North Yorkshire Moors

Another popular area for walkers in North Yorkshire is the North Yorkshire Moors. The North Yorkshire Moors are a plateau of moorland bounded by the Hambleton and Cleveland Hills on the west and the North Sea on the east. The Yorkshire Moors doesn’t have any mountains and lakes like the Yorkshire Dales. The Yorkshire Moors instead comprises of isolated area of moorland, interspersed with tranquil dales and woodland. The landscape of the Yorkshire Moors varies from the wild moors high on the hills to the green patchworks of farms throughout the area. There are many historic houses and ruined castles and monasteries to visit, with the towns such as Guisborough, Saltburn, Scarborough, Helmsley and Thirsk located throughout the Yorkshire Moors also worth a visit. Walkers have over 1,400 miles (almost 2,300 km) of public paths and tracks to choose in the North Yorkshire Moors. They range from moorland paths to good concreted paths. Also, there is 23,000 hectares of Forestry Commission land which has good footpaths on it for the walker to explore and use to access this area. In addition, there are 45 miles of coast paths at the eastern side of Yorkshire Moors for all walkers to explore and enjoy.

A famous walk is the Lyke Walk where you can do a 40 mile walk across the top of the Moors in one complete day. This traditionally starts at Osmotherly and ends in Ravenscar on the coast. Another famous walk is The Falling Foss Forest Walk circular walk near Whitby. This takes in the Dramatic Falling Foss Waterfall, Littlebeck and Maybeck on the walk. This walk is set in broad-leaved woodland valleys of the National Park with grassland slopes on the banks of the becks making it an ideal place for a picnic.

North
The area has plenty of opportunities for the walker with plenty of good paths in this area of the Yorkshire Moors. Guisborough is a small market town which nestles below the wooded escarpment of the northern edge of the North York Moors. The "Guisborough forest" surrounds the town on three sides most of the trees are spruce and larch planted by the Forestry Commission and has public paths which round through it.

Goathland
Goathland is a village situated in the North Yorkshire Moors due north of Pickering, off the A169 road to Whitby. It is surrounded by beautiful scenery and has the advantage of having a station on the North Yorkshire Moors steam railway line. Goathland itself is a very busy moorland village with wide verges, houses and greens with its history extending back to Viking times.

Guisborough
Guisborough contains wide cobble fringed main street flanked with some attractive buildings leads to the market cross and ancient priory. The old market cross has a sundial, and the 15th Century Parish Church of St Nicholas contains the de Brus Cenotaph which links Robert the Bruce of Scotland to the de Brus family of Guisborough, Skelton, and Danby. Nearby is the majestic ruin of Guisborough Priory, built by Robert de Brus in 1119, and richly

South
Ampleforth
Ampleforth is a linear village on the southern part of Yorkshire Moors. Ampleforth is a village full of character which contains large Catholic monastery and college, which plays a substantial part in local life. The village also contain with two pubs, the White Horse and the White Swan, a village shop and a garage. Nearby is Ampleforth Abbey, an impressive, modern Roman Catholic monastery and college dating from 1860 to the present day, located outside the village of Ampleforth .

Helmsley
Helmsley is a pretty market town on the River Rye, on southern edge of North Yorkshire Moors. Helmsley has many gift and craft shops. As well the town boasts four former coaching inns and a magnificent half timbered rectory. It is a tourist attraction and a favourite meeting place for walkers and tourist alike.
The Helmsley skyline is dominated by its castle ruins of Helmsley Castle. Helmsley Castle dates from 1186; it was besieged for three months during the Civil War and later bought by Sir Charles Duncombe whose descendants still own it. The castle ruins contain a fine exhibition illustrating its history. The Parish Church has some interesting murals which illustrate the history of the church and the parish. On the edge of Helmsley is Duncombe Park, a family home of Lord and Lady Feversham which has extensive historic parkland and a National Nature Reserve to visit and enjoy.

