Walking in Yorkshire
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]