Guisborough
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. The area has plenty of opportunities for the walker with plenty of good paths in this area of the Yorkshire Moors.
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.