North York Outand About
OUT AND ABOUT NORTH YORK
FREE guide to the IN THE IN MOORS North York Moors 2017 National Park
MADE IN THE MOORS Artisans, makers and food producers
WILD ABOUT GARDENS Nature and wildlife
HOWARDIAN HILLS AONB Introducing our outstanding neighbour
Events & Activities Markets & Shows Sights & Attractions – your calendar for the year – all the dates you need – useful visitor information
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Raithwaite Estate, Sandsend Road, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 3ST 01947 661661 | www.raithwaiteestate.com | [email protected] welcome to the NORTH YORK North York Moors MOORS National➝ Park NATIONAL PARK We hope you nd something to inspire you in this year’s Out and About, whether it’s something new to see or do, a visit to a favourite place, or an activity or walk at UK one of our National Park Centres. NATIONAL The North York Moors is one of 15 members of the National Parks family in PARKS the UK – protected areas of beautiful countryside, wildlife and cultural heritage. Wherever you go and whatever you do, enjoy your time in this special place. PEOPLE PLACES
Highest point, Urra Moor 23,226 residents (2014) (454m) 7.6 million visitors Rievaulx, Byland (pictured), each year Mount Grace – 3 ruined medieval abbeys 12,000 volunteer days
annually UK’s oldest surviving Gooseberry Show (1800), We link with around Egton Bridge 14,000 local school children a year Steepest road in England (1 in 3) at Chimney Bank, Rosedale Photograph: Tammy Andrews Tammy Photograph: HERITAGE NATURE Ryedale Folk Museum – 20 buildings, 6 acres, 44,000 hectares of 40,000 historic objects heather moorland ( ⁄ of World’s oldest the Park) horsedrawn passenger Woodland cover 22% railway tunnel, Grosmont Duke of Burgundy, our Lilla Howe, earliest scarcest butter y Christian monument in A European Special England (7th century) Protection Area for Levisham Moor, largest merlin (pictured) and ancient monument in the golden plover country
554 square miles ... 2 National Nature Reserves 26 miles of coastline ... 842 scheduled monuments Cover: Staithes, WalkFest, Ryedale Show, Rievaulx Abbey. 3,000+ listed buildings Photographs: Tony Bartholomew, Discovery Photography, Gazette & Herald, Chris J. Parker northyorkmoorsnationalpark @northyorkmoors #northyorkmoors 1 Trekking the Cleveland Way? With Google maps, you can take a stroll at the Grand Canyon or visit the Taj Mahal – and now Google it! you can walk the Cleveland Way too!
Sunset at Roseberry Topping
The Cleveland Way has joined other landscape SALTBURN The Cleveland Way greats – from Machu Picchu to the pyramids of GUISBOROUGH STAITHES Giza – in the virtual world, courtesy of a piece of equipment known as the Google Trekker, which WHITBY is designed to capture panoramic, 360-degree images of hard-to-access public locations. RAVENSCAR OSMOTHERLEY Google’s ‘streetview’ vehicles do the job in towns and cities, but in places such as national parks, the Google Trekker is used – a 1.3-metre- SCARBOROUGH ToT Filey high, 25kg backpack kitted out with a 15-angle HELMSLEY o Filey lens camera. That way, it’s possible to get close-up images of footpaths, cli s, beaches and Robin Hood’s Bay farmland, and all the other features that make up the more o -the-beaten-track parts of the UK. Someone’s got to do it… It’s a tough job though – the Google Trekker is pretty heavy and unwieldy – which is why the National Trail team turned to Jonathan Steele, creator of the Hardmoors Ultrarunning Series, based on the Cleveland Way. He and his Cleveland Way sign north of Sutton Bank colleagues took it in turn to don the backpack- Right: Jonathan Steele trekking the Cleveland Way camera and spent a month walking the complete Below: Live Moor looking towards Swainby and Whorl Hill 109-mile route, from Helmsley across the North York Moors to Saltburn by the Sea and then down the coastline to Filey. Recording the route of the Cleveland Way is part of a bigger project to capture every UK National Trail for Google maps. As Malcolm Hodgson, National Trails O cer, explains, “There are numerous spectacular and beautiful locations along the Cleveland Way and we hope that the Trekker will whet people’s appetite to come and
Mark Denton,Thomas Heaton-Visit England, Mike England, Kipling Heaton-Visit Mark Denton,Thomas visit, as well as try out sections of the trail.”
2 View the Cleveland Way at nationaltrail.co.uk/cleveland-way/google-trekker Step through the door of the Grosmont Co-op and all is reassuringly familiar. It’s a village shop of the type we all recognise, serving locals and visitors alike. The location – right opposite the steam railway – and the wooden display shelves lend it a certain vintage air, but Grosmont Co-op has a much bigger claim to fame. Co-op sta approximately 1912 One of a kind Although the idea of business cooperation goes back centuries, the co-operative Celebrating Grosmont’s movement is generally understood to have originated with the founding of the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers in 1844. A group of workers in the Lancashire mill town set up INDEPENDENCE! their own shop, and pioneered the principle of jointly owning their business and paying a Grosmont’s village shop – the Grosmont Co-operative Society – dividend to members. is 150 years old this year. Out and About visits a pioneering – and Thousands of other ‘Co-ops’ followed, proudly independent – business in the heart of the Esk Valley. though over the last 150 years Britain’s co-operative societies have merged together into larger groups – with one exception. Grosmont Co-operative Society, founded in 1867, remains as the oldest independent co-op in the UK – owned entirely by its members, who are paid their ‘divi’ (dividend) in cash every year, after signing their names in a register at the counter. Victorian days When the Co-op rst opened, Grosmont was a booming Victorian ironstone-mining and railway town, with a much larger population than today. Records show that the new store matched Grosmont’s ambition, occupying not just the current premises but also the adjacent buildings housing today’s businesses – Steaming Loco, The Crossing Club and The Bookshop. It had stables at the back, with o ces and a Joining in committee room above, and as well as a grocer What hasn’t changed is the co-operative principle. Anyone can join Grosmont and butcher, Grosmont’s Co-op developed Co-op – it’s still only £1 – and many visitors arriving on the railway do just that, to have a haberdashery and to sell farm and keen to be a part of history. agricultural supplies. Older locals can still recall Next time you’re in Grosmont, go and see for yourself. Whether you want to grab the daily delivery service, and the home- some groceries, put together a picnic, post a letter, or buy some Grosmont fudge cooked hams prepared in a rear building. and nougat, the Co-op is still there to serve, 150 years on and going strong. Times, of course, have changed, and the Co-op now occupies smaller premises. Grosmont is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the Although it’s not open to view by the public, Co-op’s 150th anniversary on Saturday 20 May 2017 – expect the original oak panelling and haberdashery shop sta in period costume, traditional Victorian fairground counter survives in an upstairs room, along attractions in the village and plenty of other events and with a Victorian committee table. activities. For details see www.grosmontco-op.co.uk
northyorkmoorsnationalpark @northyorkmoors #northyorkmoors 33 THE MOORS AND DALES strong sense of community and friendly people
HIDDEN GEM East & West Ayton Cropton picnic and play areas – plus 70km Twin villages on the eastern Located at the edge of the of varying ability cycle trails,12 edge of the National Park, near Tabular Hills and with a history waymarked walks (including Newtondale Scarborough. Ayton Castle dating back at least 2,000 years, easy access), forest runs and At 12 miles long and 250 feet (outside West Ayton) is a pele when Roman soldiers were orienteering course. Open daily. deep, Newtondale is our own tower (forti ed tower house) billeted at a nearby fort and Vehicle toll charges apply to enter the miniature Grand Canyon, dating from 1400, which can be training camp. forest. 01751 460295, formed during the last Ice Age seen from a nearby footpath. Cawthorn Roman Camps. www.forestry.gov.uk/dalbyforest when a glacial lake over owed Betton Farm. Social enterprise Remarkable archaeological Cycling. Dalby Bike Barn (bike – bulldozing a mighty trench providing employment for site with easy access walk and hire, sales and service centre), through the moorland people with learning di culties panoramic views. Booklet cycle skills area. plateau. Experience it on foot, – farm shop, tearoom, play area, available at the village’s New Inn. Activities. Go Ape (high wire by bike or by steam train – the animal farm and honey farm. Site always open. Free. course, Tree Top Junior course choice is yours. Open daily. Free. 01723 863143, Cropton Brewery. Craft brewery and Forest Segways), Dalby www.bettonfarm.co.uk at the New Inn, with tours Activity Centre. pr available year-round. wɦ ɦ Open daily. 01751 417330, www.newinncropton.co.uk Brompton by Sawdon Farndale The village lies in the River ɦ The famous 'Da odil Dale' Derwent valley and is an blazes with colour each spring as important aviation heritage thousands of native wild da odils Dalby line the banks of the River Dove. site – Sir George Cayley ew the Over 8,000 acres of Forestry Walk from Low Mill to Church world’s rst manned aircraft here Commission woodland to enjoy Houses and back, and stop at the in 1853. and discover, on foot or by bike. All Saints’ Church. William Feversham Arms pub or Da y Dalby the Great Yorkshire Ca y. Wordsworth married Mary Forest. Explore forest valleys, Walk lea et available from Hutchinson, of nearby Gallows lakeside and moorland trails, our mobile display unit at Low Hill Farm (1802) – after the and the impressive sandstone Mill car park in da odil season. wedding they returned to outcrops of the Bridestones. Grasmere in the Lake District. Visitor Centre, shop and café, BBQ, wɦ ɦ North Yorkshire Moors Railway Yorkshire North
4 w Toilets p Post Office r Bank/cashpoint ɦRefreshments ˄ Esk Valley Railway ! North Yorkshire Moors Railway Thornton le Dale forests Hutton le Hole Pickering Castle valley walks magical moorland Hole of Horcum Romans remarkable churches Rosedale Abbey steam trains mountain biking lore and legend
Rosedale Village and Northdale Kirkbymoorside Pickering Rosedale Abbey from Chimney Bank Visit the Wednesday market in the Vibrant market town (market Explore Rosedale and its industrial cobbled main street. Walk or cycle held every Monday) with a long heritage from the pretty village set out to pretty local villages, such as history, and plenty to see and around a green. There’s no abbey Gillamoor and its ‘Surprise View’. do. Main terminus of the North just the few remains of a Cistercian wpr Yorkshire Moors Railway. priory. Beck Isle Museum. Collections National Park Information exploring 200 years of rural life, Point in Abbey Stores. Kirkdale including recreated shop interiors, Walks and bike rides. A St Gregory’s Minster. Secluded household items, games and flourishing ironstone industry Saxon church with a remarkable toys, farm machinery and vintage transformed Victorian Rosedale 11th-century sundial. photography. – see kilns and other relics on the Open daily. Free. Open early Feb to Nov daily. Admission line of the former mineral railway. charged. 01751 473653, Gillies Jones. Huguenots made Lastingham www.beckislemuseum.org.uk glass here secretly 400 years Attractive stone-built village – lovely Church of St Peter and St Paul. ago. Internationally renowned walk from Hutton le Hole. The magnificent 15th-century glassmakers Gillies Jones continue wall paintings in Pickering’s parish St Mary’s Church. Lastingham is the tradition today. church are beautiful relics of Open March–Nov daily; Dec–Feb by regarded as a cradle of northern the days before printed books Christianity, with a religious appointment. Free. 01751 417550, www. – an inspiring way to teach the gilliesjonesglass.co.uk settlement since 654 AD. Church congregation about Jesus and the (rebuilt around 1078) features an lives of the saints. w atmospheric Norman crypt. Open daily. Free. Open daily. Free. www.pickeringchurch.com Saltergate & Hole of Pickering Castle. Superb Horcum example of a motte and bailey Panoramic viewpoint on the old Levisham Norman castle, with plenty of salt road from the coast to York. space for mock battles and Restored 1912-style train station National Park Information. picnics. (out of the village) gives access to Talk to Voluntary Rangers at our
rjbphotographic.co.uk Open April–Oct daily; closed Nov– stunning Newtondale. mobile display unit in the car park March. Admission charged. 01751 (summer only). Excellent walks on Levisham Estate. Great walks on 474989, www.english-heritage.org.uk Harwood Dale a moorland and woodland estate Levisham Estate moorland. Newbridge Park. Cross-country Sheltered farming valley and that’s owned and managed by the Hole of Horcum. Spectacular bike loop and skills area, plus village, with forest to all sides. National Park Authority. natural amphitheatre, formed by woodland walks and family picnic The Grainary. Family farm with springs sapping away layers of ! area. wildlife trails, lake walks, tea room limestone (or by a giant scooping Membership or weekly pass needed and farm shop. out earth, you decide). to ride. 07428 058671, Open mid March–Oct daily. Free. 01723 Nunnington www.newbridgepark.co.uk 870026, www.grainary.co.uk Village on the River Rye, typical of the scenic Howardian Hills. North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Thornton le Dale Celebrated steam and diesel Nunnington Hall. Delightful Prettiest village in the National heritage railway, running 24 miles 17th-century manor house, organic Park? Many think so, with its through the National Park, with Hutton le Hole walled garden and spring-flowering village green and beckside stations at Levisham, Newtondale Picturesque moorland village – meadows. thatched cottage. Halt, Goathland, Grosmont and once a weaving centre – with wide Open mid-Feb to early Nov Tues–Sun National Park Information Whitby. greens, wandering sheep, grassy (though daily in school holidays and bank Point in Wardill Bros. banks and a babbling stream. hols), early Nov to mid-Dec Sat & Sun only. Year-round services; day rover and St Hilda’s Church. Historic National Park Information Admission charged. family tickets available. 01751 472508, medieval church at Ellerburn, Point in the museum. 01439 748283, www.nationaltrust. www.nymr.co.uk reached by lovely riverside walk Ryedale Folk Museum. Twenty org.uk/nunnington-hall wpr! from Thornton. rescued historic buildings on a wp 6-acre site – experience the lives of ordinary people, from pre-historic times to the 1950s. Open mid-Jan to 1st week Dec daily. GREAT FOR CYCLING Admission charged. 01751 417367, www.ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk The moors and dales were made for bikes! The trails in Dalby Forest Walks and bike rides. Circular are for world-class mountain-biking and family days out alike, routes from the village, including while Rosedale’s old mineral railway line offers a level route – and to Lastingham, Kirkbymoorside amazing views – around the head of the valley. Or download our and Rosedale – leaflets available Dalby Forest Loop ride, for a great taste of the woods and moors on a at the museum. 15-mile family-friendly explorer route. w For more see www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/cycling Ebor Images
northyorkmoorsnationalparkForestry Commission English Heritage @ northyorkmoors National Trust National Park Information Point 5 Ice cream Furniture For ice cream by the seaside with The carved mouse symbol of furniture a North York Moors avour, try the craftsman Robert Thompson – the Teare Woods parlour on the Whitby ‘Mouseman of Kilburn’ – is probably the harbourside. They have their own single most famous mark of quality and Jersey cows on the hills above town and provenance in the North York Moors. If promise ice cream from ‘cow to cone’ in you see the mouse you know that your three hours! The small herd is hand- gift or piece of oak furniture has been milked and cossetted by the family, made in the Moors at the Thompson making for a real boutique experience workshop – as reassuringly local as an that draws upon the freshest of local Italian DOC wine, a French Roquefort ingredients. www.tearewoods.co.uk cheese or a Melton Mowbray pork pie. www.robertthompsons.co.uk
Ceramics Wold Pottery was born in the East MADE Yorkshire wolds, but a move by IN THE potter Jill Christie to Loftus, near Staithes, in 2004 gradually saw moor and coast landscapes intrude into her work. Leaves from the local woods impressed into red clay, simple seaside designs and rich moorland MOORSOut and About nds shades all appear in her earthenware 10 GREAT WAYS to beakers, bowls and jugs. KEEP IT LOCAL www.woldpottery.co.uk
The French call it terroir – the way the local environment lends a particular character and quality to a crop or product, from wine to cheese. In the North York Moors we see the same local factors at work and, whether it’s ice cream or artisan glass, local producers will tell you that landscape, nature and heritage shape pretty much everything that’s made in the Moors.