Helmsley is a popular location for walkers as a base from which to explore the North York Moors National Park. The famous Cleveland Way starts at Helmsley and there are a number of other good public paths surrounding Helmsley for walkers to use and enjoy.

Osmotherley
Osmotherley is an ancient village of traditional stone cottages with carved stone cross and stone table in the centre. The main Church has Saxon, Norman and Mediaeval origins and boasts a Norman font; the tower and porch are 15th Century.

Pickening
Pickering is an attractive market and historic market town, formerly known as Piceringas and Pykering is situated between York and Scarborough. Pickering has many historical buildings including castle ruins dating back to the 11th Century which were used by King Henry I to found the hunting grounds in Pickering forest. Between 1100 and 1400, almost every monarch spent some time in Pickering Castle to enjoy the pleasure of the chase- one exception was Richard II (d1399) who stayed as a prisoner on his way to Pontefract and death. The castle was already badly dilapidated when the Civil War began, a process that was accelerated by the removal of the remaining lead, wood and iron to make good the defences of Scarborough Castle. Pickening Church also has a complete set of medieval wall paintings to visit and enjoy

Thirsk
Thirsk has a Viking name and derives from the word Thraesk meaning lake or fen. It is now a small market town located within the Vale of York, south of Northallerton, north east of Ripon and to the north of Easingwold. Thirsk is divided by the Cod Beck, a tributary of the River Swale which may have formed the marshy ground of Viking times. By the eighteenth century Thirsk had developed into an important coaching stop at the centre of a crossroads and was noted for its many coaching inns. Among the old inns in Thirsk still in existence are the eighteenth century Three Tuns and Golden Fleece.Today, Thirsk is a delightful market town centred around an cobbled market place with an interesting range of shops, cafes and places to visit. The town square has traditional coaching inns, and on Mondays including Bank Holidays and Saturdays there is an excellent open air market with a wide variety of market stalls.

Western
Thirsk
Thirsk is ideally situated on the south-western edge of the North Yorkshire Moors National Park. This making Thirsk an excellent base for walkers who want to explore this area of North Yorkshire.

Danby

Danby is home to The Moors Centre, a superb National Park Visitor Centre set in idyllic surroundings on the bank of the river Esk. Facilities include exhibitions, nature trails, walks and events; tearooms, toilets and parking. Danby is also famous as the home of Canon Atkinson, 19th century author and cleric. Nearby is Danby Castle, an early 14th century palace/fortress of the Latimers and Nevilles. Duck Bridge is a mediaeval packhorse bridge over the Esk. The Neville family coat of arms can still be seen on the parapet. Danby Watermill is about 350 years old and is the only remaining watermill working on the River.

What is in the North Yorkshire Moors

Rivers in the Yorkshire Moors : Geology in the Yorkshire Moors : Farming on the Yorkshire Moors : Woodland on the Yorkshire Moors :

Rivers in the Yorkshire Moors

The rivers in the North York Moors have an amazing range of characters: small becks babbling over moorland, swollen torrents thundering through deep wooded gorges, and slow waters quietly meandering through flat valleys. There are two main river catchments on the Moors which are located side of the central moorland watershed. The Esk catchment in the north and the upper tributaries of the Derwent catchment on the south are the two main area on the Yorkshire Moors. In addition, the Yorkshire Moors has becks on the western edge run into the Swale catchment, small becks along the east coast run straight out to the North Sea and the Leven in the northwest runs into the Tees.
Sections of river in the south of the Park can "dry up" in dry spells, disappearing through "swallow holes" in the limestone. Clear shallow water can soon turn to murky brown torrents. The Esk can rise to flood levels as it did in October/November 2000 flooding houses and sweeping away fences trees, even whole sections of stone walls. In 1930/31 the Esk flood was so great it swept away many of the road and rail bridges in the valley.
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Geology in the Yorkshire Moors

