Walking 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

Pages 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 3a - Footsteps of the Ancients-Scotch Corner

3b - The chapel at Scotch Corner and the sculptures and artwork of the sculpture and artist John Bunting

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

5. SB Walk 5 - Woodland Wonderland-Kilburn Woods

6a. Ingleby Greenhow Church

6b. Ingleby Moor and Greenhow 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

14. A walk past Warren Mine, Views of the Cleveland Hills and down into Baysdale

15. St Mary's Church, Leake

16. A Circular walk from Chop Gate over Cold Moor and Cringle Moor

17. The market town of Thirsk

  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

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

*  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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The Cafe-tearoom in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park Centre at Sutton Bank, England. Freshly baked food, generous pots of tea and lots of great walking on the ridge and above and below the White Horse of Kilburn and the gliders are towed into the air from Sutton Bank airfield. You can walk along the escarpment at the top of the cliffs by the aerodrome watching the taking off and landing of the light aircraft and gliders.

 

	At the Sutton Bank National Park Visitor Centre there is an excellent bird watching facility with a colourful guide to the birds you can see on the bird feeders set up outside the viewing window.
	Apart from the bird watching, the good food and drinks at the cafe, there are two exhibitions (May 2012). The first is a photographic exhibition called 'Diamonds in the Landscape' to celebrate  60 years of the National Parks. The other exhibition is called 'Lime & Ice' with an audio-visual display explaining how the landscape around Sutton Bank has evolved over the past 200 million years.

 

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