🌿 Moors & nature
Roseberry Topping
The distinctive mini-Matterhorn peak on the northern edge of the moors, with huge views for a short climb.
Moderate · Circular
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🌿 Moors & nature
🏰 History & heritage
🏰 History & heritage
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Highcliff Nab and Guisborough Forest
Forest tracks to a rocky viewpoint over Guisborough, the sea and the whole northern moor edge.
Distance8 km / 5 miles
Time3 hours
GradeModerate
RouteCircular
From Pinchinthorpe follow the forest tracks up through Guisborough Woods to Highcliff Nab, a sandstone crag on the Cleveland Way with views to Teesside, the coast and Roseberry Topping. Return west along the Cleveland Way over Hutton Moor and down through the forest. Mountain bikers share the lower tracks.
- Steady climb of about 250 metres
- Cafe and toilets at the visitor centre
- Roseberry Topping is an easy extension
Things to see nearby
🌿 Moors & nature
🏰 History & heritage
Captain Cook Schoolroom Museum
The village schoolroom where James Cook learned to read and reckon, now a small museum.
🏰 History & heritage
Gisborough Priory
The soaring east end of an Augustinian priory church rising above the market town of Guisborough.
More walks
Moderate
Mallyan Spout and Beck Hole
Waterfall, riverside gorge, a tiny pub and an easy return along an old railway.
Moderate
Whitby to Robin Hood's Bay on the Cleveland Way
The classic clifftop day: abbey to bay past Saltwick, the lighthouse and the fog signal, with a bus back.
Moderate
Great Ayton to Captain Cook's Monument
A climb from Cook's boyhood village to the obelisk on Easby Moor, with Roseberry Topping across the valley.