The North York Moors contains some of the finest geology in the world. The varied landscapes of the Moors owe much of their appearance to the underlying geology, the results of over 200 million years of Earth history. Many locations on the moors bear the scars of human exploitation of the many resources contained within these rocks. The mining and quarrying of ironstone, alum, coal, building stone and jet have all left their telltale signs on the Yorkshire Moors.
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Farming on the Yorkshire Moors

The farmed land of the moors contains mosaic of grassland, cropped land, woodland, watercourses and buildings. Over the centuries, the land has been intensively farmed to produce food and other necessities of life. About 40 per cent of the Moors is farmed and there are three main and very different areas of farming. This includes the Tabular and Hambleton Hills in the south and west of the Park; the upland dales and the coastal plateau.Back to the Top



Woodland on the Yorkshire Moors

The North Yorkshire woodlands are a mixture of oak, ash, birch and rowan which all thrive with rich wildlife. They make up less than 5% of the landscape of the North York Moors and have been in existence for at least 400 years. These woodlands provide a wonderful feature on the North Yorkshire Moor landscape. All woodlands have wildlife which is carpeted with shade loving plants, insects abound and birdsong fills the air. The large forests of Dalby, Cropton and Boltby are not only important for timber production but for wildlife and recreation too.
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Attractions in North Yorkshire Moors

North Yorkshire Moors Railway : Scarborough Sea-life & Marine Sanctuary : Newburgh Priory : Rievaulx Abbey : Mount-Grace Priory : Kilburn White Horse : Sewerby Hall and Gardens :


North Yorkshire Moors Railway

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway provides some 18 Miles of preserved steam railway which runs through the spectacular scenery of the North Yorkshire Moors. The line is owned by the North York Moors Historical Railway Trust who have run the line as a living museum since 1974. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway runs between the historic market town of Pickering to Grosmont near Whitby and is one of the world's oldest railway lines.
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Scarborough Sea-life & Marine Sanctuary


Located in Scarborough North Bay, the Sea-life and Marine Sanctuary is a centre that houses thousands of fascinating sea creatures, as well as a busy and highly successful marine sanctuary for orphaned, sickly and injured seal pups.
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Newburgh Priory

Mount Grace Priory on the eastern edge of the Cleveland Hills, is a well preserved 14th-century Carthusian monastery situated in a woodland setting. Newburgh Priory was the country seat for the Belassis family in the 16th and 17th century. However, originally an Augustinian Priory from 1145, Newburgh Priory provided priests for the surrounding churches in return for gifts of land and money from the rich landowners.
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Rievaulx Abbey

Rievaulx Abbey is a ruined Cistercian monastery, located in the Yorkshire Moors. Rievaulx Abbey was founded in 1132 and was the first and most important Cistercian abbey in Britain and served as a centre for monastic colonisation of England and Scotland. The Abbey was not built lying from east to west but instead its central isle was laid in a north to south position. The site was once occupied by a community of 140 monks and 600 lay people, but today it’s owned by English Heritage. Rievaulx Abbey provides the tourists with the opportunity to sample the towering medieval architecture, and explore the maze of ancillary buildings.
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Mount-Grace Priory

.Six miles north of Northallerton is Mount Grace Priory. Mount Grace Priory was founded in 1398 and is a ruined Carthusian monastery. Today, Mount Grace Priory still remains with its walls of the small church still standing at a good height, and the perpendicular crossing tower survives almost in tact. As far as other monastic buildings go, very little exists, apart from a much altered guest house which was converted to a grand manor house in the mid 17th century.
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Kilburn White Horse

The Kilburn White Horse is a large figure covering over an acre of land which was carved into the hillside overlooking the Vale of York in 1857. The Horse is 304ft long and 228ft high and can be seen from 40 miles away.

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Sewerby Hall and Gardens

Sewerby Hall and Gardens, set in 50 acres of parkland overlooking Bridlington Bay, dates back to 1715. Sewerby Hall is a Georgian House, with its 19th century Orangery, is now the Museum of East Yorkshire. Furthermore, it contains history/archaeology displays, art galleries and an Amy Johnson Room, with a collection of her trophies and mementos.
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