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ON PAGE 42 Brow and back to the village. through beautiful Levisham Hole itself, the route continues Hole. Passing through the climbing to the edge of Railway winds, before the North Yorkshire Moors Newton Dale, through which tremendous viewpoints of Levisham to explore the its depths. The route leaves before diving headlong into surprise from Saltergate Bank, as it should be seen – a presents the Hole of Horcum 1 Levisham, pass L of Horseshoe FEATURE metres Heading north out of Heading north out of Start km 20 0 40 0 60 0 0 0

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6 Descending Saltergate Bank Explorer map). Continue Levisham Bottoms on OS edge of Newton Dale (marked brow of hill along the eastern 2 Yorkshire Moors Railway. viewpoint over the North Skelton Tower – a great veers steadily R to reach continuing on path which a rise and descend far side, L, continue ahead. Climb Where wall swings away sharp open moorland, keeping wall L. and continue ahead onto gate, go through (or cross stile) OS Explorer map). On reaching marked as Braygate Lane on ahead on enclosed track (still Where road bends L, continue Inn and follow Braygate Lane. GR ADIENT PROFILE into the Hole of Horcum. Turn R and follow top 1¾ miles/2.8km Time: 4½ hours u 4½ hours Time: 8 10

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TOM BAILEY TOM PHOTO: a path coming up from L. crossing a beck to meet around hillside, eventually miles, until track veers R on the same track for two 14 Landranger 94 Maps OS Explorer OL27; www.nymr.co.uk walk from the village!). (but NB, station is a mile’s Pickering and Whitby NYM Railway between Levisham station is on the Public Public Inn in Levisham at start Refreshments Horseshoe Nearest PLANNING Stiles 1 boggy patches after rain and through river valleys; paths across moorland Is it for me? Mostly clear 7NL, grid ref SE833905 parking in Levisham, YO18 Start/parking Roadside ROUTE PLAN YOUR WALK YOUR PLAN

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NORTH EAST ✁ this fantastic walk, along with hurtle down. It’s included in that kids of all ages love to of almost Saharan proportions dune-like, including a monster do remain conventionally heavily vegetated, but some dunes, because they are even look much like sand of the height. Many don’t plateau which provides much have formed on a limestone a bit, because most of them Europe), but they’re cheating Britain (the second highest in the highest sand dunes in the wonders of Wales. It has little known, yet it is one of Nature Reserve is relatively Afon Ogwr and metres the salt marshes. km 20 0 40 0 60 0 0 0 Warren National Merthyr Mawr JULIE ROYLE CHOSEN BY… 20 u Distance: 5¾ miles/9km u miles/9km 5¾ Distance: 2

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6 and waders. also attract flocks of wildfowl saltmarsh, river and beaches teal in winter. The adjoining hosts mallard, wigeon and the watercourse and often hollows marks the line of A series of smaller marshy hollow called Burrows Well. through springs in a deep through limestone emerges Britain, where water travelling feature, said to be unique in conditions, and a karstic bloom year-round in sheltered of scrub where wild flowers hollows between dunes, areas developed entirely within woodlands which have reserve. There are complex by this incredibly varied nature other habitats encompassed wonderful examples of the GR ADIENT PROFILE Time: 3 hours u 3 hours Time: 8 10 Grade: Moderate Grade:

JULIE ROYLE JULIE PHOTO: 1 Burrows, then along edge of head east through Newton 14 Take Wales Coast Path and Start ROUTE Landranger 170 Maps OS Explorer 151; nearest station is Bridgend Clevis Crescent/Clevis Hill; from Beach Road via Graig in timetable) 300m Bridgend Road (Heol-y- alight after roundabout on from Cardiff via Bridgend; transportPublic Bus X2 Candleston car park toiletsPublic Briton at Newton Sailor and the Ancient Refreshments The Jolly Nearest town Porthcawl PLANNING Start/parking Beach Road, Stiles 2 grassland, heath, marsh dunes, scrub, woodland, Is it for me? Sandy beach, ref SS836769 Newton, Porthcawl, grid PLAN YOUR WALK YOUR PLAN

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SPRING 2018 2 IN ASSOCIATION WITH OS MAPS OS lfto.com/cwroutes OS MAPS ONLINE: VIEW ON THE WALK When white arrow points L, points arrow white When on straight it, and keep ignore soon R edge of grassland, by Continue joining another path. reach to in same direction L on public Turn T-junction. straight and keep footpath meet to all junctions on at R, Turn Avenue. Bryneglwys Newton to allotments, past go car, came by If you church. came If you L on Beach Road. Lane to bus, go R on Clevis by Crescent. Hill/Clevis Clevis

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1 START 3 miles/5km and cross path coast Leave OS Explorer map 151 u

u to Candleston car park. Candleston to Merthyr Mawr. Eventually, coast coast Eventually, Mawr. Merthyr a while beach for to takes path inland by being forced before It loops around Ogwr. Afon then (saltmarsh) Pwll y Defaid turning before river follows dunes, scrub and L through a brook following woodland, 2 of slope keep climbing across climbing across of slope keep Big dunes, leaving vegetated which descends Dipper Walk, which main path, to L. Keep river, heads initially towards It is Porthcawl. then towards but unsigned and narrow, car park to find sign for Big find sign for car park to footbridge Cross Dipper Walk. and bear L Mawr Merthyr into top At sandy dune. up steep, 20 007/18 MEDIA SURVEY. ORDNANCE 2018 COPYRIGHT ©CROWN

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