Guide

Free things to do on the moors

The best of the National Park costs nothing: beaches, waterfalls, viewpoints, crosses and a lot of walking.

Free things to do on the moors
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  • Every walk on this site, from Cod Beck Reservoir to the Cleveland Way
  • Sutton Bank and the finest view in England, with the White Horse a level walk away
  • The Hole of Horcum from the Saltergate viewpoint
  • Mallyan Spout, Thomason Foss and Falling Foss waterfalls
  • Roseberry Topping and Captain Cook's Monument
  • Every beach: Runswick Bay, Robin Hood's Bay, Sandsend, Saltwick, Boggle Hole
  • Ralph Cross, Fat Betty and the moorland crosses
  • The Moors Centre at Danby and the Sutton Bank centre (car park charges apply)
  • St Gregory's Minster and the crypt at Lastingham
  • Pickering church wall paintings
  • The Grosmont engine sheds and watching trains from Goathland footbridge
  • The Old Coastguard Station at Robin Hood's Bay
  • Danby Beacon, Blakey Ridge and the heather in August
  • Stargazing anywhere dark on a clear night

The main cost of a free day is parking: most village and National Park car parks charge, so bring change or a card and consider the Moorsbus on summer Sundays.

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