The North York Moors - A Walker's Guidebook

Guidebook to 50 walks in seven regions throughout the North York Moors National Park, enabling walkers to discover the Tabular Hills, Hambleton Hills, Cleveland Hills, Northern Moors, High Moors, Eastern Moors and Cleveland Coast. The classic Lyke Wake Walk (65km) is also described, split over a four-day period.

Seasons

Spring and autumn are ideal. Weather an issue on unsheltered moorland in winter; and accommodation is busy in summer.

Centres

Great Ayton, Helmsley, Hutton-le-Hole, Pickering, Whitby, Osmotherley, Scarborough, Thisk, Guisborough

Difficulty

Varied walks from 4 to 14 miles. Exposed moorland walks to coastal strolls.

Must See

Rievaulx Abbey, Kilburn white horse, industrial archaeology, the high moors, coastal path Whitby – Robin Hood’s Bay

The North York Moors

A Walking Guide

Author

Paddy Dillon

Cover

Paperback - Laminated

Edition

First

Published

17 Jan 2008

ISBN_13

9781852844486

Availability

Reprinted

Price £12.00

This guidebook offers 50 walks in seven regions throughout the North York Moors National Park, enabling walkers to discover and appreciate in turn the Tabular Hills, Hambleton Hills, Cleveland Hills, Northern Moors, High Moors, Eastern Moors and Cleveland Coast. For those walkers who like to rise to a challenge, the course of the classic Lyke Wake Walk is also offered, split over a four-day period to allow a more leisurely appreciation of the moors as it stretches across the national park from east to west. There are almost 750km (465 miles) of walking routes described throughout this book, though the North York Moors could easily furnish many more splendid and enjoyable routes.

The North York Moors National Park is broad, bleak and barren, displaying the largest continuous expanse of heather moorland in England. The moors offer a great sense of spaciousness, with extensive views under a 'big sky', but there are also dozens of deep, verdant dales full of charming scenes and hoary stone buildings, as well as a remarkable cliff coastline designated as Heritage Coast.