path to reach a gate. Go through the gate and go straight ahead to enter an tarred road, after crossing a stile. Walk up the tarred road to meet another road. Turn right here, passing a camping club sign.

1. Carry straight up this road for half a mile to meet a footpath.(Cleveland Way signpost- on the right-hand side of the road) Turn left on this footpath, passing through a parking area to emerge on vehicle. Carry straight ahead on this vehicle track for half a mile to meet a Cleveland Way sign. Here turn right over the stepping stones of the small river. Continue straight ahead passing through s gate. Go forward for 25 paces to gain unmade forest road and then turn right along the road. Continue straight ahead for a further 550 yards to meet a folk in the road. Go up the left-hand folk.
2. After 200 yards or so, turn right on a Cleveland Way footpath sign to go a path to a gate. Continue straight ahead along this path for three quarters of a mile to meet another signpost. Turn right at a Cleveland Way sign and continue down the track to emerge at a tarred lane. At the tarred lane, turn left, passing the church and continue straight ahead passing through a gate onto a vehicle track. Continue straight ahead and meet a vehicle track in the next field. Continue straight ahead by walk down the right-hand side of the hedge.
3. At the fields end, go past the stile, to emerge at deep wooded glen. Go rightwards here following the footpath as you descend quickly down the slope to reach bottom of the slope by zig-zag your way down the slope. Near the bottom of slope, you meet the forest road. Here turn left along the road for 25 yards and then immediately right on path to pass by trees. Once you emerge from the trees, turn left for 60 yards along a wire fence and then immediately right to go over a stile.
4. Go straight ahead on this path and go straight across the field to a stile. Go straight ahead, going over a cart track and along the left-hand side of the hedge. Continue straight ahead passing over two or three fields to emerge in a wood. Continue straight to go over a stile and continue straight ahead to follow the path with the fence on your left. Follow the path round to reach a stile. Cross the stile and turn right along the fence to meet some red metal gates. Now turn left on the vehicle track over a field to pass by the left-hand side of a farm wall to pass through a wooden gate. Continue straight ahead to get to a stile to arrive at Scawton village green and the finish and conclusion of this walk.

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