Oils and soaps Cheese Guzelian If heather is our signature moorland Cheese from the Botton Village plant, across in the Howardian Hills Creamery could hardly be more AONB there’s a case to be made tied to its surroundings. As part of for lavender – that most ancient of the Camphill Village Trust (a social herbs – used for centuries for cooking, enterprise that’s home to adults with healing, perfumes and landscaping. The learning disabilities), the creamery only owering lavender gardens of Yorkshire uses organic milk from Botton’s farms, Lavender in Terrington are a highly with cheese production in the hands personal project, producing a wide array of community residents. Go along for a of oils, soaps, sprays and fragrances – taste – you’re welcome to visit Botton, not to mention lavender scones and ice where there’s a shop and café too. cream! www.yorkshirelavender.com www.cvt.org.uk Yorkshire Lavender Yorkshire
6 For more artists, makers, producers, farmers and businesses that are ‘made in the Moors’ — visit the special section of our website, www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/made-in Glass Artisan glassmakers Stephen Gillies and Kate Jones continue a glass- making tradition in Rosedale that stretches back over 400 years. Their workshop and studio occupies the old village blacksmith’s quarters, and the couple produces stunning glass bowls whose form and colour are entirely rooted in the landscape and nature of the North York Moors. www.gilliesjonesglass.co.uk Tony Bartholomew Tony Juice, cordial and cider Yorkshire Beauty, Flower of the Town, Yarlington Mill and Tom Putt – the hugely inviting names of the heritage and cider apples grown at the Tree Top Press orchard, outside Scarborough. The apples are picked and pressed by hand in the North York Moors, while cordials are made using freshly picked fruit and hedgerow flowers. www.treetoppress.co.uk
Kippers Herring fishing was once the biggest industry on the North York Moors coast, employing thousands of fishing families. The last remaining traditional smokehouse – Fortune’s of Whitby – has been in business since 1872, producing kippers (smoked herrings) and other smoked fish from their atmospheric HQ near the foot of the 199 steps. www.fortuneskippers.co.uk Tony Bartholomew Tony
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Once every village would have had its Mike Nowill Beer smithy, without which day-to-day work Helmsley Brewing Company, based and life would have been impossible. in the National Park’s only market Blacksmith David Stephenson still town, makes the official beer of the operates out of the small moorland Cleveland Way National Trail, which village of Lockton, applying age-old starts just a short distance from the techniques to both traditional and brewery and bar. It’s a real nod to the contemporary designs. It’s an artistry local landscape, but their ‘Helmsley that has its origins in the very fabric of Honey’ ale goes a step further – made community life, going back to the earliest with local heather honey produced days of settlement in the North York from moorland hives. Moors. www.davidstephenson.org.uk www.helmsleybrewingco.co.uk
For more artists, makers, producers, farmers and businesses that are ‘made in the Moors’ — visit the special section of our website, www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/visiting/made-in 7 THE ESK VALLEY
wide sweeps of open heather moorland and distinctive dales
HIDDEN GEM Botton Village Danby Egton & Egton Bridge Nestled in Danby Dale, and run In a dramatic moorland setting, Twin villages in the heart by the Camphill Village Trust and full of historic interest, of the Esk Valley – the Beck Hole to assist adults with special Danby is also home to The Moors upper village of Egton and Take the easy walk down needs. You’re welcome to visit National Park Centre. Enjoy rural the lower village of Egton the old railway line from the bookshop, craft workshops, traditions at the annual Danby Bridge, the latter the site Goathland to discover Beck co ee bar and village store. Show (every August). of the railway station and Hole, a peaceful hamlet with Opening hours vary. 01287 660871, The Moors National Park picturesque stepping stones a quaint riverside pub. Hard to www.cvt.org.uk Centre. FREE ADMISSION. Best on the River Esk. believe now, but it was once ɦ place to discover all about the St Hedda’s Church. Important an ironstone mining village. National Park, with interactive stop on the trail of Catholic alive with the sounds of a exhibitions, indoor and outdoor martyr Nicolas Postgate who booming industry. Castleton play areas, café and gift shop. was executed in 1679. Attractive moorland village near For opening times and more details, see wɦ the head of the Esk Valley. page 24. ˄ Inspired by… The beautiful gallery Walks. Starting point of the Esk at The Moors Centre features artists Valley Walk – the rst section is inspired by the North York Moors. Glaisdale a circular 16-mile route back to Regularly changing exhibitions, art The scenic hillside village was Castleton. previews and special events. once a centre of ironstone wprɦ˄ For opening times and exhibition details, mining. see pages 22–23. Free. Walks. Follow the historic stone www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/inspiredby trods in East Arncli Wood en Commondale Walks. Lovely walks straight from route to Egton Bridge. A quiet village surrounded by the door of The Moors Centre Beggars Bridge. Beautiful moorland – good for walks, to local sights, including Danby high-arched packhorse bridge including down the valley to Castle, Duck Bridge and the superb across the River Esk, built in Castleton. viewpoint of Danby Beacon. 1619 – close to the station. wɦ˄ wɦ˄ wpɦ˄ MSP Travel Images/Almay MSP Travel
8 w Toilets p Post Office r Bank/cashpoint ɦRefreshments ˄ Esk Valley Railway ! North Yorkshire Moors Railway ancient crosses Goathland packhorse bridges Esk Valley Railway Falling Foss fabulous views The Moors National Park Centre riverside walks Danby pretty villages heritage train line Inspired by… gallery
Westerdale National Park Information Point in Steaming Loco shop. HIDDEN GEM North Yorkshire Moors Railway. Arrive in style on the heritage railway line, see the loco sheds, Falling Foss visit the station café and explore The North York Moors’ most Grosmont’s tearooms and shops. romantic waterfall? You can Year-round services from Pickering; decide as you take the magical day rover and family tickets available. walk through the woods from 01751 472508, www.nymr.co.uk the hamlet of Littlebeck or the ! car park at May Beck, calling in wpɦ˄ on the way at the old hermit’s cave and the woodland tea Lealholm garden. It’s a lovely shady walk for summer – with shallow Pretty riverside village with waters to paddle in, and a stepping stones across the Esk. bridge to play pooh-sticks Poet’s Cottage. Shrub and plant from – and spectacular in nursery, on the site of the home autumn when the woodland of John Castillo, 19th-century colours are at their best. The dialect poet. unusual name dates back to Open daily. Free. 01947 897424, www. Viking times – ‘foss’ is a Norse poetscottage.co.uk word for a waterfall. wpɦ˄
Littlebeck A steep road (1:3) gives access to this beautiful wooded hamlet on Little Beck, a tributary of the Esk. Walks. Through the woods to Falling Foss waterfall (also accessible from May Beck). Also visit the ‘Hermitage’, carved out of stone. Malcolm Blenkey Goathland Wade’s Causeway. Tales and Probably the best-known legends abound on this paved Scaling Dam Largest stretch of water in the moorland village in the North section of old road across National Park, with reservoir walk, York Moors – doubled as Wheeldale Moor. What’s the bird hide, shing lodge and a ‘Aidens eld’ in the TV series story? Medieval, Roman, built sailing centre. ‘Heartbeat’. Goathland has an by a giant? attractive heritage railway station Site always open. Free. Fishing equipment and licences (familiar as ‘Hogsmeade’ station wpɦ ! available mid-March to Nov. Scaling in the Harry Potter lms), and ˄ Dam Sailing Club, www.scalingdam.org there are lots of great local walks. w National Park Information Grosmont Point in the Post O ce. The northern station for Graeme Peacock Graeme Walks. Visit Mallyan Spout steam and diesel trains on the Westerdale waterfall (path down side of celebrated heritage railway, and Several small becks ow down Mallyan Spout Hotel); follow the also a stop on the Esk Valley from the moors above Westerdale ‘Rail Trail’ down to Beck Hole and Railway. A great destination for – the source of the River Esk. Grosmont. day trips and country walks. w
GREAT FOR WALKING
See the Esk Valley on foot, with some wonderful walks starting from Danby and Goathland. Explore the history and heritage of Danby Dale with ‘Walks from The Moors Centre’ and discover other scenic highlights with ‘Walks around Goathland’. Both guides are available from local shops and our visitor centres. Or why not combine a walk and a heritage train ride on the easygoing ‘Rail Trail’ from Goathland to Grosmont? For more great walks see www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/walking Chris J. Parker Chris J.
northyorkmoorsnationalparkForestry Commission English Heritage @ northyorkmoors National Trust National Park Information Point 9 From grand estates to cottage blooms, and orchard meadows to wilderness patches, there’s a garden for everyone in We’re just the North York Moors and Howardian Hills – and some surprising wildlife visitors too!
about garde ns in the Helmsley Walled Garden Tucked behind Helmsley’s castle lies a surprisingly, the humble bumblebee – an Shakespeare captured perfectly the magic of a 5-acre secret – a 250-year-old walled essential garden pollinator – feels right at hidden place of scent- lled wild owers. Maybe garden that once provided fruit, home here. The walled garden takes part you know somewhere like this? vegetables and owers for the Duncombe in the annual Bumblebee Conservation I know a bank where the wild thyme blows, Park gentry. It’s been beautifully restored Trust’s ‘Beewalk’ survey, and has recorded Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows, over the last two decades, with seasonally the eight most common bumblebee Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine, owering borders, a clematis garden, species in the UK, including the bu -, With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine: an apple, pear and plum orchard, and red-, and white-tailed bumblebees, There sleeps Titania sometime of the night, wild ower meadow – with the castle the common carder bee and the gypsy Lull’d in these owers with dances and delight. walls and towers framing surprise cuckoo bumblebee. A Midsummer Night’s Dream views and contemplative corners. Not www.helmsleywalledgarden.org.uk
EARTHWORMS Charles HEDGEHOGS Hedgehogs SIGHTINGS – Darwin referred to earthworms as are declining in number, so it’s ‘nature’s ploughs’. They mix, drain important to help those that live in your own and aerate the soil and break down in our gardens. Check borders and dead organic matter, essential undergrowth before using strimmers, for plant growth. More or before lighting garden res, and to back yard... earthworms = make your garden more hedgehog- Whatever sort of better soil! friendly take a look at garden you have, it www.hedgehogstreet.org. pays to keep your eyes open when it comes to wildlife.
10 www.northyorkmoors.org.uk Nunnington Hall In Tudor times, when the house was young, Nunnington Hall’s gardeners would have only had traditional, natural methods to rely upon. Today’s gardens, fully organic since 2002, have seen gardening methods come full circle, whether it’s packing sheep eeces around fruit trees as mulch, adding bee-hives to the orchard or scything hay by hand. The spring- and summer- owering meadows are a delight, while amboyant peacocks have the run of the gorgeous grounds. www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ oors nunnington-hall North York M Shandy Hall ‘Wild Garden’, set in an old, abandoned stone quarry. Nesting swallows, roosting Laurence Sterne – 18th-century author bats, scampering rabbits, shy moles of Tristram Shandy – lived at Shandy Hall and voles, stoats and buzzards are all in Coxwold, where he was the vicar (and visitors, while Shandy Hall has a particular a keen gardener). The hall’s gardens have fondness for its moths – over 370 di erent been altered and extended since Sterne’s species have been recorded so far and the day, and they are now as much an attraction ‘Shandy Hall Moths’ even have their own as the house itself, from the formal front blog! www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk, garden, orchard and walled garden to the shandyhallmoths.blogspot.co.uk Dutch House – a hidden gem The Dutch-owned art gallery and café on the River Foss near Crayke village features a wildlife garden designed on ecological and sustainable principles. Wild ower meadow, herbaceous borders, vegetable plot and herb garden are all aimed at attracting bees, birds, insects and Castle Howard Yorkshire Arboretum butter ies, while even the weeds are cherished More great gardens trees from around the world – stunning as a crucial part of the garden habitat. in autumn, as the colours change – while www.dutchhouseyorkshire.com The great houses of the Howardian Hills at Yorkshire Lavender (yorkshirelavender. have long been known for their gardens com), outside the village of Terrington, and grounds, notably the vibrant seasonal there’s a hillside blaze of purple that is displays across 1,000 acres of the Castle more Provence than Pickering. Scampston Howard estate (castlehoward.co.uk). Hall (scampston.co.uk/gardens), near The 120-acre gardens of the Yorkshire Malton, overlooks Capability Brown Arboretum (yorkshirearboretum.org) parkland, while its walled garden is a contain a collection of 6,000 magni cent stunning contemporary creation.
TURTLE DOVES The National BATS Ever seen a bat echo-locate Park has a small but important their way around your garden on population of turtle doves – one of a balmy summer’s evening? The the UK’s most threatened bird species. common Pipistrelle can catch up to They are seen every year in spring and 3,000 insects in one night by pinging summer at Sutton Bank National Park out a series of quick signals which Centre, and there have been regular echo o their prey, revealing its size, sightings in gardens in Lockton. location and direction of travel.
BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH Join in the RSPB’s annual birdwatch weekend every January. A grand total of 8,207,657 birds were counted in 2016, all from British gardens. See page 39 for details. Photographs: Liz Bassindale, Chris Downes, David Ford, Chris J. Parker, Tracey Phillips Tracey Parker, Chris J. Ford, David Chris Downes, Liz Bassindale, Photographs:
northyorkmoorsnationalpark @northyorkmoors #northyorkmoors 11 HAMBLETON HILLS AND BILSDALE
great diversity of landscapes with sudden contrasts
Bilsdale Great Ayton Guisborough Parish Church. HIDDEN GEM Explore beautiful Bilsdale from the This charming village, on the Magni cent De Brus Cenotaph, forest car park at Newgate Bank – banks of the River Leven, is an with elaborate medieval carvings. Whorlton Castle picnic area, viewpoint, walks. important stop on the trail of Open May–Sept. Free. Spout House. Well-preserved Captain Cook. www.guisboroughparishchurch.co.uk What’s that remarkable ruin sited 16th-century thatched cruck- Captain Cook Schoolroom Guisborough Forest & Walkway. on a lonely hill just outside the framed house. Museum. Reconstruction of Attractive woodlands with trails village of Swainby? It’s known Open Easter–Oct daily. Free. the schoolroom where the along the former Guisborough as Whorlton Castle, though the young James Cook was taught. Branch Railway line, plus play impressive stone building you Exhibition with interactive area, café and visitor centre. see is actually only the surviving Coxwold displays. Open daily. Free. 01287 631132, 14th-century gatehouse – minus One of the most historically Open April–Oct daily. Free. 01642 www.fogfw.org its roof but complete with the interesting villages, with lovely 724296, www.captaincookschool Tocketts Mill. Fully restored crests of the Meynell family, for buildings and ne surrounding roommuseum.co.uk working watermill. whom it was built. attractions. Laurence Sterne, Open Easter Sun and Mon, National author of the 18th-century novel Cook’s Monument. Sited on Easby Moor at 1064ft (324m), Milling Day (2nd Sun in May), May and Tristram Shandy, was vicar here August bank hol Mons, July–Sept Sun and is buried in the churchyard. and dedicated to the great explorer – walk up from only. Admission charged. Shandy Hall. Sterne’s former Great Ayton station or park at www.tockettsmill.co.uk home, with period furnishings, Gribdale Gate. books and pictures, plus gallery, wprɦ gardens and events. Roseberry Topping. Instantly Open May–Sept, house Wed & Sun, recognisable landmark – the gardens Sun–Fri. Admission charged. famous ‘Yorkshire Matterhorn’. Hasty Bank 01347 868465, It’s a classic walk and climb from Picnic area with walks and views Ampleforth www.laurencesternetrust.org.uk Newton-under-Roseberry or over Cleveland and Roseberry Large village on the southern Newburgh Priory. Large 17th- Gribdale Gate. Topping. On B1257 Helmsley- edge of the Hambleton Hills. and 18th-century house wprɦ Stokesley Road. Benedictine monks came here in with extensive grounds and ˄ 1802 to found an abbey. water garden. Hawnby Ampleforth Abbey and College. Open April–June Wed & Sun. Guisborough Visit the church, visitor centre, Nestling on the slopes of Hawnby Admission charged. 01347 868372, The ancient capital of Cleveland Hill and on the banks of the tearoom, shop and orchard. www.newburghpriory.co.uk has a wide cobble-fringed main Open daily, though restrictions River Rye. Good walking and Byland Abbey. One of the street – market days on Tuesday, spectacular views. sometimes apply. Free. 01439 766000, great medieval monasteries of Thursday and Saturday. All Saints Church. Historic 14th- www.visitors.ampleforth.org.uk the north – outstanding early Gisborough Priory. Remains century church, with ‘poetry St Alban’s Sports Centre. Gothic architecture. of priory founded in 1119, with shrine’ where you can read poetry Swimming pool, squash courts and Open April–June & Sept–Oct Wed–Sun, impressive east window and and contribute your own. sports facilities. July & Aug daily, Nov–March Sat & Sun. restored gardens. Open daily. Free. Open daily. Admission charged. 01439 Admission charged. 01347 868614, Open March–Oct Wed–Sun. www.upperryedale.org.uk 766740, www.sac.ampleforth.org.uk www.english-heritage.org.uk Free, donations welcome. p ɦ wɦ www.gisboroughprioryproject.co.uk ɦ
12 w Toilets p Post Office r Bank/cashpoint ɦRefreshments ˄ Esk Valley Railway ! North Yorkshire Moors Railway Gisborough Priory Captain Cook ancient abbeys busy markets Rievaulx Abbey gorgeous gardens Kilburn White Horse Sutton Bank cycle trails traditional crafts Roseberry Topping historic homes Helmsley National Centre for Birds of Prey, Roseberry Topping panorama Osmotherley Sutton Bank Duncombe Park. Hawks, eagles, Attractive stone village, well used Spectacular escarpment with vultures and owls ying at three by walkers. panoramic views over the vales of daily demonstrations in a beautiful National Park Information York and Mowbray. woodland setting. Point in Top Shop village store. National Park Centre. FREE Open Feb–Dec daily. Admission charged. Mount Grace Priory. ADMISSION. Discover all there is 0844 7422035, www.ncbp.co.uk Best-preserved Carthusian to see and do in the National Park Helmsley Walled Garden. monastery in Britain. Discover – excellent exhibition, wheelchair Beautiful walled garden, dating how the monks lived 600 years accessible route to viewpoint from the 1750s, with Victorian ago. (wheelchairs available), creative glasshouses, plant centre, garden Open April–Oct daily, Nov–March play area, family cycle trails and shop, and leafy Vine House café. weekends only. Admission charged. skills track, walks, café, toilets, free Open April–Oct daily. Admission 01609 883494. wi and gift shop. charged. 01439 771427, www.english-heritage.org.uk For opening times and more details – www.helmsleywalledgarden.org.uk Lady Chapel. Built by monks in see page 25. wprɦ the early 16th century – a 30min Sutton Bank Bikes. At the walk from Osmotherley, with National Park Centre – cycle marvellous views over the Vale of hire (including mountain bikes, Kilburn Mowbray. road bikes and children’s bikes), A stream runs through the Open daily. Free. www.ladychapel.org.uk shop and bike wash, and advice charming village of Kilburn, once Sheep Wash. Popular picnic on riding the Sutton Bank ‘Cli ’, home to world-famous traditional spot north of the village – once ‘Paradise’ or ‘Fort’ trails. Malcolm Blenkey cabinet maker Robert ‘Mouseman’ a watering place on the ancient Open daily. Hire charges apply. 01845 597759, www.suttonbankbikes.co.uk. Helmsley Thompson. drovers’ road over the moors. Mouseman Visitor Centre. More cycling information at Handsome market town (market w Discover the story behind the ɦ www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/cycling day is Friday) with much historic mouse symbol, found on every Roulston Scar. Dramatic cli top interest. Centred on a spacious item crafted by Robert Thompson site of the largest Iron Age hillfort square with its market cross and Rievaulx – period rooms, carved furniture, Village and abbey on the River Rye in northern England, dating back the 19th-century Feversham museum, gift shop and café. to around 400 BC. memorial. The Cleveland Way in a beautiful wooded valley – a Open Easter–Oct daily, Nov & Dec Wed– lovely walk from Helmsley (lea et Yorkshire Gliding Club. Flights also starts here– just 109 miles Sun. Admission charged. 01347 869102, available – soar above Sutton to go! available or see National Park www.robertthompsons.co.uk website). Café and toilets open on Bank. Helmsley Castle. Picturesque White Horse of Kilburn. Kilburn’s days that abbey is open. Open daily. 01845 597237, ruin of a 900-year-old castle. www.ygc.co.uk other claim to fame – the iconic turf Rievaulx Abbey. The most Open April–Oct daily, Nov–March gure cut into hillside in 1857. Sat & Sun. Admission charged. 01439 impressive Cistercian abbey ruins wɦ Reached from car park below or by in England, in a serene setting. 770442, www.english-heritage.org.uk 1-mile walk from Sutton Bank National All Saints Church. Interesting Open April–Sept daily, Oct Thurs–Mon Park Centre. (7 days at half-term), Nov–March Sat murals illustrate the history of the Thirsk & Sun (7 days at half-term). Admission church and parish. ɦ Attractive market town (market charged. 01439 798228, Open daily. Free. days Monday and Saturday) and www.english-heritage.org.uk www.helmsleyparish.org.uk an excellent base for exploring Kildale Rievaulx Terrace. Explore ‘Herriot Country’ Duncombe Park. Home of the Thriving rural village whose the stunning 18th-century The World of James Herriot. Duncombe family – house not boundaries have remained landscaped terrace with its Unique tribute to Alf Wight, open to public, but extensive almost unchanged in over 900 temples and majestic views. author of the James Herriot gardens and historic parkland years, with the local estate owned Open mid-Feb to early Nov novels, set in his former home. with National Nature Reserve. by just three families in that daily. Admission charged. 01439 Open daily. Admission charged. 01845 Gardens April–Aug Sun-Fri, time. Also on the Cleveland Way 798340, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ 524234, www.worldo amesherriot.com parkland Feb–Dec daily. National Trail. rievaulx-terrace Admission charged. 01439 770213, wprɦ www.duncombepark.com wɦ˄ wɦ
GREAT FOR WALKING
Country walks to Rievaulx and Byland abbeys, strolls and views at Newgate Bank and Hasty Bank, a climb up Roseberry Topping or a circuit around the famous Kilburn White Horse – you’re spoiled for choice in the western part of the National Park. Our ‘Walks around Sutton Bank’ covers easy walks from the National Park Centre (including the White Horse) or discover more on ‘Lime & Ice’ walks from Oldstead and Kilburn – all available from Sutton Bank National Park Centre. More information? See www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/walking Ebor Images
northyorkmoorsnationalparkForestry Commission English Heritage @ northyorkmoors National Trust National Park Information Point 13 Helmsley Nestled on the southwestern edge of the National Park is our neighbour, the Howardian Hills. Out and HELLO About explores this area of quite outstanding beauty, NEIGHBOUR! right on our doorstep. Beauty knows no borders – at least in our corner of North Yorkshire. South of Helmsley, as the high moors give way to atter vales and gentle, rolling hills, you leave the National Park and enter the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (or Ampleforth AONB) – recognised as one of the country’s nest landscapes, and celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. Coxwold
HOWARDIAN Castle Howard HILLS AONB: Newburgh Priory at a glance Established: 1987 Area: 79 square miles (204 sq km) Population: approx. 9,000, Husthwaite including boundary villages Characteristic species: brown hare, barn owl, yellowhammer, tree sparrow, skylark, banded For gardens great and small demoiselle damsel y in the Howardian Hills, see the feature on pages 10-11 Highest point: Yearsley Cross, 571 feet (174m)
Barn owl Bransby INTO THE WILD The rivers Rye and Derwent are teeming wildlife habitats, from the ash of king sher ‘City of Troy’ maze Crayke blue to the otter’s splash, while Daubenton’s bats can be seen feeding at dusk on warm summer evenings. The hide at Howsham Mill – a restored 18th-century water mill – is a great vantage point, or visit the Yorkshire Early purple Wildlife Trust’s Je ry Bog Reserve, orchid nestling in Kirkham Gorge. In spring you’ll see marsh marigold, bog bean, yellow ag iris and early purple orchid, while summer visits herald the hum of dragon ies and darting damsel ies. If you are really lucky, you might spy a barn owl hunting over the grasslands. Common blue damsel y CURIOS CORNER What about tracking down a pyramid, an obelisk, a temple and a mausoleum? That’s the challenge at Castle Howard, which tempers its formal grounds and parkland with an extraordinary series of monuments and follies, all easily seen on a Castle Howard estate walk (available for download on our website). Or seek out the so-called ‘City of Troy’ maze, at Dalby (near Brandsby) – the smallest of only eight known ancient turf mazes in England (and, strictly speaking, a labyrinth, rather than a maze).
14 For more about the Howardian Hills – Nunnington Hall Hovingham
Nunnington Hall GRAND DESIGNS, GORGEOUS VILLAGES The hills take their name from the Howard family, whose seat at Castle Howard is one of Britain’s nest stately homes. It’s just one of a series of historic houses – Nunnington Hall, Hovingham Hall and Newburgh Priory are others – that has forged a distinct identity for the AONB, where elegant buildings, majestic follies, designed parklands and estate villages have shaped the landscape over generations. With the market towns of Helmsley and Malton lying outside the area, it’s the timeless stone-and-brick villages of the AONB that shine – such as picturesque Nunnington, Terrington and Slingsby, the ‘orchard village’ of Husthwaite, and pretty Hovingham and its celebrated farmers’ market.
Hovingham
AONB panorama near Crayke
Terrington TRACKS AND TRAILS It’s an easy drive to the major sights and landmarks, but the best way to enjoy the views and landscapes is on foot Bridge at or by bike. The AONB has a useful series of route guides for Kirkham Priory rambles, walks and bike rides right across the Howardian Hills, taking in spectacular views, spring bluebell woods, autumn colours, historic monuments and parkland landscapes. The routes start at Castle Howard, Malton and the surrounding villages – download them for free from the AONB website.
What is an AONB? Castle Howard Born of the same post-war legislation that allowed for the establishment of National Parks, there are 46 other areas in the UK that are also considered to be outstanding landscapes whose beauty, wildlife and heritage should be protected. The Gower peninsula was the rst to be designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, in 1956, and today AONBs cover 18 percent of our countryside – including the Howardian Hills, designated in 1987. Kirkham Priory
A SON’S MEMORIAL KIRKHAM PRIORY Helmsley owes its castle and Rievaulx Abbey to the patronage and generosity of medieval lord, Walter l’Espec, who also left his mark further to the southeast in the valley of the River Derwent. The story has it that his only son was killed when thrown from a horse, after which Walter turned to the Church, inviting Augustinian monks to found Kirkham Priory, pictured right – whose altar was erected on the spot of the fatal accident. The peaceful riverside ruins are now a popular picnic spot.
Photographs: Liz Bassindale, Tammy Andrews, Jules Brown, Mike Kipling, northeastwildlife.co.uk, Chris J. Parker, rjbphotographic.co.uk visit the AONB website, www.howardianhills.org.uk 15 1 Dalby Forest parkrun With 70km of cycle trails runners worldwide every and 12 waymarked walks week. across 8,000 acres of Forestry It’s free. All you need to Commission woodland, do is register, turn up and Dalby Forest – the Great run – or jog or walk! The Yorkshire Forest – has long only person you’re racing is attracted hikers and bikers. yourself (‘Have fun, it’s only But scores of visitors are a run’ is the motto), and – if seeing the valley, forest and you’re visiting the North York riverside tracks in a new light each Saturday morning, Moors on holiday – Dalby is a as they join in the 5km great new parkrun to tick o Dalby ‘parkrun’ – part of an your list. international, open-to-all parkrun, 9am every series of community runs Saturday, www.parkrun.org/ that attracts over 2 million dalbyforest been there, done that?
3 Wade’s Causeway, Goathland The Band Room, Before Harry Potter, Heartbeat Roman or medieval – it’s been and the Victorian railway, signposted as the ‘Roman road’ 2 Farndale giants stalked the land around in these parts for many years. The North York Moors doesn’t do Goathland. That’s if you believe A 6-mile circular walk from big concert venues, but if you’re the origin story of the old paved Goathland takes you onto the looking for small and quirky – road across Wheeldale Moor, moor and along a surviving that’s a di erent matter! The which Wade the Giant built to stretch of the road, where you famous da odil dale of Farndale help bring his cows home for can make up your own mind. bursts into life each spring for a milking. Archaeologists think ‘Walks around Goathland’ few short weeks, as the native da s di erently (spoilsports!), and booklet, available from our bloom, but most visitors probably suggest the causeway is either visitor centres. don’t even notice the iron shed by the Low Mill car park. Built for the Farndale Silver Band Whale-watching, Whitby in the 1920s, it’s o cially known as 4 the Band Room – and uno cially, You’ve seen our signature and maybe even glimpsed pursuit of the herring that by acts who have played there, as moorland bird species, an otter. But what about a they feed upon – are all ‘the greatest small venue on Earth’. including the red grouse, summer or autumn high- regularly spotted from boats It holds about 100 people and puts lapwing and merlin (the UK’s seas adventure o the North operating out of Whitby, on a stellar line-up of roots, blues, smallest bird of prey). You’ve York Moors coast to meet our especially in August and folk and Americana gigs – with the spotted roe deer in the woods, ocean wildlife? Magni cent September. Whale-watching darkest of Dark Skies outside in the watched Atlantic salmon swim minke, humpback, n, sei trips April to October, www. dale once the music is over. back upstream on the Esk and sperm whales – in whitbywhalewatching.net Low Mill, Farndale, www.thebandroom.co.uk Photographs: Tammy Andrews, Tony Bartholomew, Paul Harris, Whitby Whale Watching. Wade the Giant illustration: Alan Marshall
16 www.northyorkmoors.org.uk Curlew 5 Helmsley Arts Centre “Who would have thought opera and ballet, or annual there was so much going on Christmas panto by the in- down an alley in Helmsley?” house 1812 Theatre Company. That was one of our favourite www.helmsleyarts.co.uk visitor comments of the year, and it refers to the fabulous Helmsley Arts Centre, hidden away down Meeting House Lane. There’s a regular programme of theatre, cinema and art exhibitions, but it’s the unexpected treasures that make the Arts Centre such a treat – whether it’s the family craft workshops, stand-up comedy, live-broadcast
We all have our favourite National Park places and experiences, but if you think you’re getting stuck in a rut here are 7NEW IDEAS in some of our best-known moor and coast locations. That’s another week’s worth of fun, excitement and surprises for all the family!
Staithes Fylingdales Moor, 6 Illusion Trail 7 Ravenscar There are lots of reasons to visit Look across from the old the old herring port of Staithes, smuggling and shing village of whether it’s seaside fun or the Robin Hood’s Bay to the heights annual Staithes Festival which of Ravenscar, and the spectacular celebrates the village’s maritime swathe of moorland in between and artistic heritage. is Fylingdales Moor – a former Trompe l’oeil artist Paul grouse moor now managed Czainski combines both in his by the Hawk & Owl Trust. It’s amazing ‘Illusion Trail’, with a a nationally important haven series of extraordinarily vibrant for wildlife, particularly birds of paintings that jump out from prey, which thrive in this wild the village’s hidden alleyways. landscape so close to the coast. Seagull or mermaid – real life Forgo the bucket and spade and or trick of the eye? You’ll never follow the new 2½-mile Jugger know until you track down the Howe Nature Trail (download artworks, painted on buildings available from the Hawk & Owl right across the village. website) for the chance to see www.welcometostaithes.co.uk merlin, kestrel, buzzard and curlew, not to mention warblers, moths, butter ies, adders and Minke Whale slow-worms. Jugger Howe, A171, 1 mile south of Flask Inn, www. hawkandowl.org/fylingdales
northyorkmoorsnationalpark @northyorkmoors #northyorkmoors 17 THE HERITAGE COAST
majestic coastal cliffs and sheltered harbours
Fylingdales Moor Ravenscar – including the truth about the WALK THE COAST Open access moorland walks First planned as a holiday resort connection with England’s most and archaeology trail above in the late-19th century, but famous outlaw. The Cleveland Way National Ravenscar. The land is managed never finished, Ravenscar has a Open all half-term hols, Easter & June– Trail (www.nationaltrail.co.uk/ by the Hawk & Owl Trust. dramatic view across to Robin Sept, though closed Sat. Free. clevelandway) hugs cliffs, bays, Information at www.hawkandowl.org/ Hood’s Bay. http://museum.rhbay.co.uk beaches and harbours for 41 fylingdales Peak Alum Works. Explore Old Coastguard Station. exhilarating miles between fascinating remains of the old Exciting hands-on visitor centre, Saltburn and Scarborough. alum works, relics of an industry plus National Trust shop – find It passes through renowned Lythe that lasted for 250 years. out about the coast’s geology, places such as Staithes, Small village approached from Site always open. Free. wildlife and heritage. Whitby and Robin Hood’s Sandsend up steep Lythe Bank, Ravenscar Visitor Centre. Open Feb half-term & Easter–Oct Bay. Smugglers, sea captains, (be careful – 1:4). Open Easter–Oct daily. Free. 01723 daily, otherwise weekends only, miners and dinosaurs have all St Oswald’s Church. Contains a 870138, www.nationaltrust.org.uk/ closed Jan. Free. 01947 885900, www. left their mark on this coast, remarkable collection of Anglo- yorkshire-coast nationaltrust.org.uk/yorkshire-coast and who knows – you might Scandinavian carved stones. Boggle Hole. Short, enjoyable even see a seal! Open weekdays. Free. w coastal walk, via cliff path or www.stoswaldslythe.org.uk along the shore. p The shore walk is accessible at low Robin Hood’s Bay tide only – it’s important to always Delightful red-roofed cottages check the times of the tides, so that Port Mulgrave gathered around a slipway at the you don’t get cut off. foot of a deep ravine. Once the Clifftop hamlet dating from the haunt of smugglers, the village is wp 1850s, when local ironstone was famous for its Jurassic-era fossils. shipped from a specially built Sandy bay – great for paddling harbour below. and rock-pooling. Walks. Down to see the quirky Runswick Bay Robin Hood’s Bay Museum. fishermen’s huts, or along the Sheltered holiday village in a Housed in what used to be the Cleveland Way to Staithes or lovely coastal setting, with a Coroner’s Room and Mortuary, Runswick Bay. wide bay and fine sands. jam-packed with exhibits w Ebor Images revealing the richness of local life
18 w Toilets p Post Office r Bank/cashpoint Refreshments Esk Valley Railway ! North Yorkshire Moors Railway Boggle Hole beautiful beaches fishing villages Staithes fossils holiday resorts coastal walks Captain Cook sea cliffs Scarborough Castle Cleveland Way ironstone heritage Whitby Abbey art galleries Open Feb half-term & Easter–Oct Mon– Runswick Bay Scarborough HIDDEN GEM The ‘Queen of Resorts’ – Britain’s Sat. Admission charged. 01287 642877, oldest seaside resort – has http://ironstonemuseum.co.uk magnificent beaches set on either p Hayburn Wyke side of a rocky headland. The wooded valley of Hayburn Scarborough Castle. Historic Wyke reaches down to a ruins and dramatic coastal views, on Sleights & Ruswarp magnificent rocky cove with a site used since the Iron Age. Two attractive villages on the lower tumbling waterfall and giant Open Easter–Oct daily, Nov–March River Esk, near Whitby. boulders. There are wood- weekends only. Admission charged. 01723 Ruswarp Pleasure Boats. Hire peckers in the National Trust 372451, www.english-heritage.org.uk rowing boats and canoes. woods and marine creatures in Scarborough Art Gallery. Displays Open March to Oct daily. 01947 604658, the shallow rock pools left by from the impressive permanent www.ruswarp-pleasure-boats.co.uk the receding tide. See the Wyke collection, including works by wp on a 5-mile walk from Atkinson Grimshaw and Sir Matthew Cloughton, combining the Smith, plus temporary touring Cleveland Way and the ‘Cinder exhibitions. Staithes Track’ (the old railway line). Open Tues–Sun, plus bank hol Mons. Historic fishing village under the Admission charged. 01723 374753, highest cliffs on England’s east www.scarboroughartgallery.co.uk coast. Staithes Festival (every Sept) Rotunda Museum. Tells the celebrates its arts and coastal fascinating story of Scarborough’s heritage. ‘Dinosaur Coast’. A dramatic upper National Park Information gallery explores the life Point, Staithes Gateway Centre. and times of William Smith, museum Captain Cook and Staithes founder and father of English Heritage Centre. Featuring a geology. recreated street scene of 1745, Open Tues–Sun, plus bank hol Mons. when the young James Cook was Admission charged. 01723 353665, working in a Staithes shop. www.rotundamuseum.co.uk Open Feb half-term–Oct daily. Admission Crescent Arts. Exhibitions, talks, charged. 01947 841454 events, workshops and studios.
