🌿 Moors & nature
Hole of Horcum
A vast natural amphitheatre in the moors, said to have been scooped out by the giant Wade.
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Photo: Martin Dawes , CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
🌿 Moors & nature
🌿 Moors & nature
🎈 Family days out
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Lilla Cross from Jugger Howe
A crossing of Fylingdales Moor to the oldest Christian monument on the moors, with sea views the whole way.
Distance9 km / 5.6 miles
Time3 hours
GradeModerate
RouteLinear
From the lay-by drop into Jugger Howe Beck's ravine and climb out onto the open moor, following the Lyke Wake Walk line west to Lilla Cross on its Bronze Age howe. The sea is behind you and the radar station's pyramid ahead. Return the same way; the moor beyond is MOD land.
- Open, exposed moorland; not for poor visibility
- The beck crossing can be boggy
- No facilities; carry everything
Things to see nearby
🌿 Moors & nature
🌿 Moors & nature
Mallyan Spout
The highest waterfall in the National Park, a 20-minute walk from Goathland through a wooded gorge.
🎈 Family days out
Goathland Station
The Hogsmeade of the first Harry Potter film, and a Heartbeat location, on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.
More walks
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Mallyan Spout and Beck Hole
Waterfall, riverside gorge, a tiny pub and an easy return along an old railway.
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Bridestones and Dovedale Griff
Sandstone rock stacks, heather moor and an ancient oak wood in a National Trust reserve.
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Rosedale ironstone railway circuit
Level walking along an old mineral railway around the dale head, past ruined kilns, with the Lion Inn half way.