🏰 History & heritage
Mount Grace Priory
The best-preserved Carthusian monastery in England, with a reconstructed monk's cell and Arts and Crafts gardens.
Challenging · Linear
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🏰 History & heritage
🌿 Moors & nature
Challenging
Challenging
Lyke Wake Walk
The famous 40-mile challenge across the moors from west to east coast, to be completed inside 24 hours.
Distance64 km / 39.8 miles
GradeChallenging
RouteLinear
Since 1955 walkers have crossed the moors from Osmotherley to Ravenscar in a single push, traditionally starting at night. The route follows the Cleveland Hills, Bloworth Crossing, the Lion Inn and Fylingdales Moor. Finish in 24 hours and you are entitled to call yourself a Dirger and wear a black-edged badge.
Not a walk for the unprepared: it is long, boggy and remote, and a support party at road crossings makes all the difference.
- 40 miles with about 1,500 metres of ascent
- Best attempted in a small group with support
- The Lyke Wake Club records completions
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
Challenging
The Cleveland Way
National Trail in a horseshoe around the moors: 109 miles of escarpment and sea cliff over about nine days.
Challenging
The Wainstones and Hasty Bank
Rocky tors, a stretch of the Cleveland Way and a big view over the Cleveland plain.