CLEVELAND, North East England, Scenes & Notes WHITBY & SCARBOROUGH area Scenes and Notes ESK VALLEY RAILWAY Line North Yorkshire Farndale, Hutton-le-Hole, Lastingham, Rosedale & Bransdale Scenes & Notes NORTHUMBRIA, Co. DURHAM and NEWCASTLE Scenes and Notes HELMSLEY & RIEVAULX ABBEY, COXWOLD & KIRKBYMOORSIDE Scenes & Notes The UPPER ESK VALLEY, North Yorkshire Moors NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY SCENES MALTON area in Ryedale scenes & notes
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HOMEPAGE Sutton BankHOMEPAGE for all of Phil and Molly's PicsWalking Scenes from the Sutton Bank National Park Visitor Centre and places around the north-west edge of the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire

 Interesting places to visit, places to stay, good walking areas in the North York Moors National Park

Wood sculpture in Sutton Bank National Park visitor centre, North York Moors, North Yorkshire EnglandPages 1. to 5. illustrate five walks from the North Yorkshire Moors National Park Visitor Centre at Sutton Bank where you can purchase a copy of a booklet describing these five walks in detail with maps.

1. SB Walk 1 - Limestone Horse of the North-The White Horse

2. SB Walk 2 - Landscape Origins-Lake Gormire

3. SB Walk 3 - Footsteps of the Ancients-Scotch Corner

4. SB Walk 4 - Limey Landscapes-Nettle Dale, the Hambleton Hills, views from the limestone escarpment

5. SB Walk 5 - Woodland Wonderland-Kilburn Woods

6. Ingleby Greenhow Church and Ingleby Moor

7. Osmotherley and Mount Grace Priory Walk

8. Claybank and walking to the Wainstones

9. Kildale and a walk to the Captain Cook Monument on Easby Moor

10. Great Ayton and Stokesley

11. Walking in Bilsdale - Fangdale Beck

12. A walk from Boltby Village to the escarpment of the Hambleton Hills

13. The Market Town of Northallerton

Enjoy the walks from Sutton Bank National Park Visitor Centre, North York Moors  These web pages describe, mainly with picture views of walking scenes around Sutton Bank on the North Yorkshire Moors. The text is deliberately short, no full guide is intended, but I hope the pictures covey the beauty of walking and visiting this area of England and other beautiful and interesting areas nearby. They are based on five walks from the North York Moors National Park Visitor Centre at Sutton Bank where you can purchase a copy of a booklet describing these five walks in detail with maps, but an "OS Explorer Map OL 26 North York Moors - Western Area" is a great geographical and navigational help if necessary.  *  Enjoy the walking in the countryside this lovely and interesting area of Northern England where there are lots of places to visit, varied walking holiday landscapes and no shortage of accommodation with warm and friendly hospitality.

Picture above, top left: Wood sculpture by Chris Kelly in the North York Moors National Park Visitor Centre at Sutton Bank, North York Moors, North Yorkshire, England

Picture below: Light aircraft towing a glider off from Sutton Bank airfield, the home of Yorkshire Gliding Club

The piper light aircraft of the Yorkshire Gliding Club towing one of the gliders out from Sutton Bank airfield and upward above the White Cross of Kilburn, North Yorkshire.

View across Lake Goremire, the Vale of York and across to the Yorkshire Dales from the limestone escarpment near Sutton Bank, North Yorkshire

Picture above: View of Lake Gormire viewed from the escarpment footpath near the National Park Centre at Sutton Bank.

Pictures below, left and right: Woodland scene wood carvings on the supports of the information panels at the Sutton Bank National Park visitor centre

Woodland wooden carvings, Sutton Bank National Park Centre, North Yorkshire, EnglandWoodland wooden carvings, Sutton Bank National Park Centre, North Yorkshire, England*  Recommended books  *

The excellent walking guides "Walks on the North York Moors" Books One & Two by Jack Keighley

"Walks on the North York Moors - Walking Country - Western" by Paul Hannon

"Walks on the North York Moors - Walking Country - Southern" by Paul Hannon

"Walks on the North York Moors - Book Three - Eskdale and the Coast" by Paul Hannon

"On foot in the North York Moors" 35 classic walks by Alan Hall

The Dalesman mini-book "Walking on the North York Moors" compiled by the Ramblers Association (North Yorkshire & South Durham Area, some good ideas but poor on maps)

"Ten Scenic Walks around Rosedale, Farndale and Hutton-le-Hole" by J. Brian Beadle.

The Dalesman mini-book "Exploring the North York Moors" by Malcolm Boyes is a useful location summary guide.

"The Yorkshire Moors and Dales" by Rob Talbot and Robin Whiteman

"Yorkshire Landscapes" by Rob Talbot and Robin Whiteman

Ordnance Survey Explorer Map OL 26 North York Moors - Western Area (1:25000, 6 cm/2.5 inches per mile, 4 cm per km)

Ordnance Survey Explorer Map OL 27 North York Moors - Eastern Area (1:25000, 6 cm/2.5 inches per mile, 4 cm per km)

Ordnance Survey Map Touring Map 2 North York Moors (1:50000/63360, 2.5 cm/1 inch per mile, good for plotting motoring route and finding places)

The Buildings of England, YORKSHIRE - THE NORTH RIDING - Nikolaus Pevsner

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Interesting guided walks, historic buildings, towns, villages like Boltby, Osmotherley, Ingleby Greenhow, Kildale, townscapes of Stokesley, varied walking landscapes of Bilsdale, moorlands and many tourist attractions to visit and walking to good picnic spots from the Sutton Bank National Park Visitor Centre, prehistoic history, geological features of the Cleveland Hills, while on holiday on the north-west edge of the North York Moors National Park, England photos pictures images © Phil Brown docspics
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