Easy
Sutton Bank and Gormire Lake
The finest view in England, then a descent to a hidden glacial lake and a climb back through the woods.
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Photo: Nigel Thompson , CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Easy
Easy
Challenging
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Helmsley Walled Garden
Five acres of restored Victorian walled garden beneath the castle, run as a charity with a vine house cafe.
The Walled Garden was built in 1758 to feed Duncombe Park and rescued from dereliction in the 1990s. It is now a working garden of vegetables, orchards, herbaceous borders and glasshouses, run by a horticultural therapy charity. The cafe in the restored vinery is a good lunch stop.
Walks nearby
Easy
Easy
Helmsley to Rievaulx Abbey
The first stage of the Cleveland Way: woods and meadows from the town to the most beautiful abbey in the north.
Challenging
The Cleveland Way
National Trail in a horseshoe around the moors: 109 miles of escarpment and sea cliff over about nine days.
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Hole of Horcum
A vast natural amphitheatre in the moors, said to have been scooped out by the giant Wade.
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Roseberry Topping
The distinctive mini-Matterhorn peak on the northern edge of the moors, with huge views for a short climb.
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Sutton Bank and the National Park Centre
James Herriot called this the finest view in England. Easy walks, cycle hire and a cafe on the escarpment edge.