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VISITING WHITBY
4 Pickering
Parking North Yorks; YO18 8DY
Park on Whitby Station forecourt or turn This market town is an excellent base
right and pass between the Co-op and for exploring the North Yorkshire Moors
Tourist Office for plenty more spaces. National Park. Do it on foot (find walks at
Tourist Information www.northyorkmoors.org.uk) or by bike:
Langborne Road, YO21 1DN; 01723 383 the Dalby Bike Barn (01751 460 049;
636; www.discoveryorkshirecoast.com www.dalbybikebarn.co.uk), in Dalby
WHERE TO STAY Forest, hires out bikes and has details
of trails for all abilities. A more sedate
PICKERING way to see the moors is by steam
Bramwood Guest House moderate train: the North York Moors Railway
Hearty breakfasts are cooked to order (Apr–Oct; www.nymr.co.uk) runs all the
in this attractive 18th-century stone
house. Ten rooms available. way to Whitby. There’s a lot to see in
19 Hallgarth, YO18 7AW; 01751 474 Pickering, too. The charming 12th-
066; www.bramwoodguesthouse.co.uk to 13th-century Church of St Peter
and St Paul contains striking frescoes,
White Swan Inn expensive
Former coaching inn offers comfortable discovered in 1852, that were Above Charming houses of Hutton-le-Hole, built
accommodation in the main hotel and hidden under limewash during the around a series of sheep-grazed greens
more modern rooms in the stables. 16th-century Reformation. Explore
Market Place, YO18 7AA; 01751 472 Pickering Castle (Apr–Oct: open daily); on the stunning road to Rosedale. This
288; www.white-swan.co.uk
it was first built of wood in 1079 and crosses the Chimney Bank, from the
HUTTON-LE-HOLE rebuilt in stone in the 13th century. top of which the valley spread below
Burnley House moderate ª Head west on A170, turning right to resembles a vast green patchwork
Georgian farmhouse set on the green, Hutton-le-Hole. Park at top of the village. quilt. Check the brakes before attempt-
with trout stream nearby – the owners ing this drive – the descent to the
welcome guests in with tea and cake. 5 Hutton-le-Hole
Hutton-le-Hole, YO62 6UA; 01751 417 village of Rosedale Abbey is said to
548; www.burnleyhouse.co.uk North Yorks; YO62 6UA be the steepest road in England.
Hutton is built around a series of ª In Rosedale Abbey, take the road by
White Horse Farm Inn moderate
A 16th-century inn with 11 rooms, a bar greens on which local Swaledale and the Milburn Arms, opposite the green,
with real ales, and views of the valley. Blackface sheep graze. Hutton Beck signed to Egton. Turn right at sign for
Rosedale Abbey, YO18 8SE; 01751 417 runs through the village, spanned by Grosmont. Park at Grosmont station.
239; www.whitehorserosedale.co.uk pretty bridges and perfect for a picnic.
WHITBY The Ryedale Folk Museum (closed Jan) 6 Grosmont
White Horse and Griffin moderate is an amazing village within a village. North Yorks; YO22 5QE
This 17th-century building full of Twenty-one buildings reveal the lives In the beautiful Esk Valley, this village
panelling and passages has characterful of local folk over the centuries to the is known for two reasons; the first is
rooms. Enjoy kippers for breakfast. 1950s. Look inside an Elizabethan Grosmont Station (Apr–Oct; www.nymr.
87 Church Street, YO22 4BH; 01947 604 manor, a thatched cottage, a 1950s co.uk). Volunteers run this delightful
857; www.whitehorseandgriffin.com
village store – even a witch’s hovel. old station for the North York Moors
Dunsley Hall moderate–expensive Leaving the village, turn right on Railway from Pickering to Whitby. Hop
This lavish country house built in 1900, the road signed to Lastingham and aboard for a nostalgic journey and
offers 26 rooms, extensive grounds
and an excellent restaurant. then fork left (unsuitable for caravans) visit the village of Goathland. Walk
Dunsley, YO21 3TL (north of the A171
into Whitby); 01947 893 437; www. Below left North York Moors Railway steam train at Grosmont Station Below right Shop selling
dunsleyhall.com traditional beach equipment and that sugary seaside staple – rock

Where to Stay: inexpensive, under £80; moderate, £80–£150; expensive, over £150

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