Points of Interest Bank on the Left

Cleveland Way NATIONAL TRAIL access circular access circular How to get to Facilities Sutton Bank There are accessible toilets The Sutton Bank Trail takes in some breathtaking views and refreshment facilities at From Thirsk (7 miles). Sutton Bank. There is also Take the A170 road towards a café (not accessible but Scarborough. The Visitor outside seating) and toilet Centre is at the top of Sutton (suitable for those who can Points of interest Bank on the left. weight bear) at the Yorkshire From Helmsley (7 miles). Gliding Club. Take the A170 towards Thirsk Sutton Bank National Gormire Lake and the Visitor Centre is on Park Centre Mysterious Gormire Lake attracts your right. The Disabled Ramblers rating At Sutton Bank National Park legends, the best known being for this walk is Category 2. Centre there are staff to advise of the local knight who borrowed For Sat Nav use postcode Find more details on ratings at you about the walk, as well as a a white horse from the Abbot of YO7 2EH www.disabledramblers.co.uk café and accessible toilets. It is Rievaulx. The knight plunged off also a cycle centre with bike hire, the cliff and into Lake Gormire and our route uses part of the and, as he fell, looked back to the ‘Cliff’ cycle route. cliff, where he saw the Abbot had turned into the Devil! Yorkshire Gliding Club The gliders are a wonderful sight James Herriot and you may well see them close This is the area covered by the up on your walk as you pass famous vet James Herriots’ alongside the airfield. Visitors are practice. He described the view welcome at the Club House for here as the “finest in England” refreshments. and you can savour it from the specially built viewing platform White Horse of Kilburn shortly before the end of the walk. The walk passes close to the top of the White Horse of Kilburn, cut from the turf in 1857 by local schoolmaster John Hodgson and his pupils. It has to be painted white, because the limestone here is grey in colour unlike the white chalk-cut figures of the south of England. North York Moors National Park Authority The Old Vicarage, Bondgate Helmsley, York YO62 5BP T: + 44 (0) 1439 770657 www.northyorkmoors.org.uk www.nationaltrail.co.uk 7 Join the ‘Cliff’ cycle route, by taking the second turn on the left. The path winds its way access circular up and through the woods, an undulating, steady rise of about 1:13 for 150 metres of Cold Kirby it. Surface: aggregate. Lots of benches close to Sutton 8 Go through the gate. Bank to enjoy the brilliant views Then turn right along Enjoy a great day of walking starting from Dialstone the road for nearly half Farm the iconic Sutton Bank escarpment. a mile (700 metres). Surface: tarmac. This 5¼ mile / 8.5km walk uses the Cleveland Way National Trail along the Sutton Bank escarpment, which means you can enjoy outstanding views across the Vale of Mowbray to the distant Yorkshire Dales. It 9 also takes in some of the Sutton Bank ‘Cliff’ cycle route, which winds 10 through the woods and across the fields. I I 0 100 200 300 400 metres I Much of the walk is level, but there are some ups and downs, with I I C I I 11 maximum gradients of 1:8 for short distances (up to 50 metres) and 1:13 I L I I E I for longer distances (up to 150 metres). Please be aware that after wet I Scale: 1:15000 N V I I E I weather some surfaces can be rough or muddy. I I L I I A I 8 I 7 I As it partly uses a cycle route, this walk has been created only for N I I D I I I people with a wheelchair, mobility scooter, hand cycle mountain bikes or I I W Gormire I I I 12 A I mountain trikes and anyone accompanying them. For a shorter, easier I I Y I Lake I C I I Sutton Bank walk just use the Cleveland Way sections north or south of Sutton Bank. L I I I I F I I F I National Park Centre I I T I I O I I P I I From Sutton Bank car park, I V I 1 I I I E I W I follow the Cleveland Way I I 1 S I I 6 I I towards the White Horse. I Be careful crossing the I A170 – fast traffic. I I I I 5 Surface: smooth aggregate I I I I I A170 I I I I I To Helmsley I I I I short cut I I I I I I A170 I I I I I To Thirsk I I I I S I I I W I I E I I I Enjoying a hot drink at the I VI I I P I Gliding Club Café I O I I T I I FI I I F I I There’s a bit of a drop at the I Short cut option Turn left Leave the road on the left Go through the gate L 2 I 5 9 11 I C I Yorkshire I bend before the White Horse I onto the Cleveland Way to side on the ‘Cliff’ cycle route and turn left along the cliff YI I I A Gliding Club I of about 1:8 for 20 metres. I return to Sutton Bank. There and follow it back to the edge escarpment towards I W I I I I D I is a slope for a few metres escarpment. Some parts here Sutton Bank, eventually I At the White Horse, fork N I I 3 A I I L I I E I at the start (about 1:6). can get muddy/slippery after rejoining the Cleveland Way. I off to the left. This climbs a V I E I I L I I C Surface: mixture of short rain. Surface: aggregate, then There is a drop and rise to I little as you head to the road I I I I grass and earth path. aggregate/soil mix. look out for, which is about I about 1:20 for 40 metres. I I 4 I I 1:8 for 50 metres. Surface: smooth aggregate. I The main route heads across Once through the gate bear 6 10 I 2 I I Surface: smooth aggregate. I 3 the A170 (watch out for traffic) left on the ‘Cliff’ cycle route I Turn left at the road and I I 4 I I I I I I I I I I and along the track. to the escarpment. I Stop at the viewing platform I follow this for a mile (1.6km) I I I I I I 12 I I I I III IIII I I You pass close to the Surface: aggregate, rough Surface: aggregate soil I I I to enjoy the ‘finest view in Yorkshire Gliding Club, in places. mix then short grass. England’ before returning where there is a café. to Sutton Bank National Surface: tarmac. Park Centre..

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