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Accessible days out

Level routes, step-free attractions and the National Park's Miles Without Stiles network.

Accessible days out
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Miles Without Stiles

The National Park has waymarked a series of routes suitable for wheelchairs, pushchairs and anyone who wants to avoid stiles and steep ground. Among the best: the Sutton Bank escarpment path to the White Horse, the Cod Beck Reservoir circuit, the Farndale daffodil path from Low Mill, the Cinder Track near Whitby, the riverside at the Moors Centre in Danby and the Dalby Forest Ellerburn trail.

Attractions

The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has accessible carriages and level platforms at Pickering and Grosmont. Ryedale Folk Museum, the Moors Centre, Sutton Bank and Whitby Museum are largely step-free. Whitby Abbey has a level route around the ruins; the 199 steps do not, but there is a car park at the top.

Beaches

Beach wheelchairs can be borrowed at Whitby and Saltburn in season. Sandsend and Saltburn have level promenade access.

Villages

Helmsley and Pickering are flat market towns with dropped kerbs; Robin Hood's Bay, Staithes and Runswick Bay are steep and cobbled and only really accessible at the top.

  • The National Park's website lists the full Miles Without Stiles network with gradients and surfaces
  • Radar keys open accessible toilets at most car parks

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