Ebor Images Open Thurs–Sat. Admission free. 01723 Walks. Staithes is a great place to 351461, www.crescentarts.co.uk access the Cleveland Way National Saltburn by the Sea Trail – don’t miss the walk over via the 199 steps from cobbled Scarborough Sea Life Sanctuary. Church Street. The Victorian-era seaside town Discover the secrets of the marine the cliffs to Port Mulgrave and its features Italian Gardens, quirky fishermen’s huts or continue on to Whitby Museum and Pannett world, from otters to penguins. Art Gallery. The museum covers cliff lift and elegant pier. Also Feeding demonstrations, hands-on the sandy beach at pretty Runswick making a new name for itself as Bay. Whitby’s whaling, shipping and rockpool experience and Yorkshire’s geological history. In the gallery an arts, culture, food and surfing only seal hospital. wp destination - don’t miss Saltburn see work by the Staithes group of Open daily. Admission charged. artists and others. Studios and Gallery, Saltburn 01723 373414, www.visitsealife.com/ Farmers’ Market (2nd Sat of the scarborough Whitby Open daily. Admission charged. 01947 month) and the annual Food wpr The most atmospheric town along 602908, www.whitbymuseum.org.uk, Festival (August). the coast, its two sides linked by a 01947 600933, www.pannettartgallery. wpr swing-bridge across the River Esk. org Skinningrove Whitby Abbey. Wonderfully Captain Cook Memorial Museum. Coastal village with an intriguing evocative abbey ruin. Cook once lodged in the 17th- ironstone mining heritage. Open April–Oct & half-term hols daily, century harbourfront house. Sandsend Open Feb half-term–Oct daily. A huddle of houses near Whitby, Cleveland Ironstone Mining Nov–Mar weekends only. Admission Museum. Experience life charged. 01947 603568, Admission charged. 01947 601900, where the long sandy beach www.cookmuseumwhitby.co.uk gives way to cliffs. underground at the former Loftus www.english-heritage.org.uk St Mary’s Church. Best approached ! Walks. Try ‘The Sandsend Ironstone Mine. wpr Trail’ – booklet available from local shops – and explore the GREAT FOR CYCLING fascinating industrial heritage of the coast. Follow in the tracks of Victorian holidaymakers as you cycle along the old Mulgrave Woods. Woodland set railway line that once linked Whitby and Scarborough. The 21-mile-long around steep ravines, and with ‘Cinder Track’ has fantastic coastal views, particularly at Robin Hood’s Bay the remains of a medieval castle. and Ravenscar, and the route forms part of the wider Moor to Sea Cycle Access allowed Wed, Sat & Sun, except Network –150 miles of cycling on eleven interconnected routes through May. Free. www.mulgrave-estate.co.uk the heart of the National Park. Download the free route guides and see the sea by bike. w There’s more information at www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/cycling Tony Bartholomew Tony
northyorkmoorsnationalparkForestry Commission English Heritage @ northyorkmoors National Trust National Park Information Point 19 Looking after an old pub? Just one more task for the National Park Authority, which cares for Spout House in Bilsdale, one of the finest surviving examples of a 16th-century, cruck-framed Last orders at farmhouse cottage in the north of England.
CRUCK FRAME The usual method of building a THATCHING farmhouse in the 16th century was to use pairs of oak blades (crucks) to support the roof and walls. Forming Originally the SPOUT inverted Vs, the crucks rested on bare stone. roof was made of moorland heather, before wheat straw became widely HOUSE available as a thatching material.
BEDROOMS Records show that in 1851, 14 people lived at Spout House – and there could DISPENSE The have been up to 20 guests ‘dispense’ was where the staying at any one time too! landlord served his ale – Candles in the bedrooms, delivery bills dating back BAR PARLOUR The main living room and bar, under the thatch, were to 1799 were found in where family and guests gathered – the fireplace strictly forbidden. the cottage. dates back to 1650, the range is Victorian, while all the furniture is original. Scene in the bar parlour painted by Ralph Headley, 1895 Mike Kipling
Known as the Sun Inn, Spout House operated as a family run The National Park has leased Spout House since 1979, and alehouse from 1714, catering for local farmers, jet-miners, travellers has maintained its character intact – re-thatching the roof in the and grouse-shooting parties. time-honoured way, lime-plastering and lime-washing the walls, Last orders were called in 1914, when the current (and larger) restoring the timberwork, and repairing the furniture. Sun Inn opened just across the yard, leaving Spout House as Beer no longer flows, but it’s fascinating to step through the something of a timewarp curiosity, complete with its period low entrance (give the door a good push!) and look around a place fixtures and fittings. where time has stood still. Spout House, Bilsdale, TS9 7LQ, 8 miles north of Helmsley on B1257 Open daily from Easter to 31 October, 11am to 4pm – donations welcome
20 www.northyorkmoors.org.uk THE MOORS NATIONAL PARK CENTRE, DANBY
Inspired by... gallery TH Our oasis of creativity – the Inspired by… gallery at The Moors National Park Centre – celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. Out and About 10ERSARY IV goes behind the scenes to discover what makes the gallery tick. ANN From Lowry’s Salford to Gauguin’s Tahiti, there’s something in the landscape, natural or man-made, that fires imagination and sparks inspiration. Landscape – luckily – is something we have in abundance, from our glorious uplands of cloud-buffeted moors and star-speckled skies to ancient stone-built villages, dense forests, soaring sea cliffs and hidden coves. The beautiful Inspired by… gallery opened its doors in 2007, with one overriding purpose – to display work by contemporary artists and artisans who draw their inspiration from this very landscape, as well as the life, light and
colour of the North York Moors. Bartholomew Tony
Behind the scenes ABOVE Inspired by... gallery When each exhibition opens, a lot of hard LEFT Azad Mohammed’s extraordinary work has already been done. National upended tree-root sculptures (2013) Park staff plan the annual programme, used tree stumps hewn from the North liaise with artists, produce a brochure and York Moors prepare the gallery. There’s also a huge BELOW Landscape Photographer of the amount of essential work done by a trusty Year 2009 winner Emmanuel Coupe, The team of gallery volunteers – whether it’s Old Man of Storr, Isle of Skye hanging art works, dealing with social media and publicity, or being on hand A showcase for talent during the exhibitions and gallery events to help the public and answer questions. gallery Since it first opened, almost 200 2017 exhibitions have taken place at the gallery. Working with the artists workshops Internationally known artists such as Willow with Anthea Firth William Tillyer and Len Tabner have graced Many of the talented artists and artisans 11 March, 10 June, 28 October, 5 November, the walls, while photographers, ceramicists, who have found a home for their work 2 December – £45. at the gallery also offer workshops printmakers, weavers, jewellers, cartoonists Acrylic Painting with James McGairy and sculptors have all made their mark. throughout the year. Gallery Curator 26 March, 23 April, 14 May, 18 June, 16 July, Some exhibitions have been truly Sally Ann Smith champions this direct 20 August, 24 September – £45. transformational, with the gallery variously connection between artists and visitors. “Inspired by… is so much more than Glass with Judith Gill turned into a Butterfly House, craft studio, 8 April, 3 December – £90. glass showroom, 3D bee hive, and venue pictures on walls”, she says. “It’s a for Landscape Photographer of the Year community space, working studio and Ceramics with Penny Hunt Award. meeting place, all rolled into one”. 9 April – £50. Screen Printing with Gill Kirk 29 and 30 April – £40 per day. Monoprinting with Gill Kirk 20 May – £15.
Emmanuel Coupe Machine Embroidery with Gill Kirk 21 May – £40. Printmaking with Penny Hunt 19 August – £40. Booking essential – for details see calendar of events
DON’T MISS ‘Past and Present’, the showpiece 10th anniversary exhibition – see page 22 for details 21 INSPIRED BY... GALLERY 2017 Exhibition programme
Saltwick Bay: Peter Leeming Past and Present This Exploited Land of Iron Prevailing Sense of Change Sunday 12 February – Monday 13 March Saturday 18 March – Monday 10 April Friday 5 May – Tuesday 23 May Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Photographer and writer Ian MacDonald Underscored by historic memories of the Inspired by… gallery, with works by William re ects upon the past industries of the North northeast’s seafaring ports, Martin Fowler’s Tillyer, Len Tabner, Peter Hicks, John Freeman, York Moors. The exhibition is a companion sketches and paintings record a changing Joe Cornish, glassmakers Gillies Jones, and piece to a 5-year National Park project – This way of life and work. Norman Ackroyd CBE RA (courtesy of the Zillah Exploited Land of Iron: the trailblazing story Meet the Artist: Saturday 6 May, 12 – 3pm Bell Gallery, Thirsk). of ironstone and railways in the North York Preview: Sunday 12 February, 12 – 3pm Moors. Landlines For events and activities associated with Friday 5 May – Tuesday 23 May The Heart of the Landscape This Exploited Land of Iron, see www. Michelle Freemantle presents a series of Sunday 12 February – Monday 13 March northyorkmoors.org.uk/lando ron ceramics whose visual identity is inspired by Jewellers Diane Higgins-Lee, Jackie Selcraig, the colours and markings in elds, tractor Judith Gill and Angela Learoyd display their Poetry and Myth tracks, and fence and hedge boundaries. creative adornments as part of the gallery’s Thursday 13 April – Tuesday 2 May Meet the Artist: Saturday 6 May, 12 – 3pm 10th anniversary celebrations. Maggie Moore’s paintings and lino cuts Meet the Artists: Sunday 12 February, 12 – 3pm explore the role of animals and birds in Feather and Fur mythology, religion, poetry and literature. Friday 5 May – Tuesday 23 May Meet the Artist: Saturday 15 April, 12 – 3pm Using pastels and acrylics, Diane Todd’s Love in the Air paintings feature texture and colour in detail, Sunday 12 February, 12 noon – 3pm Field of Vision expressing her love of wildlife. A special Valentine’s event. Meet the exhibition Thursday 13 April – Tuesday 2 May Meet the Artist: Saturday 6 May, 12 – 3pm artists, browse jewellery from selected makers, Sculptor David Mayne o ers a response and enjoy free chocolates, a glass of wine and to the wild landscapes of his explorations music by harpist Sarah Dean. – stunning woodland, beautiful hills and dramatic moorland. Meet the Artist: Saturday 15 April, 12 – 3pm Ceramics: Penny Hunt Fusions of Light and Colour Thursday 13 April – Tuesday 2 May Keith Blessed’s vibrant pastel paintings present a true fusion of light and colour – from storm- and wind-lashed moors to sun-drenched coast. Meet the Artist: Saturday 15 April, 12 – 3pm Butter y: Bridget Bailey In Black and White Friday 5 May – Tuesday 23 May Printmaker Ian Burke brings us black and coloured relief-print images on Japanese Absolutely Buzzing handmade paper – his graphic response to Friday 26 May – Monday 26 June living by the coast in the National Park. From a wearable wasp to a buzzing Meet the Artist: Saturday 6 May, 12 – 3pm bouquet of bees, designer and milliner Bridget Bailey explores the natural world in a textile spectacle – a fresh take on what is both beautiful and wearable. Meet the Maker: Saturday 27 May, 2 – 5pm Gallery 1 Gallery 2 For associated events, see Gallery 1 & 2 www.northyork moors.org.uk/inspiredby
22 For artist pro les and more, visit www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/inspiredby … a place of artistic inspiration
Absolutelylutely Buzzing:ing: The Show Saturday 24 June Necklace: Angela Learoyd Our amazing fashion extravaganza showcases some of the region’s best textile designers, plus A Personal View wild-food canapés, insect-inspired ‘mocktails’ Thursday 29 June – Tuesday 25 July (courtesy of Tree Top Press) and the chance Sue Ford presents a personal view of Yorkshire, in to win a wearable piece of Bridget Bailey watercolour, pastel and mixed media. the little art. Starts 6.30pm; tickets £20 Meet the Artist: Saturday 1 July, 12 – 3pm
Moor Stories Art to Go picture show Thursday 29 June – Tuesday 25 July Saturday 29 July – Monday 4 September At the entrance to the Inspired by… Ian Scott Massie has walked, sketched, written An outstanding array of a ordable, portable art gallery is the little micro-gallery that and painted his way across the Moors, and the by local and regional creative talent, with each piece remaining anonymous until after purchase. we call ‘The Little Picture Show’. Here result is an inspiring collection of paintings and are this year’s artists. screen prints, and an accompanying book. Preview: Saturday 29 July, gallery opens at 12 noon Meet the Artist: Saturday 1 July, 12 – 3pm The Feel of Freedom Impressions in Clay Saturday 29 July – Monday 4 September Thursday 29 June – Tuesday 25 July Penny Hunt often paints outdoors, using oil paints Katy O’Neil’s contemporary ceramics re ect the textured with earth and grit, while landscape, throw-away nature of modern life. folklore and wildlife inspire her ceramic work. Meet the Artist: Saturday 1 July, 12 – 3pm Meet the Artist: Saturday 29 July, 12 – 3pm Peter Hicks: A Retrospective Saturday 9 September – Monday 16 October A look back at the 60-year career of this most renowned of North York Moors artists, from his time at Leeds College of Art to the present day. Peter Hicks’ working life has been a search for identity through painting, with ‘landscape as metaphor’. The Esk Valley has played a major role in his development, where the magic of a hidden valley shapes the way he expresses himself in painting. Crossing the Moor: Jill Ray Preview: Saturday 16 September, 1.30pm for 2pm Photographer Joe Cornish talks to Peter Hicks, Vienna Forrester – Dark Skies Saturday 23 September, 2pm; £5 Sunday 12 February – Monday 13 March Jill Ray – Rays of Light Above, Keith Blessed. Below, Hare: Maggie Moore Moorsview Friday 17 March – Monday 10 April Thursday 19 October – Tuesday 14 November Celebrate the landscape and wildlife of the North Gill Kirk – Wild Flowers Hill, Dale and York Moors and coast with photographers Joe Sea Thursday 13 April – Tuesday 2 May Cornish, Peter Leeming, Robert Fuller, Steve Race Carol Black – Changing Moods. and John Clifton, and wildlife sculptor David Friday 5 May – Tuesday 23 May Cooke. Meet the Artists: Saturday 21 October, 12 – 3pm Anne Hutchison – Printmaker Friday 26 May – Friday 26 June Moors Moments Gail Hurst – The Little Picture Show Thursday 19 October – Tuesday 14 November Thursday 29 June – Tuesday 25 July Based in Glaisdale, in the heart of the National Park, Adrian Wright paints with a limited palette of Lou Raw – Photographer colours, typical of the moorland landscape. Friday 29 July – Monday 4 September Meet the Artist: Saturday 21 October, 12 – 3pm Peter Hicks: A Retrospective Saturday 9 September – Monday 16 October WinterArt Friday 17 November – Sunday 21 January, 2018 Coral Rose – Contemplative Showcase seasonal exhibition from the artists Thursday 19 October – Tuesday 14 of Brigantia, featuring leatherwork, jewellery, November textiles, ceramics, photography, prints and Anne Ward – Drawing a Line in paintings. the Sand
Thursday 17 November – Sunday 21 January, Gallery open same hours as The Moors Centre – see page 24. Inspired by… gallery 2018 brochure available from our visitor centres, or download it from our website.
