walking north yorkshire
North Yorkshire provides the walker with a wealth of of walking routes to choose from. With two National Parks, the Yorkshire Dales National Park and the North York Moors National Park, four National Trails, Pennine Way, the Dales Way, the Wolds Way and the Cleveland Way and three very famous walking routes Wainwright's Coast to Coast, The Three Peaks of Yorkshire and The Lyke Wake Walk walkers of all abilities can find a walking route to suit them within North Yorkshire.
National Parks
north york moors national park
The geography of North Yorkshire
The geography of North Yorkshire also enhances the walking pleasure with a rugged coastline to the east with high cliffs and sharp descents to hidden bays, the high moorland of the North York Moors, the deep dry valleys of the Yorkshire Wolds, the flat plains of the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray and the limestone dales and high hills of the Yorkshire Dales.
There are walking routes along rivers, across moors, in the wolds and in the dales so North Yorkshire is a county for the walker to explore time and time again. The highest point in North Yorkshire is the top of Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales National Park at 736m. Whernside is part of the Three Peaks of Yorkshire challenge walk
What is the difference between a sink hole and a shake hole?
absolutely nothing!!!
They are formed in the limestone regions of the Yorkshire Dales by a gradual removal of slightly soluble bedrock by percolating water or the collapse of a cave roof.
Limestone Pavements
The limestone pavements of North Yorkshire were initially created by advancing glaciers scrapping away the overburden on top of horizontally bedded limestone. Following on from the glacial retreat the limestone was left bare and susceptible to erosion from acid rain creating drainage channels in the soluble rock.
These channels locally called "grikes" or "grykes" have in certain circumstances produced a block paving effect on the surface, notable examples being the top of Malham Cove and wide areas around Ingleborough.
National Trails in North Yorkshire
Walking routes in or passing through North Yorkshire in ascending order of distance
Wass Wanderer's Way 17 kilometres / 10.5 miles
Blue Man Walk 26 kilometres / 16 miles
Heart of Bowland Walk 29 kilometres / 18 miles
Howardian Way 46.3 kilometres / 28 miles
Knaresborough Round 32 kilometres / 20 miles
Newtondale Trail 32 kilometres / 20 miles
Skipton Settle Link 32 kilometres / 20 miles
Harrogate Ringway 34 kilometres / 21 miles
Yorkshire Square Walk 39 kilometres / 24 miles
Settle Scramble 40 kilometres / 25 miles
Three Rivers Walks 40 kilometres / 25 miles
The Three Peaks of Yorkshire 39 kilometres / 24 miles
Nidd Vale Circuit 42 kilometres / 26 miles
Scarborough Rock Challenge 42 kilometres / 26 miles
Wharfedale Washburn Walk 42 kilometres / 26 miles
Foss Walk 45 kilometres / 28 miles
Nidd Valley Link 45 kilometres / 28 miles
Almscliff Amble 48 kilometres / 30 miles
Bilsdale Circuit 48 kilometres / 30 miles
Three Moors Walk 48 kilometres / 30 miles
Hambleton Hobble 50 kilometres / 31 miles
North Bowland Travers 50 kilometres / 31 miles
Lower Dales Three Hostels Walk 51 kilometres / 32 miles
North York Moors Wobble 51 kilometres / 32 miles
Esk Valley Way 56 kilometres / 35 miles
Limestone Lion 56 kilometres / 35 miles
Rosedale Cicuit 59 kilometres / 37 miles
Lyke Wake Walk 63 kilometres / 39 miles
Chalkland Way 64 kilometres / 40 miles
Samaritan Way 64 kilometres / 40 miles
Seahorse Saunter 69 kilometres / 43 miles
Ainsty Bounds Walk 71 kilometres / 44 miles
Airedale Way 80 kilometres / 50 miles
Minster Way 80 kilometres / 50 miles
Ripon Rowal 80 kilometres / 50 miles
Nidderdale Way 85 kilometres / 53 miles
Herriot Way 88 kilometres / 55 miles
Jorvic Way 104 kilometres / 65 miles
Ebor Way 112 kilometres / 70 miles
Dales Walk 112 kilometres / 70 miles
Lancashire Trial 113 kilometres / 70 miles
Ribble Way 118 kilometres / 73 miles
Inn Way 122 kilometres / 76 miles
Swale Way 124 kilometres / 77 miles
Bowland Round 128 kilometres / 79 miles
Yorkshire Wolds Way 127 kilometres / 79 miles
Dales Way 130 kilometres / 81 miles
Centenary Way North Yorkshire 133 kilometres / 83 miles
Eskdale Way 133 kilometres / 83 miles
East Riding Heritage Way 136 kilometres / 84 miles
Tidewater Way 145 kilometres / 90 miles
Bowland - Dales Traverse 153 kilometres / 95 miles
North York Moors Walk 158 kilometres / 98 miles
Lady Anne's Way 161 kilometres / 100 miles
Roses Walk 161 kilometres / 100 miles
Yoredale Way 163 kilometres / 101 miles
Abbeys Amble 167 kilometres / 104 miles
Abbott's Hike 172 kilometres / 107 miles
Cleveland Way 177 kilometres / 110 miles
Abbey Trail 187 kilometres / 116 miles
Coast to Coast 306 kilometres / 190 miles
Pennine Way 404 kilometres / 251 miles
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