🏰 History & heritage
Mount Grace Priory
The best-preserved Carthusian monastery in England, with a reconstructed monk's cell and Arts and Crafts gardens.
Moderate · Circular
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🏰 History & heritage
🌿 Moors & nature
Moderate
Moderate
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Hawnby Hill and Easterside
Two whaleback hills in the quiet western dales with views to the Cleveland Hills and Bilsdale.
Distance6 km / 3.7 miles
Time2h 30m
GradeModerate
RouteCircular
Hawnby is a tiny estate village in the upper Rye valley, and the two hills above it, Hawnby Hill and Easterside, are short, sharp climbs with big rewards. Climb Hawnby Hill first for the ridge walk north, drop to the valley and take Easterside on the way back. The Inn at Hawnby is at the finish.
- Two steep climbs, each about 100 metres
- Heather in August, quiet at all times
- Narrow lanes to reach the village
Things to see nearby
🏰 History & heritage
🌿 Moors & nature
Cod Beck Reservoir
Pine-fringed reservoir with a level path all the way round, a mile from Osmotherley.
More walks
Moderate
Bridestones and Dovedale Griff
Sandstone rock stacks, heather moor and an ancient oak wood in a National Trust reserve.
Moderate
Roseberry Topping circular
Short, steep and hugely rewarding: the classic climb to the moors' most recognisable summit.
Moderate
Byland Abbey and Mount Snever
Abbey ruins, a climb through woods to an observatory folly and a return past the Kilburn White Horse road.