northyorkmoorsnationalpark @northyorkmoors #northyorkmoors 23 Discover the magic of the North York Moors THE MOORS NATIONAL PARK CENTRE, DANBY A former shooting lodge set in an idyllic spot on the banks of the River Esk
Half a mile from Danby village in the Esk Valley, 15 miles from Whitby, YO21 2NB 01439 772737
discover moorland stories, heritage and wildlife inspired by … … is the name of our acclaimed art gallery explore local walks, beautiful grounds, bird hide, and riverside BOTH CENTRES OPEN Feb and March daily 10.30am–4pm sculpture trail April–October daily 10am–5pm (August daily 9.30am–5.30pm) play woodland trail, climbing wall, Nov & Dec daily 10.30am–4pm; closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day adventure playground, exciting events and activities in every school holiday enjoy gift shop, local crafts, country café with garden seating need to know... Toilets Pay-and-display car park Tourist information Exhibitions change every month Photographs: Tony Bartholomew, Chris J. Parker, Tessa Bunney, Ebor Images Bunney, Tessa Parker, Chris J. Bartholomew, Tony Photographs:
24 DON’T MISS – ParkFest (22 & 23 July), our annual launch event for National Parks Week! North York Moors at our FREE visitor centres SUTTON BANK NATIONAL PARK CENTRE The premier gateway to the National Park, with the nest view in England
On the A170, six miles east of Thirsk, YO7 2EH 01845 597426
d scover hands-on activities, interactive displays, bird-viewing station explore wheelchair-accessible paths,sensational viewpoint, escarpment walk to Kilburn White Horse play outdoor creative play zone, craft table, exciting events and activities in every school holiday Feb and March daily 10.30am–4pm cycle bike rental with Sutton Bank Bikes, family routes and bridleway April–October daily 10am–5pm (August daily 9.30am–5.30pm) trails, bike wash and sales Nov & Dec daily 10.30am–4pm; closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day enjoy gift shop, local crafts, café and courtyard seating need to know... Toilets Pay-and-display car park Tourist information Children’s crafts always available
DON’Tnorthyorkmoorsnationalpark MISS – family fun on Have-a-go @northyorkmoors Holidays, Little Boots Tuesdays #northyorkmoors & Sutton Bank Sundays! 25 Pick a day, any day, and somewhere in the North York Moors and surrounding It’s MARKET DAY! area there’s a local market in full swing. market days These have been a xture in the region since medieval times – the ones in Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside and Guisborough have been going since at least the 13th century – and they o er a chance to see our market towns at their best and most traditional, full of noise and colour. Guisborough Tuesday, Thursday, Saltburn & Saturday Helmsley Guisborough Friday Whitby Kirkbymoorside Wednesday Stokesley Malton Saturday Northallerton Wednesday Northallerton & Saturday Pickering Kirkbymoorside Monday Wykeham Stokesley Thirsk Friday Helmsley Pickering Thirsk Monday Hovingham Malton & Saturday Castle Howard farmers’ markets Looking for locally grown and reared produce and seasonal ingredients, from eld to fork and pasture to plate? The farmers’ markets of the North York Moors area are wonderful places to experience the best in North Yorkshire food and drink. Castle Howard 2nd Tuesday of the month, Pickering 1st Thursday of the month April to October, Saltburn 2nd Saturday of the month, www.castlehoward.co.uk www.facebook.com/saltburnfarmersmarket Guisborough 2nd Saturday of the month Stokesley 1st Saturday of the month, Hovingham 1st Saturday of the month, www.northerndalesfarmersmarkets.com www.hovingham-market.org.uk Thirsk 4th Saturday of the month, Malton 2nd Saturday of the month, www.thirskmarket.com www.maltonyorkshire.co.uk, & last Saturday, Whtby Every Thursday, May to October www.maltonlivestockauctioneers.co.uk Wykeham Every Friday, www.dawnay.co.uk Northallerton 4th Wed of the month, www.northerndalesfarmersmarkets.com Photographs: Tessa Bunney, rjbphotographic.co.uk, Chris J. Parker. Page 27: Volunteer Brian Nicholson Volunteer 27: Page Parker. Chris J. rjbphotographic.co.uk, Bunney, Tessa Photographs:
26 www.northyorkmoors.org.uk EVENTS 2017 The following pages bring together all our fabulous events, walks and activities. They are colour-coded so that you can quickly nd the ones you’re interested in.
Fun! Fun! Fun! There’s lots of cool stu for under-16s and their families to do, from rock-pooling to wildlife discovery. Special activities include have-a- go archery and Easter and Halloween craft sessions. Little Boots Our ‘Little Boots’ events are especially suitable for children and families! Children between the ages of 3 and 7 (brothers and sisters welcome too) can also join our ‘Little Boots Passport Scheme’ – attend 4 events to ll your passport with stickers and collect your award! Workshops Develop your skills with our expert artists and crafters. Our special workshops this year range from painting, printing and drawing to basket-making, willow-weaving and glass art. Walks & Talks Our walks are led by a knowledgeable band of volunteers and specialists. They are for all ages and abilities (see page 30). We suggest a donation of £2 per person, which helps us to care for the National Park. Special Events We have an exciting set of annual events that are fun – and free! – for all the family. Themed activities on August ‘Sutton Bank Sundays’, National Parks Week, ParkFest, Artisan Art Fair – come and see what the North York Moors are all about. Excitement & Adventure Join us for geocaching treasure hunts, and outdoor adventures for 9 to 16 year olds (and their families) every school holiday at East Barnby Outdoor Centre. For other activities in the National Park, see the list of operators on pages 42 and 43.
BOOK EARLY ! N Our activities and walks Children must usually be Minimum ages Not all events are Dogs are welcome at are very popular – accompanied by an adult apply for some accessible by wheelchair some events and on some PLEASE book early to for all events, activities events – check the symbols for walks, but must be on avoid disappointment! and walks suitability a short xed lead at all times For information and bookings call 01439 772738 • www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/events 27 EVENTS FEBRUARY MARCH Fun! Fun! Fun! Walks & Talks Excitement & Adventure Special Events Workshops Little Boots
Cod Beck Reservoir Wednesday 1 March Dark Skies Festival We follow a 5 mile circuit on the Old Drovers’ Road, returning to atmospheric Cod Beck Saturday 18 February–Sunday 26 February reservoir via a ‘green lane’. Sheepwash National Trust car park (SE 468 992) We’ve teamed up with our friends at the Yorkshire Dales 10am – 12:30pm National Park for a joint Dark Skies Festival – star-gazing, Donation £2 Level 3 games and activities, from Hawes to the Moors! Look up BOOKING ESSENTIAL and look out, and discover more about the sky above you. Rangers on Patrol Wednesday 1 March In an urban area you will be lucky to see 20 Star Party Head out on a short (under 4 miles) Voluntary stars on a clear night, but in an area of low Wednesday 22 February Ranger patrol and discover what the job light pollution, such as our National Parks, Make sparkly stars, balloon rockets and entails. Some steep ladder stiles. you could see as many as 2,000. From glittering galaxies. Finish o with a starry Low Mill car park, Farndale, YO62 7UY Moors to Dales, come and join in our star- story and a chocolate star or two. There are 1pm – 3:30pm lled festival of fun. Events and activities two separate sessions, starting at 10.30am Donation £2 Level 3 across both National Parks include: and 1.30pm. N BOOKING ESSENTIAL • torchlight wildlife walks, stargazing, The Moors National Park Centre, Danby caving, storytelling, glow-in-the-dark 10:30am – 12 noon and 1:30pm – 3pm Adult: Free Child: £4.50 For ages 3–7 Sutton Bank Easy Access writing, night bike road ride Sunday 5 March • poetry readings, solar system scavenger N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Sunday 3 December hunt, telescope-making and craft Experience stunning views on the new 5 mile workshops Space Explorers Sutton Bank Easy Access trail, designed not just Full programme available at Thursday 23 February for walkers but also wheelchairs, buggies and www.darkskiesnationalparks.org.uk Have a go at making fantastic rockets you mobility scooters. can actually launch! Then design a fabulous Sutton Bank National Park Centre Constellations at the Castle alien spaceship to take home. 11am – 2:30pm Sunday 19 February The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Donation £2 Level 3 Come for some star-gazing wonder and fun 10:30am – 12 noon BOOKING ESSENTIAL in an immersive, state-of-the-art, travelling Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 7 planetarium, and take a virtual tour of the solar BOOKING ESSENTIAL system’s past, present and future. Sessions at N The Cawthorn Conundrum Sunday 5 March 10am, 11am, noon, 2pm and 3pm. Archaeologists have long puzzled over the Danby Castle, YO21 2NP Super Stars Roman site at Cawthorn. Are the structures 10am – 4pm Thursday 23 February camps or forts? How long were they in use? Adult: £3.50 Child: £2.50 Family: £10 Have you ever wanted to take a closer look at the stars? Learn about the constellations, Get closer to the truth on this 1 mile walk. N BOOKING ESSENTIAL paint amazing galaxies and make your own Cawthorn Roman Camps car park (SE 783 894) telescope to take home. 11am – 12 noon Moon-Buggy Mayhem The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Donation £2 Level 1 Tuesday 21 February 1:30pm – 3pm BOOKING ESSENTIAL We’ll be learning about the moon, making Adult: Free Child: £6 Minimum age: 7 model moon-buggies and moon-buggy racers. BOOKING ESSENTIAL Who will be the moon-buggy race champion? N Village with a View Sunday 5 March The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Take a fascinating 1½ mile history walk around 10:30am – 12 noon Dark Skies at Sutton Bank Cropton village. Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 7 Saturday 25 February Sutton Bank is an o cial Dark Sky Cropton Village Hall N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Discovery Site, thanks to its low levels of 1:30pm – 3pm light pollution and clear horizons. Join Donation £2 Level 1 Perfect Planets The York Astronomical Society for some BOOKING ESSENTIAL Tuesday 21 February night-sky star-gazing, and bring your own Find out fascinating facts about our planets telescope if you wish. Illlustrated talks, and make some amazing aliens to take home plenty of expert advice and refreshments Willow Workshop Saturday 11 March with you. available. Join willow expert Anthea Firth and make a The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Sutton Bank National Park Centre willow owl, perfect for garden or patio. 1:30pm – 3pm 7pm – 9pm The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 Adult: £4 Child: £2 For all the family 10am – 3pm N BOOKING ESSENTIAL BOOKING ESSENTIAL Cost: £45 Minimum age: 16 N BOOKING ESSENTIAL
28 Children must be accompanied by an adult Not accessible by wheelchair N Sorry, no dogs Level See page 30 for walk levels EVENTS MARCH APRIL Booking is essential to guarantee a place – call 01439 772738 Public transport? Call Traveline 0871 200 2233 www.travelinenortheast.info
IronFest A Medieval Parish Ceramics Workshop Saturday 18 March Sunday 2 April Sunday 9 April Come and celebrate the launch of our new Explore 1,000 years of hidden history – with Penny Hunt uses hand-building techniques to National Park project – This Exploited Land of stories of murder, myth and mystery – on a create ceramic pots, bowls and brooches. Iron – with a fun- lled Danby activity day. 3½mile walk through the ancient Parish of The Moors National Park Centre, Danby The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Fylingthorpe. Some short steep hills. 10am – 4pm 11am – 4pm Station car park, Robin Hood’s Bay Cost: £50 Minimum age: 12 Adult: Free Child: Free 12:30pm – 4pm BOOKING ESSENTIAL Donation £2 Level 3 N DROP IN ANY TIME BOOKING ESSENTIAL The Great Stick Hunt Acrylic Painting Workshop Tuesday 11 April Sunday 26 March A Seaside Folly We’ll show you 101 uses for sticks (well, Sunday 23 April Wednesday 5 April maybe not that many!), from making stick Sunday 14 May Over 100 years ago there were grand plans to people and woodland monsters to creating Sunday 18 June make Ravenscar a serious rival to Scarborough. stick art, spiders’ webs and star wands. Sunday 16 July Take a 1¼ mile walk to discover the scant The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Sunday 20 August remains of this bold project. 10:30am – 12 noon Sunday 24 September Raven Hall Hotel entrance, Ravenscar, YO13 0ET Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 Small-group workshops focusing on acrylic 11am – 12:30pm BOOKING ESSENTIAL paint, a forgiving medium for beginners and Donation £2 Level 1 N more experienced artists alike. Artist James BOOKING ESSENTIAL McGairy will demonstrate his methods, and at Marvellous Mammals the end of the day you’ll leave with your own Tuesday 11 April painting. A Thornton Wander Find out how mammals survive in the wild. The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Wednesday 5 April Make a fantastic mammal head to take home. 10:30am – 4:30pm Wander around Thornton le Dale (1½ miles) The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Cost: £45 Minimum age: 16 and explore the history of the village, regarded 1:30pm – 3pm by many as the prettiest in Yorkshire. Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum Age: 7 N BOOKING ESSENTIAL National Park car park (SE 835 829) BOOKING ESSENTIAL 2pm – 3:30pm N The Skirting of Cringle Moor Donation £2 Level 2 Sunday 2 April Amazing Owls BOOKING ESSENTIAL Join us on a walk down from Carlton Bank Thursday 13 April into Raisdale, around the impressive hill Have a go at dissecting owl pellets and nd that is Cringle Moor. It’s a 5 mile circuit with Glass Workshop out what owls eat and how they live! Make magni cent views, which will leave you with Saturday 8 April some amazing owls to take home. a better understanding of man’s in uence on Sunday 3 December The Moors National Park Centre, Danby the landscape. Some stiles. Work with glass artist Judith Gill to create an 10:30am – 12 noon Lord Stones Café car park (NZ 524 029) inspiring glass window or wall hanging. Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 7 10am – 12:30pm The Moors National Park Centre, Danby BOOKING ESSENTIAL Donation £2 Level 3 10:30am – 3pm N Cost: £90 Minimum age: 16 BOOKING ESSENTIAL Worm-Charming Champs N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Thursday 13 April Hunt for worms using our traditional tech- niques. Who will be crowned Worm-Charming get ready for an adventure! Champ? Bring an empty, see-through, 2-litre drinks bottle to make a wormery. East Barnby Outdoor Centre invites you on high-octane holiday adventures for The Moors National Park Centre, Danby children and families. Join them for activity days and adventure 1:30pm – 3pm weeks at Easter, May half-term and in summer school holidays. Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum Age: 4 Family Activity Days (£40 pp) – have a go at water sports, beck- N BOOKING ESSENTIAL scrambling, geocaching, orienteering, mountain-biking, indoor climbing, real rock adventures, dry slope skiing, seashore exploration or bushcraft. Easter Egg Hunt Adventure Weeks (£40 pp per day) – di erent daily activities in August from Friday 14 April – Monday 17 April bushcraft and biking to sailing and windsur ng. Search the grounds with your maps and work out the code to claim your tasty Easter treat! Skills and Activity Weekends (selected weekends, £150 pp) – The Moors National Park Centre, Danby, and all the hands-on instruction you need, from stand-up paddle-boarding Sutton Bank National Park Centre to guided mountain-bike rides and outdoor climbing. 10am – 4pm Details and bookings: East Barnby Outdoor Centre Adult: Free Child: £4 For all the family 01947 893333 • www.outdoored.co.uk DROP IN ANY TIME North Yorkshire Outdoor Learning Service Learning Outdoor Yorkshire North
For information and bookings call 01439 772738 • www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/events 29 EVENTS APRIL MAY Fun! Fun! Fun! Walks & Talks Excitement & Adventure Special Events Workshops Little Boots
Our walks are all graded, to help you decide. The walk times include rests and information stops. walkers Level 1 — A walk time of up to 1 hour (up to 1½ miles), on easygoing terrain FIND YOUR Level 2 — Slightly more challenging walks, of up to 2 hours (up to 3 miles) Level 3 — Reasonable tness required, on walks of up to 3 hours (up to 5 miles) LEVEL! Level 4 — For suitably experienced walkers; challenging; up to 5 hours (6–11 miles) Some of our routes include stiles and/or steep ascents – please check when booking.
