šæ Moors & nature
Hole of Horcum
A vast natural amphitheatre in the moors, said to have been scooped out by the giant Wade.
Town or village
Photo: Ian SĀ , CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
šæ Moors & nature
šæ Moors & nature
š Family days out
šæ Moors & nature
š° History & heritage
š° History & heritage
šæ Moors & nature
šæ Moors & nature
š½ļø Food & drink
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Dates TBC
Goathland
Aidensfield to Heartbeat fans, Hogsmeade to Harry Potter fans
Goathland is a wide, open village with sheep grazing freely on the greens and stone houses set well back from the road. It played Aidensfield in the TV series Heartbeat for eighteen years, and its railway station stood in for Hogsmeade in the first Harry Potter film.
Beyond the screen fame it is a fine walking base. Mallyan Spout waterfall is twenty minutes away on foot, and the old Whitby and Pickering railway trackbed gives an easy route to Grosmont.
Things to do around Goathland
šæ Moors & nature
šæ Moors & nature
Mallyan Spout
The highest waterfall in the National Park, a 20-minute walk from Goathland through a wooded gorge.
š Family days out
Goathland Station
The Hogsmeade of the first Harry Potter film, and a Heartbeat location, on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
šæ Moors & nature
Levisham Station and Newton Dale
The remotest stop on the steam railway, at the bottom of a glacial gorge, with walks in every direction.
š° History & heritage
Wheeldale Roman Road
A mile of ancient paved trackway across the moor, long thought Roman, now a pleasing mystery.
š° History & heritage
Lilla Cross
The oldest Christian monument on the moors, marking where a thane died saving King Edwin in 626.
šæ Moors & nature
Blakey Topping
A conical hill dropped by the giant Wade, ringed by standing stones and views into the Hole of Horcum.
šæ Moors & nature
Thomason Foss
A hidden waterfall in a wooded gorge below Beck Hole, a short scramble from the pub.
š½ļø Food & drink
Beck Hole and the Birch Hall Inn
A hamlet of nine cottages in the Goathland gorge with one of the smallest pubs in the country.
Walks from Goathland
Moderate
Hole of Horcum and Levisham Moor
A full circuit of the great amphitheatre with views into Newton Dale and a possible steam train below.
Moderate
Mallyan Spout and Beck Hole
Waterfall, riverside gorge, a tiny pub and an easy return along an old railway.
Moderate
Levisham Station to Skelton Tower
A steep climb from the station to a ruined folly with the best view of steam trains in Newton Dale.
Moderate
Lilla Cross from Jugger Howe
A crossing of Fylingdales Moor to the oldest Christian monument on the moors, with sea views the whole way.
Moderate
Blakey Topping from Saltergate
The rim of the Hole of Horcum, then across the moor to a conical hill with standing stones.
Events in Goathland
Dates TBC Sat 16 Jan 2027
Goathland Plough Stots
Long sword dancers in traditional dress tour the village on the Saturday after Plough Monday.