Challenging
The Cleveland Way
National Trail in a horseshoe around the moors: 109 miles of escarpment and sea cliff over about nine days.
On foot
Walks in the North York Moors
Graded routes from gentle riverside strolls to full-day ridge walks, each with distance, time and a start point you can navigate to.
Every route here follows public rights of way or open access land. Check our rights of way guide for what the signs mean, the rules for dogs and how to report a blocked path.
Challenging
Challenging
The Wainstones and Hasty Bank
Rocky tors, a stretch of the Cleveland Way and a big view over the Cleveland plain.
Challenging
Lyke Wake Walk
The famous 40-mile challenge across the moors from west to east coast, to be completed inside 24 hours.
Challenging
Saltburn to Staithes on the Cleveland Way
The wildest section of the coast path: Huntcliff, Skinningrove, Boulby and the highest cliff on England's east coast.
Before you set off
Walking safely on the moors
The moors are high, open and exposed. Weather can change quickly and phone signal is patchy in the dales. A few basics keep a good day good.
- Carry an OS map (Explorer OL26 and OL27 cover the park) and know how to use it.
- Take waterproofs and a warm layer even in summer.
- Check tide times for any coastal walk that uses the beach.
- Keep dogs on leads near livestock and during ground-nesting season, March to July.
- Tell someone your route if you are heading onto the high moor alone.