Discover the rolling heather moors, dramatic cliffs, and peaceful valleys of the North York Moors National Park with this comprehensive guide to the Cleveland Way, Yorkshire Wolds Way, and Tabular Hills Walk. The Cleveland Way and Yorkshire Wolds Way are official National Trails, while the Tabular Hills Walk is a linked regional route. Each trail can be walked individually in about a week, or combined into a long-distance journey of 405 km (252 miles) over three weeks.

The Cleveland Way stretches 117 km (110 miles) from Helmsley to Filey, following coastal paths and inland moors. The Yorkshire Wolds Way covers 130 km (80 miles) across rolling chalk hills, and the Tabular Hills Walk adds 80 km (50 miles) of gentle downland. Together, these connected trails, suitable for all, showcase coastal cliffs, historic villages, quiet valleys, and the rich cultural heritage of the North York Moors.

This guidebook gives you everything you need to plan and complete the routes in one volume. A separate, pocket-sized map booklet with 1:25,000 Ordnance Survey maps is included for the Cleveland Way, providing precise route-line mapping for on-the-ground navigation.

• Detailed stage-by-stage route descriptions covering the Cleveland Way National Trail, Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail, and Tabular Hills Walk, including coastal paths, moors, chalk hills, and downland
• Step-by-step directions with 1:50,000 OS maps, elevation profiles, and downloadable GPX files for GPS and smartphone navigation along the North York Moors trails
• Each stage includes distance, estimated walking time, terrain summary, and mapping notes to help plan daily sections and hillier stages across the Cleveland Way, Yorkshire Wolds Way, and Tabular Hills Walk
• Trek planner highlighting accommodation, wild camping options, refreshment points, public transport, and facilities along each North York Moors route
• Highlights and landmarks along the routes, including Helmsley, Filey, Wolds villages, coastal cliffs, and scenic moorland on the Cleveland Way and Yorkshire Wolds Way

Plan your adventure through the North York Moors National Park with confidence and enjoy the scenic moors, coastal cliffs, and historic villages of the Cleveland Way, Yorkshire Wolds Way, and Tabular Hills Walk with this comprehensive guidebook.

Author Highlight

“Together the three trails open up a wonderfully rich and varied landscape of cultivated countryside, intricate networks of sales, wild heather moorlands and dramatic cliff coastline, peppered with dozens of interesting little towns and villages.”

-  Paddy Dillon, author of The Cleveland Way and Yorkshire Wolds Way

CONTENTS

OS map key

Overview map

Introduction

Brief History

Wolds, Moors and Coast

Travel to Yorkshire

Travel around Yorkshire

Accommodation

Food and Drink

Money

Tourist Information Centres

Information Websites

Maps of the Routes

When to Walk

Daily Schedule

Rescue Services

Trail Officer

The Yorkshire Wolds Way National Trail

Day 1   Hessle to South Cave

Day 2   South Cave to Goodmanham or Market Weighton

Day 3   Goodmanham or Market Weighton to Millington

Day 4   Millington to Thixendale

Day 5   Thixendale to Sherburn

Day 6   Sherburn to Filey

Day 7   Filey to Scalby Mills (via the Cleveland Way)

The Tabular Hills Walk

Day 1   Scalby Mills to Levisham

Day 2   Levisham to Hutton-le-Hole

Day 3   Hutton-le-Hole to Helmsley

The Cleveland Way National Trail

Day 1   Helmsley to Sutton Bank

Day 2   Sutton Bank to Osmotherley

Day 3   Osmotherley to Clay Bank

Day 4   Clay Bank to Kildale

Day 5   Kildale to Saltburn-by-the-Sea

Day 6   Saltburn-by-the-Sea to Sandsend

Day 7   Sandsend to Robin Hood's Bay

Day 8   Robin Hood's Bay to Scarborough

Day 9   Scarborough to Filey

Appendices

Appendix 1      Route Summary

Appendix 2      Useful Information

Seasons

All year round, though winter can be bleak and wet on the moors.

Centres

Scarborough, Whitby, Filey, Helmsley, Osmotherley

Difficulty

Suitable for all: the trails are divided into sections ranging from 2-12 miles. There are some isolated stretches.

Must See

Yorkshire's Heritage Coast; Ryedale Folk Museum; Rievaulx Abbey; Whitby; historic villages; moorland scenery

November 2025

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