England · National park
North York Moors National Park
The largest heather moorland in England, the Cleveland Hills, and a coast of fishing villages and high cliffs.
In August the moors turn purple from one edge to the other: the biggest stretch of heather moorland in England, cut by deep wooded dales and ringed by the Cleveland Hills, Roseberry Topping and the sea cliffs of the Heritage Coast. The walking is gentler than the Lakes or the Dales and the views, from the escarpment edges, are enormous.
Helmsley, Pickering, Whitby and Osmotherley are the bases. The Cleveland Way runs round the park's rim, and Roseberry Topping is the small hill with the big following.
- Highest point
- Urra Moor, 454 m
- Area
- 1,436 km²
- Designated
- 1952
- Walks mapped
- 10
- TRXO regions
- North York Moors
10 walks
