30 years ago when I was a student at York University, I was in the cycling club and we often made rides up to the Yorkshire Moors. A nice "short" ride would be to Rievaulx Abbey or Hutton-le-Hole and back, and a couple of times we did long rides of over 100 miles to Whitby or Robin Hood's Bay and back to York, crossing the moors twice. The Yorkshire Moors cover an area of over 500 square miles between York and Middlesbrough with the coast to the east and the A19 to the west. Lots to explore and we look forward to more days out in the Moors!
The photos on this page were taken in September 2019. We stopped in Kirkbymoorside for lunch in a cafe and then drove up onto the Moors. We drove through Hutton-le-Hole, which is a lovely little village with several teashops - was a regular re-fuelling stop on long bike rides! From there the road climbs up onto the bleak, windswept moors which looks great on a sunny summer day, but can be rather grim, wet and breezy sometimes!
(above) Even on a sunny day, more sheep than people!
There are plenty of places to stop off the road. We did not go hiking, but could take short walks from the car to take a few photos!
(above) About halfway across the moors, a steep road called Blakey Bank drops to the village of Church Houses (I think it's called that because there is a church and a few houses). There's a car park here and walking paths. This section of road is called Blakey Ridge. A little further north on the left side is the Lion Inn, one of the UK's more remote pubs!
(above) I do like a nice view.
(above) Beautiful Yorkshire Moors Scenery!
We will get up on the moors again sometime. A nice easy trip from York. A lot of info on the Yorkshire Moors National Park website.
The photos on this page were taken in September 2019. We stopped in Kirkbymoorside for lunch in a cafe and then drove up onto the Moors. We drove through Hutton-le-Hole, which is a lovely little village with several teashops - was a regular re-fuelling stop on long bike rides! From there the road climbs up onto the bleak, windswept moors which looks great on a sunny summer day, but can be rather grim, wet and breezy sometimes!
(above) Even on a sunny day, more sheep than people!
There are plenty of places to stop off the road. We did not go hiking, but could take short walks from the car to take a few photos!
(above) About halfway across the moors, a steep road called Blakey Bank drops to the village of Church Houses (I think it's called that because there is a church and a few houses). There's a car park here and walking paths. This section of road is called Blakey Ridge. A little further north on the left side is the Lion Inn, one of the UK's more remote pubs!
(above) I do like a nice view.
(above) Beautiful Yorkshire Moors Scenery!
We will get up on the moors again sometime. A nice easy trip from York. A lot of info on the Yorkshire Moors National Park website.
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