Page 189 - (DK Eyewitness) Back Roads Travel Guide - Great Britain

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0 kilometres 10 PLAN YOUR DRIVE
Marske Saltburn
by the Sea 0 miles 10
REDCAR & Brotton Start/finish: York to Sutton Park.
CLEVELAND Loftus STAITHES Number of days: 4 allowing half a
Ormesby Skelton KEY day in York.
Easington Hinderwell Drive route
Marton Guisborough
Roxby Distances: 233 km (145 miles).
Newton-under-
Roseberry GISBOROUGH Ellerby Lythe
Nunthorpe PRIORY Sandsend Road conditions: The roads are
Guisborough Mickleby Dunsley generally well-maintained. The
Moor
Seamer WHITBY steepest routes over the high moors
GREAT AYTON require the use of low gears.
Stokesly Kildale Castleton Ainthorpe Aislaby Ruswarp
Easby Lealholm
Sleights When to go: Best from late April
Broughton s Esk Egton Sneaton Hawsker through to mid-September. In
Ingleby l Westerdale
Greenhow l Egton Bridge Robin summer the heather covering the
i GROSMONT Hood’s Bay
Carlton H Egton High moors blooms a rich purple.
Westerdale Moor Opening times: Galleries, museums
Moor
d Goathland
n Nor th Y or k Moor s and attractions are generally open
C l e v e l a Farndale East Wheeldale Nov–Easter. Shops are often open
Chop Gate 10am–5pm, but often close earlier
Moor
Rosedale Abbey longer. Churches are usually open
until dusk.
Seven
NO R T H Y O RKSHIRE Main market days: York: open
Dove
Seph
Helmsley Hodge Lastingham Newton market, Shambles, daily; Pickering:
Moor street market, Mon; Whitby: Tue & Sat;
Hawnby HUTTON- Cropton
Fadmoor LE-HOLE Lockton Helmsley: Fri; Guisborough: Thu & Sat.
H a m b l e t o n H i l l s
Old Byland Pockley Kirkbymoorside Shopping: Look out for Whitby jet
Middleton jewellery and local smoked kippers;
RIEVAULX ABBEY HELMSLEY Sinnington Above Pretty Old Malton, on the road
Cold Kirby PICKERING Thornton-le- from Castle Howard to Pickering, see p189 chocolate in York; heather honey from
Dale
Scawton Marton the Yorkshire moors; and knitwear made
Harome Normanby Wilton with wool from local sheep breeds.
Oldstead Vale of Pick er ing
Kilburn Oswaldkirk Nunnington Major festivals: York: JORVIK Viking
Kirby
Ampleforth Brawby Misperton Festival, Feb; The Great Yorkshire
Stonegrave Fringe, July; Food and Drink Festival,
Coxwold Great
Hovingham Barton Habton Sep; National Book Fair, Sep; Food
le Street Rye Rillington and Drink Festival, Sep; Whitby:
Oulston Yearsley H o w a r d i a n H i l l s Amotherby Regatta and Carnival, mid-Aug; Folk
Coneysthorpe Old Malton Week, late Aug.
Terrington
Crayke
Easingwold YORKSHIRE CASTLE Malton Settrington
LAVENDER HOWARD
Menethorpe
Stillington Welburn North
Langton
Sheriff Grimston
Hutton DAY TRIP OPTIONS
Sutton- SUTTON Barton le
Tollerton on-the-Forest PARK Willow Leavening Below The glorious view from the Chimney
Foss Flaxton Bank, on the road to Rosedale, see p190 See the Minster and medieval streets
Newton Harton of York, then explore the palace and
upon Ouse Strensall grounds of Castle Howard, enjoy some
Derwent aromatic lavender and finish at the
Shipton Haxby Georgian mansion of Sutton Park. From
Huntington Stockton Pickering, explore the moors by foot,
Ouse
Stamford
Rawcliffe bike or steam train and marvel at some
Bridge
Upper Holtby Low Catton frescoes; in Hutton-le-Hole, see historic
Poppleton buildings and a take a thrilling high
YORK
Acomb moor drive. From Whitby, see the
ruined abbey, take a fishing trip, visit
CITY OF YORK
Grosmont for a steam-train ride, then
walk home. For full details, see p193.
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