Teddy Bears’ Picnic Bloomin’ Thirlby Walking with History Tuesday 18 April Wednesday 3 May Sunday 7 May Tuesday 1 August Enjoy the lovely countryside around Thirlby Enjoy a 5 mile walk following ancient tracks Bring Teddy along for some woodland on this undulating 4½ mile walk – we’re and country lanes around the village of adventures and nish with juice and biscuits hoping for a ne show of spring owers, Appleton le Moors, exploring Romano-British in our storytelling area. including bluebells. Some stiles. and early medieval sites. The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Thirlby Village Hall, YO7 2DJ (SE 489 840) Appleton le Moors Village Hall (SE 735 877) 10:30am – 11:45am and 2:15pm – 3:30pm 1:30pm – 4pm 1pm – 4pm Adult: Free Child: £4.50 For ages 3–7 Donation £2 Level 3 Donation £2 Level 3 N BOOKING ESSENTIAL N BOOKING ESSENTIAL BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Happy Hare Day Bluebells in Springtime Acrylic Painting Workshop Thursday 20 April Sunday 7 May Sunday 14 May What’s the di erence between a hare and a Join us for a lovely 3 mile walk through open For details see Sunday 26 March rabbit? Take a closer look and then have a go elds into shaded woodland that – ngers at some of our fabulous hare-y crafts! crossed – should be carpeted in bluebells The Moors National Park Centre, Danby at this time of year. Some stiles and uphill Falling Foss for Tea? 10:30am – 12 noon sections. Wednesday 17 May Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 Great Ayton car park, by TIC Our 6 mile walk wanders through bluebell 10am – 12 noon woods and past waterfalls, nishing at a N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Donation £2 Level 2 hidden gem of a tea garden. Steep sections and stiles. Minibeast Monsters BOOKING ESSENTIAL Falling Foss car park (NZ 888 036) Thursday 20 April 10am – 1pm Set o on a minibeast hunt, help build bug Donation £2 Level 4 hotels and then make brilliant bug sculptures. welcome BOOKING ESSENTIAL The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Wayfarer! N 1:30pm – 3pm Sunday 21 May Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 A giant visitor is coming to Danby... she Monoprinting Workshop is Wayfarer, an explorer from another time Saturday 20 May N BOOKING ESSENTIAL and place, on a journey to experience the Textile artist and printmaker Gill Kirk world and gather as many experiences, uses owers and grasses to explore basic Acrylic Painting Workshop re ections and impressions of her travels monoprinting techniques. There are two Sunday 23 April as she can. Come along and meet this giant separate sessions, starting at 10.30am and For details see Sunday 26 March puppet visitor – and join in with our special 2pm. trail, children’s crafts and puppet-making. The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Screen Printing Workshop More info at www.animated objects.co.uk 10:30am – 1pm and 2pm – 4:30pm Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 April The Moors National Park Centre, Danby, Cost: £15 Minimum age: 9 1pm – 3pm Gill Kirk teaches masking and stenciling DROP IN ANY TIME N BOOKING ESSENTIAL techniques. The Moors National Park Centre, Danby 10:30pm – 4pm Machine Embroidery Workshop Cost: 1 day £40, 2 days £80 Minimum age: 12 Sunday 21 May Join textile artist Gill Kirk and create a mixed- N BOOKING ESSENTIAL media embroidery piece inspired by the wild ora found in the North York Moors. Canine Caper The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Wednesday 3 May 10:30am – 4pm A 4 mile walk just for dogs and their owners, Cost: £40 Minimum age: 12 taking in a disused railway line and the coastal BOOKING ESSENTIAL footpath. All dogs must be on a lead. N Station House Tea Room, Cloughton YO13 0AD 1pm – 3pm Welcome Wayfarer! Donation £2 Level 3 Sunday 21 May See feature left BOOKING ESSENTIAL
30 Children must be accompanied by an adult Not accessible by wheelchair N Sorry, no dogs Level See page 30 for walk levels EVENTS MAY JUNE Booking is essential to guarantee a place – call 01439 772738 Public transport? Call Traveline 0871 200 2233 www.travelinenortheast.info
Castles, Churches and Mines Have-a-go Archery Wednesday 24 May Monday 29 May Join us on a 7 mile circular walk around WalkFest2017 Sunday 23 July Swainby and visit a haunted castle, a ruined Saturday 27 May to Monday 29 May Monday 28 August church, an abandoned village and old Join us over the Spring Bank Holiday The Whitby Company of Archers are here to ironstone mines. Some steep hills and stiles. weekend for the return of our exciting give some hands-on instruction. Once you Black Horse car park, Swainby, DL6 3ED Walking Festival! have paid, you can have as many goes as you 11am – 2:30pm like during the day. walks for all ages and abilities Donation £2 Level 4 The Moors National Park Centre, Danby children’s treasure hunts to moorland 10am – 4pm BOOKING ESSENTIAL N hikes Cost: £4.50 Minimum age: 5 afternoon tea strolls and steam train DROP IN ANY TIME Geocaching Treasure Hunt rides Saturday 27 May expert guides, from the worlds of For details see feature on page 36 archaeology, wildlife, conservation, A Sinnington Saunter National Trust Visitor Centre, Ravenscar Sunday 4 June even brewing! 10:30am – 2pm Step back in time on a 2 mile walk that touches Family: £5, plus £20 deposit Find out more – full festival walk and on the Norman Conquest and follows in the booking details in our ‘Breath of Fresh Air’ footsteps of Catherine Parr. walking brochure, and at Sinnington Village Hall Mammal-Track Treasure Hunt www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/ Sunday 28 May 2pm – 4pm Search the Visitor Centre grounds for animal walkingfestival Donation £2 Level 2 footprints and discover which belong to each BOOKING ESSENTIAL creature. Pick up the missing letters on the way to nd the magic code word for the treasure box! A Wild ower Wander The Moors National Park Centre, Danby, and Sunday 4 June A 3 mile walk, exploring Yorkshire Wildlife Sutton Bank National Park Centre Trust’s Ellerburn Banks Nature Reserve. 11am – 4pm Before Dalby Forest Drive toll booth (SE 847 853) Adult: Free Child: £3 For all the family 2pm – 4:30pm DROP IN ANY TIME Donation £2 Level 2
Volunteer Brian Nicholson Volunteer N BOOKING ESSENTIAL
the May half-term holiday is absolutely buzzing! Our wearable art exhibition in the Inspired by… gallery is ‘Absolutely Buzzing’ (26 May – 26 June), and we’re joining in the fun with a whole host of creepy-crawly crafts and activities. Hungry Caterpillar’s Party Creepy Crawly Carnival Brilliant Beetles Tuesday 30 May Wednesday 31 May Thursday 1 June Collect food for the hungry caterpillar in a Drop by to create a carnival headband and Go on a beetle hunt in the grounds – how special caterpillar bag and then transform make some wings – and our face-painters are many di erent types can you nd? Make your bag into a beautiful butter y! There are here too! (extra charge). The Grand Parade some brilliant beetle sculptures to take two separate sessions, starting at 10.30am begins at 1.30pm, when you can scurry, buzz home. and 2.15pm. and wiggle around the arena before taking The Moors National Park Centre, Danby The Moors National Park Centre, Danby part in bug-themed activities and races. 10:30am – 12 noon 10:30am – 11:45am and 2:15pm – 3:30pm The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 Adult: Free Child: £4.50 For ages 3 to 7 10:30am –12 noon and 1:30pm – 3:30pm BOOKING ESSENTIAL Adult: Free Child: £3 For ages 3 to 7 N BOOKING ESSENTIAL DROP IN ANY TIME Dazzling Dragon ies Thursday 1 June Learn about our dragon ies, do some dragon y art and take home a fabulous sculpture. The Moors National Park Centre, Danby 1:30pm – 3pm Adult: Free Child: £4 50 Minimum age: 4 N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Tammy Andrews Tammy
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A Country Fryup Acrylic Painting Workshop One Under the Eight Wednesday 7 June Sunday 18 June Wednesday 5 July Enjoy the views over Fryup Dale on this For details see Sunday 26 March We’re o on a quiet 2 mile circular walk along 2½ mile circular walk over farmland and country lanes and eld footpaths, with a short moor. View the farm’s ‘Robinson Danby Absolutely Buzzing: The Show visit to a church with an octagonal tower. Collection’ of local artefacts, followed by Saturday 24 June Some stiles. (optional) tea and cakes. Our summer fashion show is a cornucopia of Wass Village Hall car park Stonebeck Gate Farm, Fryup, YO21 2NS wearable art. 2pm – 3:30pm (NZ 715 054) See ‘Inspired by… gallery’, pages 22-23, for details Donation £2 Level 2 1pm – 3:30pm BOOKING ESSENTIAL Donation £2 Level 2 N Sea Kayak Adventure N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Saturday 24 June Sea Kayak Adventure Saturday 8 July Saturday 8 July Spout House and Bilsdale Saturday 22 July For details and bookings see Saturday 24 June Wednesday 7 June Saturday 12 August Enjoy views of Easterside Hill from the slopes Saturday 9 September Walking with Wrecks above Bilsdale. The 3½ mile walk also visits Spot seabirds, seals and marine life as you kayak from the beach at Boggle Hole along the Sunday 9 July 16th-century Spout House, and nishes with Follow the Cleveland Way for 6½ miles from tea and biscuits in the Sun Inn (cost £3). Steep seashore to Ravenscar. For more details and bookings, contact the Whitby to Robin Hoods Bay, and hear stories climb. associated with some of the tragic vessels Sun Inn, Bilsdale, TS9 7LQ (SE 574 935) National Trust 0844 249 1895. Boggle Hole, YO22 4UQ that foundered o this spectacular stretch of 2pm – 4:30pm coastline. It’s a linear walk with some steep Donation £2 Level 3 10am – 3pm Cost: £40 Minimum age: 14 sections; transport provided. BOOKING ESSENTIAL Station car park, N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Robin Hoods Bay, YO22 4TG 10am – 3:30pm Willow Workshop Sing As You Go Donation £2 Level 4 Saturday 10 June Sunday 2 July N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Join willow expert Anthea Firth and make your Put a spring in your step by walking and own dragon y – from willow to jewelled wings. singing on the 5 mile route around Thornton le Dale, stopping o at the beautiful church at Whinstone Ridge Rocks The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Wednesday 12 July 10am – 3pm Ellerburn. Short, steep section. Join us today as we strike o across open Cost: £45 Minimum age: 16 Thornton le Dale car park (SE 835 829) 10am – 3pm moorland to Goathland Railway Station, then N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Donation £2 Level 3 follow the railway line to picturesque Darnholm before climbing to the dramatic Two Tabular Hills BOOKING ESSENTIAL Whinstone Ridge. It’s a 6 mile walk with steep, Wednesday 14 June strenuous sections. This strenuous 6 mile walk takes you on a A Stroll Around Staithes Goathland/Beck Hole road junction car park classic circuit around two distinctive hills close Sunday 2 July (NZ 851 028) to the charismatic village of Hawnby. Some Our 2 mile walk explores the narrow streets 10am –1pm stiles. and ginnels of this atmospheric shing village, Donation £2 Level 4 Moorgate information point, Hawnby before nishing with a sti climb to join the N BOOKING ESSENTIAL (SE 539 917) Cleveland Way on the cli s overlooking the 10am – 1pm North Sea. Donation £2 Level 4 Bank Top car park, Staithes (NZ 781 185) Acrylic Painting Workshop 11am – 1pm Sunday 16 July BOOKING ESSENTIAL Donation £2 Level 2 For details see Sunday 26 March Mills of the Tabular Hills BOOKING ESSENTIAL Views Around Bilsdale Sunday 18 June Wednesday 19 July On a 6 mile history walk, we take a look at Poisons and Potions Our 6 mile walk takes you along the eastern Appleton Mill on the River Seven, site of a mill Wednesday 5 July ank of Bilsdale before returning from the since the 12th century, and also visit the new On this 3½ mile walk from Gillamoor, you’ll impressive Nab End over the moor top. Some working mill at Spaunton. hear about the medicinal and poisonous stiles and a steep climb. Appleton le Moors Village Hall (SE 735 877) properties of the plants along the way. Some Chop Gate Village Hall car park (SE 558 993) 10am – 2:30pm stiles, can be very muddy. 10am – 1pm Donation £2 Level 4 Royal Oak, Gillamoor, YO62 7HX Donation £2 Level 4 10:30am – 1pm BOOKING ESSENTIAL Donation £2 Level 3 BOOKING ESSENTIAL N BOOKING ESSENTIAL
32 Children must be accompanied by an adult Not accessible by wheelchair N Sorry, no dogs Level See page 30 for walk levels MAY NATIONAL PARKS WEEK… 24-30 JULY Fun! Fun! Fun! Walks & Talks Excitement & Adventure Special Events Workshops Little Boots During National Parks Week people all over the UK get a chance to explore, discover and celebrate the special qualities of our National Parks. We’re one of 15 UK National Parks, and every summer we join up to oer a week’s worth of events and activities in ‘Britain’s breathing spaces’. The theme for 2017 is ‘bringing people together’, so come along to our National Park Centres at Danby and Sutton Bank and join in the fun.
