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.

Challenging

National Trail in a horseshoe around the moors: 109 miles of escarpment and sea cliff over about nine days.

↔ 175 km / 109 miles → Linear

Challenging

Rocky tors, a stretch of the Cleveland Way and a big view over the Cleveland plain.

↔ 7 km / 4.3 miles ⏱ 3 hours ↻ Circular

Challenging

The famous 40-mile challenge across the moors from west to east coast, to be completed inside 24 hours.

↔ 64 km / 40 miles → Linear

Challenging

The wildest section of the coast path: Huntcliff, Skinningrove, Boulby and the highest cliff in England.

↔ 15 km / 9.3 miles ⏱ 5 hours → Linear

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.