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