Sea Kayak Adventure Saturday 22 July For details see Saturday 24 June
Have-a-go Archery Sunday 23 July Monday 28 August For details see Monday 30 May
Butter y Treasure Hunt Monday 24 July Search the grounds for the butter ies and solve the riddles. Will you identify all of them to claim your butter y treasure? The Moors National Park Centre, Danby 10am – 4pm Adult: Free Child: £3 For all the family ParkFest Saturday 22 July – Sunday 23 July DROP IN ANY TIME As always, we launch things with a bang with our two-day festival, ParkFest – the major event in the North York Moors National Park’s annual calendar. From Artisan Discovering Dinosaurs Art Fair to Family Fun Day, it’s a weekend like no other in the Park. See you there! Tuesday 25 July A ‘Little Boots Tuesday’ event. See feature on page 35 for details Artisan Art Fair Danby Live! 22 and 23 July Saturday 22 July Geocaching Treasure Hunt Browse inspiring pieces of original art and Join us for a stand-out summer concert Sunday 30 July meet the artists and makers – plus craft by dynamic ‘folk and roll’ bands Holy Moly For details see feature on page 36 demos, music, storytelling, and poetry & The Crackers and The Bu alo Skinners. Station car park, Robin Hood’s Bay workshops. Staged in the enchanting grounds of The 10:30am – 2pm The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Moors Centre, it’s a night of great music Family: £5, plus £20 deposit 11am – 4pm ( rst act on stage at 7pm) with a welcoming Adult: Free Child: Free atmosphere, local food and licenced bar! DROP IN ANY TIME Bring your own chairs. The Moors National Park Centre, Danby 6pm – 10pm Adult: £13 Child aged 14 and under: £6 N BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Family Fun Day Sunday 23 July Come rain or shine, our FREE Sunday Fun Day is the place to be. Various stands MoorFest showcase local food, traditional crafts and Sunday 30 July moorland management skills. Take part Enjoy a day of free activities, and nd out in a wide range of family activities – from about the di erent people who work in cooking demonstrations to face painting the National Park and who help to make it and medieval spear practice with our Living such a special place. History group. Sutton Bank National Park Centre The Moors National Park Centre, Danby 11am – 4pm 11am – 4pm Adult: Free Child: Free For all the family Adult: Free Child: Free DROP IN ANY TIME DROP IN ANY TIME Volunteer Brian Nicholson Volunteer
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Up, Up and Away Seashell Mosaics Rockpools at Runswick Tuesday 1 August Thursday 3 August Tuesday 8 August A ‘Little Boots Tuesday’ event. Take a closer look at some of the beautiful Explore the fabulous rockpools at Runswick See feature on page 35 for details shells found on our beaches. Can you tell a Bay and learn how to identify shoreline periwinkle from a dog whelk? Why not bring creatures. Meet at the bottom of the slipway Teddy Bear’s Picnic some shells along to help make your own nearest the lifeboat station (and bring your Tuesday 1 August marvellous mosaic? wellies!). There are two separate sessions, The Moors National Park Centre, Danby For details see Tuesday 18 April starting at 10am and 11.45am. 1:30pm – 3pm Slipway, Runswick Bay Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 10am – 11:15am and 11:45am – 1pm Secrets of Urra Moor Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 5 Wednesday 2 August N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Head on up to the heights of Urra Moor to N BOOKING ESSENTIAL discover its ancient secrets. This 3½ mile walk Explore a 12th-Century Village includes a visit to the old hamlet of Urra and Sunday 6 August Feeling Sheepish to the hidden valley of Cowkill. There are Our 1 mile wheelchair-friendly stroll around Tuesday 8 August some stiles. Appleton le Moors looks at its development A ‘Little Boots Tuesday’ event. Clay Bank car park, B1257 (NZ 572 035) from the 12th century to Victorian times. See feature on page 35 for details 10am – 12 noon Appleton le Moors Village Hall (SE 735 877) Donation £2 Level 3 10:45am – 12 noon Pictur-Esk Lealholm Donation £2 Level 1 BOOKING ESSENTIAL Wednesday 9 August BOOKING ESSENTIAL Our 6 mile walk crosses the River Esk on Relax and Meditate stepping stones from picturesque Lealholm, Wednesday 2 August Whorlton and Swainby and heads through woods, across farmland Buddhist nun Ani Tselha takes us on a 1½ mile and open moorland, before returning by an Sunday 6 August old stone trod. Steep hills, some stiles. walk along quiet, shady woodland paths that A 4½ mile walk, taking you through the Lealholm village car park (NZ 763 976) lend themselves perfectly to her peaceful medieval village of Swainby, the deserted 10am – 1pm meditations. Please bring a picnic. village of Whorlton and Huthwaite Green Donation £2 Level 4 Sawmill car park, Raincli e Woods, Scarborough where we learn about the ironstone mines of (SE 989 880) Scugdale. Steep sections. N BOOKING ESSENTIAL 10:30am – 1pm Swainby Church (NZ 477 020) Donation £2 Level 1 11am – 1:45pm Geocaching Treasure Hunt Donation £2 Level 3 BOOKING ESSENTIAL Thursday 10 August N BOOKING ESSENTIAL For details see feature on page 36 Sing As You Go The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Wednesday 2 August Bookable sessions, 10:30am – 2pm Sinnington History Walk Family: £5, plus £20 deposit Join us on an easy 1½ mile walk for all (the Sunday 6 August route is both wheelchair and buggy friendly), A short, 1 mile, wheelchair friendly walk that as we sing ourselves happy while strolling explores the hidden secrets of this ancient Sea Kayak Adventure along the riverside boardwalk at beautiful village, with its medieval hall, mysterious Saturday 12 August Forge Valley. waterless bridge and celebrated maypole. For details see Saturday 24 June Old Man’s Mouth car park, Forge Valley Sinnington Village Hall (SE 984 871) 2pm – 3:15pm In Days of Old 2:30pm – 4pm Donation £2 Level 1 Sunday 13 August Donation £2 Level 1 BOOKING ESSENTIAL A ‘Sutton Bank Sunday’ event. BOOKING ESSENTIAL See feature on page 35 for details Sup and Scran Plundering Pirates Sunday 6 August Bug Bonanza Thursday 3 August A ‘Sutton Bank Sunday’ event. Tuesday 15 August The National Park coast has a long history of See feature on page 35 A ‘Little Boots Tuesday’ event. pirate raids and smuggling. Today we’ll be See feature on page 35 for details making some ‘pirate’ leaf boats and twig rafts Slithery Snake Treasure Hunt to sail on Crow Wood pond, out in the Visitor Tree Tracker Challenge Centre grounds. Monday 7 August Discover the secrets of an adder’s life and Tuesday 15 August The Moors National Park Centre, Danby collect the answers to the clues to claim your After a brief introduction to using compasses, 10:30am – 12 noon treasure! head o on your tree tracker challenge. Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 The Moors National Park Centre, Danby. Collect their leaves and claim your prize! N BOOKING ESSENTIAL 10am – 4pm The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Adult: Free Child: £3 Minimum age: 4 10:30am – 12 noon Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 7 DROP IN ANY TIME N BOOKING ESSENTIAL
34 Children must be accompanied by an adult Not accessible by wheelchair N Sorry, no dogs Level See page 30 for walk levels FAMILY FUN AT SUTTON BANK… Booking is essential to guarantee a place – call 01439 772738 Fun! Fun! Fun! Walks & Talks Excitement & Adventure Special Events Workshops Little Boots it's what holidaysPublic transport? were Call Traveline made 0871 200 2233 for! www.travelinenortheast.info
Join us this year for an exciting range of themed events at SUTTON BANK NATIONAL PARK CENTRE. There’s lots going on for FREE, and plenty to do for the whole family!
Have-a-go Holidays Little Boots Tuesdays ‘HAVEAGO HOLIDAYS’ brighten up ‘LITTLE BOOTS TUESDAYS’ start with half-terms and Easter with themed a craft session, followed by an crafts, trails, treasure hunts, walks outdoor activity and end with and talks, tasting sessions and more. story time. Booking is essential to All events 11am – 4pm guarantee a space. Dark Skies All events 1:30pm – 3:30pm February 18 – 26 Discovering Dinosaurs Let our dark skies inspire a galaxy of Tuesday 25 July events and activities this half-term. Be transported 165 million years back in time Adult: Free Child: Free For all the family when dinosaurs roamed the land! Adult: Free Child: £2.50 For ages 3–7 Spring into Action April 8 – 24 Up, Up and Away As everything comes alive after a winter Tuesday 1 August of hibernation, get stuck in and celebrate Have you ever wondered how gliders y? Easter and the arrival of spring. Design your own model and nd out. Adult: Free Child: Free For all the family Sutton Bank Sundays Adult: Free Child: £2.50 For ages 3–7 On ‘SUTTON BANK SUNDAYS’ our National Park Centre is a hive of activity Feeling Sheepish – as well as the free drop-in-any-time Tuesday 8 August activities, there are hands-on exhibitions, There are plenty of sheep up on the moors. Come and join us for some ‘woolly fun’. a café, adventure play area and bike Adult: Free Child: £2.50 For ages 3–7 rental too. All events 11am – 4pm Bug Bonanza Tuesday 15 August MoorFest Turn detective to help us search for some of Sunday 30 July the smallest creatures in the National Park. Enjoy a whole host of free activities at our How many can you name? annual moorland event. It’s a celebration of Adult: Free Child: £2.50 For ages 3–7 country life, culture and heritage. Adult: Free Child: Free For all the family Our Feathered Friends Tuesday 22 August Sup and Scran How many birds do you recognise? With bird Sunday 6 August watching and a listening trail you’ll be an Come and taste some of our lovely local food expert twitcher by the end of the afternoon! and drink and see how things were done in Adult: Free Child: £2.50 For ages 3–7 the farmhouse kitchen. Adult: Free Child: Free For all the family In Days of Old A Taste of the Moors Sunday 13 August May 27 – June 4 Find out how people might have spent their Find out all about our magical moorland time in bygone days. Design your own shield – places to go, things to do, moorland or have a go at calligraphy stories and activities. Adult: Free Child: Free For all the family Adult: Free Child: Free For all the family Fitness, Flowers and Fresh Air Myths and Legends Sunday 20 August October 21 – 29 Learn to identify wild owers, discover the There are strange things happening at healing properties of plants, sample some Sutton Bank, and we’re here to shed light healthy recipes and test your tness with a on our favourite myths and legends. spot of cycling or the 100m sprint! Adult: Free Child: Free For all the family Adult: Free Child: Free For all the family Photographs: Tammy Andrews, Volunteer Brian Nicholson, Ebor Images Volunteer Andrews, Tammy Photographs:
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The Great Stick Hunt Wildlife Treasure Hunt Geocaching Treasure Hunt Tuesday 15 August Monday 21 August Sunday 27 August 1:30pm – 3pm Collect all of the missing letters, guarded by For details see feature below For details see Tuesday 11 April the animals, to reveal the secret code word to Hayburn Wyke Hotel car park claim your treasure. 10:30am – 2pm Tree Shirts The Moors National Park Centre, Danby. Family: £5, plus £20 deposit Thursday 17 August 10am – 4pm Join us in Crow Wood and learn how to identify Adult: Free Child: £3 For all the family Have-a-go Archery trees from their leaves. Use some of the leaves N DROP IN ANY TIME Monday 28 August to print designs onto a T-shirt to take home. For details see Monday 29 May The Moors National Park Centre, Danby An Introduction to Bushcraft 10:30am – 12 noon Landscape Painting Adult: Free Child: £6 Minimum age: 5 Tuesday 22 August Making re without using matches, setting up Tuesday 29 August N BOOKING ESSENTIAL shelters and making string – not to mention Today we’re painting the beautiful landscape learning the fox walk! around the The Moors National Park Centre. Hideaway in the Woods The Moors National Park Centre, Danby We will be using watercolour paints and 10:30am – 4pm learning a range of techniques Thursday 17 August The Moors National Park Centre, Danby. Follow our ‘unnatural trail’ in Crow Wood. Learn Adult: Free Child: £12.50 Minimum age: 8 10:30am – 12 noon how animals use camou age to survive and N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Adult: Free Child: £5 Minimum age: 7 use your knowledge to hide in the woods. The session ends with a shelter-building challenge. N BOOKING ESSENTIAL The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Our Feathered Friends 1:30pm – 4pm Tuesday 22 August A ‘Little Boots Tuesday’ event. Kite Making Adult: Free Child: £7.50 Minimum age: 7 See feature on page 35 for details Tuesday 29 August N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Let the National Park’s wildlife inspire your own creature kite. Why not test it out in the Fishy Fun grounds? Let’s hope for a windy day! Printmaking Workshop Thursday 24 August The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Discover some amazing facts about the Saturday 19 August 1:30pm – 3pm Penny Hunt explores the use of drypoint salmon and trout which live in the River Esk. Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 etching and monotype to create images Celebrate all things shy by making your own based on the small elements that make up a sh and shing rod! N BOOKING ESSENTIAL larger landscape. The Moors National Park Centre, Danby The Moors National Park Centre, Danby 10:30am – 12 noon Hungry Caterpillar’s Party 10:30am – 4pm Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 Thursday 31 August Cost: £40 Minimum age: 12 N BOOKING ESSENTIAL For details see Tuesday 30 May N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Marine Monsters Geocaching Treasure Hunt Acrylic Painting Workshop Thursday 24 August Thursday 31 August Sunday 20 August Our Jurassic sea contained all sorts of wild and For details see feature below For details see Sunday 26 March wonderful animals. Come and create your own Sutton Bank National Park Centre marvellous marine monsters! Bookable sessions, 10:30am – 2pm Fitness, Flowers and Fresh Air The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Family £5, plus £20 deposit. Sunday 20 August 1:30pm – 3pm A ‘Sutton Bank Sunday’ event. Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 See feature on page 35 for details N BOOKING ESSENTIAL
hide and seek for hidden treasure Join the Cleveland Way National Trail, Using one of our GPS units, enjoy a 2 to 3 the National Trust and the National Park mile walk searching for clues and goodies on a hunt for hidden treasure. in hidden boxes along the way. You pay a charge (per family) for the GPS unit, plus a Geocaching Treasure Hunt refundable deposit. The route takes about 2 Saturday 27 May hours to complete and you can just turn up Sunday 30 July on the day. Dogs welcome but must be kept Thursday 10 August on a lead Sunday 27 August Event held at di erent locations Thursday 31 August See relevant dates for details
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some more dates for your diary 19 – 21 August Whitby Regatta Join in the northeast’s oldest sea regatta at Whitby’s annual sea carnival. 9 – 10 September Staithes Festival Pop-up galleries, fossils, shing, photography and lm at Staithes’ arts and heritage festival. 13 – 15 October Railway in Wartime Relive the spirit of World War II in a weekend of parades, re-enactments and concerts along the NYMR. 18 November – 23 December Christmas at Castle Howard Discover one of Britain’s nest historic houses dressed for Christmas and bathed in candlelight. Photographs: rjbphotographic.co.uk, Mike Kipling rjbphotographic.co.uk, Photographs:
A Walk Around the Dam Sea Kayak Adventure Dykes and Tumuli Sunday 3 September Saturday 9 September Wednesday 4 October Take a gentle 4 mile walk around the For details see Saturday 24 June A 4½ mile circuit of Irton and Seamer Moors, decommissioned reservoir of Scaling Dam, the looking at prehistoric dykes and tumuli, and largest expanse of open water in the National A Trip to Paradise including a short, steep ascent of Seamer Park – now a nature reserve and wildlife haven. Thursday 14 September Beacon. Finishes with tea and biscuits at Scaling Dam Sailing Club car park, TS13 4TP A strenuous 9 mile circuit that climbs the Osborne Lodge. 11am – 1pm Hambleton Hills to an ancient drove road, and Osborne Lodge, East Ayton, YO12 5TG Donation £2 Level 3 passes High and Low Paradise Farms and the (SE 987 869) 1pm – 4pm BOOKING ESSENTIAL lovely village of Boltby. Steep hills, some stiles. Kirby Knowle church, YO7 2JG (SE 468 873) Donation £2 Level 3 10:30am – 3:30pm BOOKING ESSENTIAL Death of a Branch Line Donation £2 Level 4 Sunday 3 September A 2 mile walk that explores an old railway line N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Walking in Wilton (once used by the boys of Ampleforth School), Wednesday 4 October including views of Newburgh Priory and the Acrylic Painting Workshop The delightful village of Wilton overlooks the site of the former station. Sunday 24 September Vale of Pickering – this 1½ mile walk takes in Wass Village Hall car park For details see Sunday 26 March the impressive medieval earthworks of Wilton 2pm – 3:30pm Hall, alongside St George’s Church. Donation £2 Level 2 Cli Lane and A170 junction (SE 861 829) A Mindful Walk 1:30pm – 3:15pm BOOKING ESSENTIAL N Sunday 1 October Donation £2 Level 1 Experience nature on a 3½ mile walk through ancient woods and alongside a peaceful river, BOOKING ESSENTIAL A Load of Cobbles! with surprise views to the coast and the Wolds Wednesday 6 September – and time for some quiet contemplation on We set o on a 5 mile walk, following the the way. Steep sections and stiles. More than a walk, Cleveland Way over moorland and visiting an Cockrah Road lay-by, West Ayton, Scarborough, old quarry whose volcanic rock was once used YO13 9LB (SE 981 864) it’s also a talk to make cobbled streets. 11am – 2:30pm Hear some fascinating stories on our Gribdale Gate car park (NZ 592 110) Donation £2 Level 3 special history walks. These include: 10am – 12:30pm Donation £2 Level 3 N BOOKING ESSENTIAL 5 March The Cawthorn Conundrum 5 April A Seaside Folly BOOKING ESSENTIAL Discovering Whitby 7 May Walking with History Sunday 1 October 4 June A Sinnington Saunter Ampleforth Abbey Go beyond Whitby’s tourist trail on a 2½ mile 6 Aug Explore a 12th-Century Village Wednesday 6 September walk that explores the hidden buildings, steps, 1 Oct Discovering Whitby Join us on a 1½ mile walk around Ampleforth courts, snickets and yards of this fascinating 6 Dec Historic Helmsley Abbey, enjoying ne views of the Howardian maritime town. Steep sections. Hills and concluding with a tour of the Abbey Whitby Tourist Information Centre, YO21 1YN church (extra charge £3). 11am – 1pm Ampleforth Abbey car park, YO62 4EN Donation £2 Level 2 1:30pm – 4pm Donation £2 Level 1 BOOKING ESSENTIAL N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Volunteer Brian Nicholson Volunteer
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Cleveland’s 3 Peaks Spooky Spiders Wednesday 11 October Thursday 26 October Our longest walk of the year is a challenging MoorsRun Find out how incredibly important spiders are 11-mile circuit that takes in 3 majestic hills – Sunday 15 October and see how many types you can nd in Crow Easby summit (ie, Captain Cook’s Monument), Wood. Make some super spiders’ webs to take Sign up for the ‘Rabbit Run’ (5k) or Highcli e Nab and Roseberry Topping, all home with you. featuring fantastic views. ‘Turnpike Trot’ (10k) and see the The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Gribdale Gate car park (NZ 592 110) beautiful Moors like never before! 1:30pm – 3pm 10am – 3:30pm New runners, budding athletes, families Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 Donation £2 Level 4 and friends are all welcome on our fully marshalled trail runs, with prizes, medals N BOOKING ESSENTIAL N BOOKING ESSENTIAL and refreshments on o er. The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Hambleton Monks’ Way MoorsRun Rabbit Run £10 (min age 7, min age for solo Wednesday 1 November Sunday 15 October runners 14), Turnpike Trot £20 (min age 16) Follow in the footsteps of medieval monks See feature right on a 5 mile walk passing through villages Details and bookings: contact with captivating stories to tell of history and Jonathan Steele on 07909797872, romance. Ghostly Treasure Hunt [email protected] Monday 23 October Forresters Arms, Kilburn (SE 513 797) Search the grounds for the ‘ghosts’ to discover 10:15am – 1:15pm some of the National Park’s scary folklore. Will Donation £2 Level 3 you be brave enough to nd all of the answers BOOKING ESSENTIAL and claim your treasure? The Moors National Park Centre, Danby 10am – 4pm Meeting Remarkable Trees Wednesday 1 November Adult: Free Child: £3 For all the family Enjoy a 4 mile stroll through ancient Mulgrave DROP IN ANY TIME Woods, where you’ll learn to recognise broadleaf and coniferous trees by their bark, Autumn Bulbs leaves, cones, seeds and shape. Tuesday 24 October Mulgrave Woods entrance, Sandsend Decorate your own plant pots using natural (NZ 861 125) materials and paints, and plant them up with 10:30am – 2pm Donation £2 bulbs ready to ower in spring. Level 3 The Moors National Park Centre, Danby BOOKING ESSENTIAL 10:30am – 12 noon Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 Chamber Music Festival N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Friday 3 November Sportsunday.co.uk Musical Director Jamie Walton presents a Bat Shirts selection of Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’ for Tuesday 24 October Halloween Crafts string trio, and Mozart’s ‘Divertimento’ in E at Discover some of the secrets of a bat’s life and Wednesday 25 October K563. Part of the North York Moors Chamber hear about how they survive in the National It’s that time of year when we come over Music Festival. Park. You’ll also make a beautiful bat T-shirt to all spooky! Join in the fun with us, making The Moors National Park Centre, Danby wear at Halloween. ghoulish, ghostly Halloween crafts. There 6.30pm for 7pm The Moors National Park Centre, Danby are two separate drop-in sessions, starting at Tickets: £15 10:30am and 1:30pm. 1:30pm – 3pm N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Adult: Free Child: £6 Minimum age: 5 The Moors National Park Centre, Danby 10:30am – 12:30pm and 1:30pm – 3.30pm N BOOKING ESSENTIAL Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 Best Foot Forward Sunday 5 November N DROP IN ANY TIME Not Scared of Spiders! Go behind the scenes and take a 2½ mile walk Tuesday 24 October around Danby on the route used to train our Learn some interesting spider facts, then get Feed the Birds walk leaders. You will also hear about the ready for Halloween by spinning icing webs to Thursday 26 October work involved in compiling our whole decorate a special spooky biscuit. Spare a thought for our wild birds as winter National Park events programme. Stiles and Sutton Bank National Park Centre approaches. Join us in making tasty food and steep sections. 1:30pm – 3:30pm bird-feeders to hang at home. Please note that The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Adult: Free Child: £2.50 For ages: 3–7 this event uses animal fats and peanuts. 11am – 1pm The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Donation £2 Level 2 N BOOKING ESSENTIAL 10.30am – 12 noon BOOKING ESSENTIAL Adult: Free Child: £4.50 Minimum age: 4 N BOOKING ESSENTIAL
38 Children must be accompanied by an adult Not accessible by wheelchair N Sorry, no dogs Level See page 30 for walk levels EVENTS NOVEMBER DECEMBER Booking is essential to guarantee a place – call 01439 772738 Fun! Fun! Fun! Walks & Talks Excitement & Adventure Special Events Workshops Little Boots Public transport? Call Traveline 0871 200 2233 www.travelinenortheast.info
Join us as we gear up for Christmas, with a series of craft workshops and our very own Craft Fair and Shopping Weekend – ideal for picking up a unique gift. Seasonal Willow Workshops Christmas Shopping Weekend Saturday 28 October – large garden deer Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 November Sunday 5 November – large Christmas angel Relaxed and hassle-free – that’s Christmas Saturday 2 December – wreaths and decorations shopping, Sutton Bank style! Local gifts, live music, Plan ahead for Christmas with willow expert tasting tables and seasonal treats in the café add Anthea Firth, making garden ornaments and up to a unique shopping experience. seasonal decorations. Sutton Bank National Park Centre The Moors National Park Centre, Danby 10:30am – 4:30pm 10am – 3pm Adult: Free Child: Free DROP IN ANY TIME Cost: £45 Minimum age: 16 N BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Christmas Craft Fair Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 November Celebrating the very best of local arts, country crafts and seasonal gifts, from jewellery and ceramics to tree decorations, scented soaps and handmade chocolates. There’s also a visit from Santa, traditional music and children’s craft- making activities. The Moors National Park Centre, Danby 10:30am – 4:30pm Adult: Free Child: Free DROP IN ANY TIME
Hutton le Hole and Lastingham Sutton Bank Easy Access History in Helmsley Sunday 5 November Sunday 3 December Wednesday 6 December A 4½ mile circuit between Hutton-le-Hole, For details see Sunday 5 March On a winter’s day approaching Christmas, the home of the game of ‘merrills’, and Helmsley is a colourful, bustling place to Lastingham, whose ancient church was A Timeless Village visit. Our 1½ mile walk around the streets of founded by St Cedd. Steep section. Wednesday 6 December the historic market town will explore its past Hutton le Hole car park (SE 705 901) Only a few miles from busy Helmsley, Pockley and reveal the fascinating story behind its 11am – 1:45pm appears quiet and remote. On this 1¼ mile buildings and monuments. Donation £2 Level 3 stroll around the village we appreciate the Market Cross, Helmsley 1:30pm – 3pm N BOOKING ESSENTIAL thatcher’s thatching and visit the small church. Church of St John the Baptist, Pockley (SE 637 862) Donation £2 Level 1 11am – 12 noon BOOKING ESSENTIAL Glass Workshop Donation £2 Level 1 Sunday 3 December For details see Saturday 8 April BOOKING ESSENTIAL
looking forward to 2018 Big Garden Birdwatch Saturday 27 – Sunday 28 January 2018 Join in the RSPB’s annual birdwatch weekend, with two days of bird crafts, trails and bird-counting at our National Park Centres.
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a registered charity: England and Wales no. 207076, Scotland no. SC037654 northeastwildlife.co.uk
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Fur and feather, HERE! ANIMAL MAGIC hoof and hare, parades, prizes and It’s a day out like no other rosettes. at the local show – a traditional highlight of the summer calendar in the North York Moors.
see you at the show You’ll nd the National Park marquee at Farmhouse many of the summer shows. Look out food, sustainable for us on these dates* and come and say FANTASTIC FOOD hello! produce, artisan makers and local JUNE growers. Sunday 18 North Yorkshire County Show, Northallerton JULY Sunday 2 Malton Show Saturday 22 Cleveland Show, Stewart Park, Marton Tuesday 25 Ryedale Show, Kirkbymoorside* AUGUST Tuesday 1 Egton Gooseberry Show Saturday 5 Osmotherley Show Wednesday 9 Thornton le Dale Show* Friday 11 Hinderwell Show Wednesday 16 Danby Show* Saturday 19 Rosedale Show* Wednesday 23 Egton Show* Saturday 26 Bilsdale Show* Races and Monday 28 Burniston Show FUN AND GAMES rallies, crafts, Monday 28 Farndale Show displays, and good old- SEPTEMBER Saturday 2 Kildale Show* fashioned fun . Saturday 2 Lealholm Show Saturday 9 Castleton Show Sunday 10 Guisborough Forest Festival* Saturday 23 Stokesley Show*
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40 www.northyorkmoors.org.uk PRIZE draws in the PARK WIN a family 5 THINGS TO DOon NORTH YORKSHIRE MOORS RAILWAY PRIZE DRAW day out on a the HERITAGE RAILWAY Please ll in the form and return it to be in with a chance to WIN! steam train 1 Ride up front on a ‘Footplate How satised are you with Out and About in the North York Moors? Experience’ for a view of the line 1 2 3 4 5 6 In association with the Very Very you’ll never forget dissatis ed satis ed North Yorkshire Moors L dissatis ed satis ed J See the ‘Railway in Wartime’ Railway 2 What do you most like to read about? (please ring one) (13–15 October) and relive the spirit We have ONE family and camaraderie of World War II History/heritage Nature/wildlife Outdoor activities ticket on the railway Sights/attractions Events/festivals 3 Visit the artist-in-residence at to give away. Take a Levisham Station and take a walk in Where did you get your copy of Out and About? (please ring one) moment to ll in the beautiful Newtondale Tourist o ce National Park Centre Local business form opposite and Sip tea in the authentically Accommodation provider Other (specify) you’ll be entered into 4 refurbished 1922-style goods shed THANK YOU – your comments are valuable to us. Please return this form, rjbphotographic.co.uk our fantastic prize draw at Goathland making sure you include your address, to: Out and About, The Old Vicarage, All aboard for the ‘Summer Bondgate, Helmsley, York YO62 5BP. You can also hand it in at Sutton Bank 5 National Park Centre or The Moors National Park Centre. The closing date for the Story Trains’, every Friday in school draw is 5 January, 2018. Please note – only 1 entry per address accepted. summer holidays The winner will be noti ed by post. Your name and address......
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Pesky Husky, Staintondale ADVENTURE Trekking, mushing and hiking with huskies. Carlton Outdoor Education Centre 01723 870521, Celebration events, individual and group www.peskyhusky.co.uk activity days. 01642 712229, Valley Adventures www.gethartlepoolactive.co.uk Adventure aerial and survival courses in Carlton Lodge Outdoor Centre, Thirsk natural surroundings. 07837 065118, Anything from abseiling to raft building. www.valley-adventures.com 01845 522145, www.carltonlodge.org.uk Yorkshire Outdoors Dalby Activity Centre Activities for individuals, couples, groups Wide range of activities, from archery to and kids – 4x4 o -roading to Segway tree-climbing. 01751 460590, riding. 01845 537766, www.yorkshire- www.dalbyactivitycentre.co.uk outdoors.co.uk East Barnby Zenith Leisure, Stokesley Family activity days. 01947 893333, Activity adventures in school holidays. www.outdoored.co.uk 07971 463570, www.zenithleisure.co.uk Go Ape! Dalby Forest High-wire forest adventures and Segways. BUSHCRAFT & www.goape.co.uk/days-out/dalby Hidden Horizons COUNTRY SKILLS Fossil hunts, rock-pooling trips and mini- Mark Barker Bushcraft, Cropton beast walks. 07964 759433, Bushcraft day courses and overnight tipi www.hiddenhorizons.co.uk stays. 01751 417123, Large Outdoors, Malton www.markbarkerbushcraft.co.uk Sociable breaks blending the best of the The Wild Woodsmen outdoors with home comforts. 01653 Close contact with the natural world 740400, www.largeoutdoors.com through bushcraft, foraging and survival Lost Earth Adventures skills. www.wildwoodsmen.co.uk Rock climbing, skills courses and guided Trailblazer Wildcraft, Dalby Forest mountain biking. 01904 500094, Introduction to bushcraft, foraging, family www.lostearthadventures.co.uk wildcraft and re craft. 07540 723075, Peat Rigg Outdoor Training Centre www.trailblazerwildcraft.com Big choice of activities – climbing, Wild Country Walkabouts kayaking, gorge-scrambling, high ropes, Low-impact outdoor activities, including raft-building. 01751 417112, bushcraft and wildlife walks. 01751 417950, www.peatrigg.org www.wildcountrywalkabouts.co.uk
42 www.northyorkmoors.org.uk The North York Moors is a fantastic place to get outdoors, learn a new skill, and have an adventure with friends and family. But remember – advance booking is essential for any activities, courses and trips, especially at weekends and in school holidays.
NATURE & RIDING CENTRES Bilsdale, Hawnby, 01439 798225, WILDLIFE www.bilsdaleridingcentre.co.uk Real Staithes, Staithes Boltby, 01845 537392, Coastal foraging trips and craft activities. www.boltbytrekking.co.uk 01947 840278, Borrowby, Saltburn, 01947 840134, www.realstaithes.com www.borrowbyequestriancentre.co.uk Whitby Whale Watching Helmsley, 01439 770355, Summer and autumn whale-watching www.helmsleyridingschool.co.uk Don’t miss... trips – minke, n, sei, humpbacks, Robin Hood’s Bay, 01947 880249, Helmsley’s hidden gem, the Open Air dolphins and porpoises. www.farsydefarmcottages.co.uk/horse_riding Pool, one of only around 100 open-air 07941 450381, Saltburn, 01287 622157, pools left in the UK. It’s open daily www.whitbywhalewatching.net www.saltburnridingschool.co.uk from mid-June until the rst week Yorkshire Coast Nature Sinnington, 01751 432758, in September (weather permitting), Nature tours, workshops and gallery. www.friarshillstables.co.uk 01723 865494, Snainton, 01723 859218, www.yorkshirecoastnature.co.uk www.snaintonridingcentre.co.uk SWIMMING POOLS Ampleforth 01439 766740 Guisborough 01287 633311 Helmsley (open air pool) 07772 395368 Loftus 01287 642020 Malton 01653 693407 Northallerton 01609 777070 Pickering 01751 473351 Saltburn 01287 623761 Scarborough 01723 367137 Stokesley 01642 711140 Thirsk 01845 522447 Whitby 01947 604640 Photographs: rjbphotographic.co.uk, Pesky Husky, Trailblazer Woodcraft, Chris J. Parker, Fridge Productions Ltd Productions Fridge Parker, Chris J. Woodcraft, Trailblazer Husky, Pesky rjbphotographic.co.uk, Photographs:
Looking for more ideas?Go to the ‘Enjoy Outdoors’ section of the National Park website, where you’ll nd details of everything from orienteering courses and shing clubs to surf schools and golf courses.
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THE WAY TO TRAVEL DON’T CLOG UP THE COUNTRY ROADS! Leave the car at home and take public transport into the North York Moors – services from Leeds, York, Scarborough, Malton, Hull, Teesside and elsewhere BUSES 0871 200 2233, www.traveline.info TRAINS 08457 484950, www.nationalrail.co.uk Ideas for new services? 01751 477216 www.moorsbus.org ON FOOT OR ON YOUR BIKE! Classic walks, Cleveland Way, Moor to Sea – there are over 1,400 miles of rights of way in the National Park, not to mention country lanes, forest tracks and quiet moorland roads www.northyorkmoors.org/uk/walking – explore the Park on foot www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/cycling – from moor to sea by bike East Yorkshire Motor Services Yorkshire East
A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS We always welcome a helping hand – and our volunteers are invaluable.
A PASSION FOR THE PARK Every year, around 1,000 volunteers contribute over 12,000 days’ work, giving their time, energy and skills to help conserve the special qualities of the National Park. They also share their passion for this amazing place, by helping others enjoy and experience all that the Park has to offer. ALL WALKS OF LIFE Retired people who want to give something back, students and young people looking to widen their experience, social groups and businesses – our volunteers are as varied as our work. ALL KINDS OF TASKS Practical conservation, gallery work, information and office skills, surveying flora, trail maintenance, record-keeping – how can you help? JOIN US! Find out more about volunteering opportunities at www.northyorkmoors.org.uk/volunteering
44 www.northyorkmoors.org.uk Need information? VISIT A NATIONAL PARK INFORMATION POINT Goathland – The Post Oce National Park Grosmont – Steaming Loco Information Point Hutton le Hole – Ryedale Folk Museum Osmotherley – The Top Shop • Maps • Guides • Rosedale Abbey – Abbey Stores • Information • Staithes – Gateway Centre Thornton le Dale – Wardill Bros.
Become a Yorkshire Coast Explorer with Hidden Horizons From rock-pooling trips, to fossil hunts and star gazing we have something for all the family. We offer regular sessions all along the coast, as well as private bookings and school trips.
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FALLING FOSS WHITBY TEA GARDEN Storyteller Award Winning Robin Hood’s Bay & Whitby GHOST WALKS Guided Walking TOURS of Whitby Other walks & storytelling EVENTS 01947 895122 www.whitbystoryteller.co.uk [email protected]
BOLTBY TREKKING & TRAIL-RIDING CENTRE JOHNSTONE ARMS, BOLTBY, THIRSK, N. YORKS. 1 hour and 2 hour rides. Full day rides and trail rides Midge Hall, Falling Foss, by arrangement. Whitby. YO22 5JD OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND. Tel: Sheila Ashby Tel 07723 477929 Thirsk (01845) 537392 www.fallingfossteagarden.co.uk www.boltbytrekking.co.uk
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