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The largest area of moorland in England and Wales can be found in the North Yorkshire Moors, but this sumptuous landscape clothed in purple heather is only one of its many rare charms.

From this page you can follow the links to North York Moors holiday accommodation, activities, attractions, historic sites, travel information, and general tourism info for the area.

  
Lying east of the ancient, walled city of York it is also a land of rock-strewn gorges, gushing waterfalls, picture-postcard villages, a coastline replete with fossils and glorious beaches, and a nostalgic railway that steams past breathtaking scenery.

Add to this list castles, ruined abbeys, great houses and fascinating museums and you have a true British treasure.

The region includes the protected North Yorkshire Moors National Park centred on the traditional market town of Helmsley.

Its northern part has the sandstone escarpments of the Hambelton Hills and the massif of the Cleveland Hills, while eastwards are the impressive sea cliffs between the resorts of Scarborough and Whitby.

With hills come lush-green dales and there are plenty to catch the eye, particularly those at Bilsdale, Farndale and Rosedale. All around are picturesque villages with red-roofed, honey-coloured cottages staring out onto delightful vistas.

Television producers were quick to spot the beauty of the region when they made the popular series ‘Heartbeat’, setting it in Goathland – the same village whose small railway station became ‘Hogmeade’ in the Harry Potter movies and which has the thrilling 70ft waterfall Mallyan Spout.

Meanwhile the atmospheric coastal town of Whitby was a crucial setting for Bram Stoker’s novel ‘Dracula’.

The most sought-after destinations include the town of Pickering, whose ruined castle at one time housed Richard 11, and the many-bridged village of Hutton-le-Hole, nestling in a splendid valley created by the onrushing Hutton Beck.

Here you will also find Ryedale Folk Museum, a remarkable open-air museum. Founded in 1935 by Wilfrid Crosland and now run as a charity, it displays 2,000 years of local history with reconstructions of a blacksmith’s shop, a 16th century manor house, a medieval long house, a Tudor glass furnace…and much more.

At Newtondale lies the remarkable depression known as the Hole of Horcum and some of the most intriguing glacial geology. Forge Valley offers a geological trail showing how a peaceful wooded valley was created by melting ice.

While Scarborough is the premier seaside resort, one of the prettiest locales is Robin Hood’s Bay; with cobbled streets and tall, pastel houses it is one of Britain’s most delightful fishing villages. The coastline has spectacular cliffs, secret coves, sandy beaches and bizarre rock formations.

A fine way to soak up the atmosphere of the region is by steam train and the North York Moors Railway has been operating on the 18-mile line between Pickering and Grosmont, near Whitby, since being re-launched in 1973 by enthusiasts.

Now England’s second-longest preserved railway, it links with the Esk Valley Railway at Grosmont. Originally opened in 1836 the line was closed in the 1960s. At one time its cargoes had to be hauled up and down the steepest inclines using counterweights.

For ramblers there are many miles of great walks - the Esk Valley Walk begins at Castleton and follows the river to Whitby, while the Cleveland Way footpath skirts the northern and western edges of the moors before following the coast to Scarborough.

If it’s castles you seek, head for Pickering, Whorlton, Scarborough, Ayrton, Cropton, Danby, Helmsley and Mulgrave, but don’t ignore the vast, grand 18th century house that is Castle Howerd in the Howardian Hills. It was made world famous by the TV drama ‘Brideshead' Revisited’. It lies near Malton and was designed by Sir John Vanburgh for Charles Howerd, 3rd Earl of Carlisle.

Looking down on glorious lakes and wonderful gardens is a gilded dome reaching 80ft into the Yorkshire sky. Inside the house is a fabulous collection of paintings, dominated by Holbein’s portraits of Henry V111 and the Duke of Norfolk.

There are ‘natural’ wonders to be found at The Bridestones Nature Reserve, Duncombe Park National Nature Reserve, the wildlife-rich Forge Valley Woods National Nature Reserve, the beautiful Park-run Levisham Estate and Pexton Moor with its stunning views. What more could one ask for?

 

Tourist Information Centres:

AYSGARTH FALLS
Aysgarth Falls National Park Centre, Aysgarth, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 3TH
Tel: 01969 663424    Fax: 01969 663424
E-mail: aysgarth@ytbtic.co.uk

BEDALE
Bedale Hall, Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 1AA
Tel: 01677 424604    Fax: 01677 427146
E-mail: mail@bedaletic.org.uk

BOROUGHBRIDGE
Tourist Information Centre, 2 Fishergate, Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire, YO51 9AL
Tel: 01423 323373    Fax: 01423 323373

DANBY
The Moors Centre, Danby, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO21 2NB
Tel: 01439 772737   Fax: 01287 660308
E-mail: moorscentre@ytbtic.co.uk

EASINGWOLD
Tourist Information, Chapel Lane, Easingwold, North Yorkshire, YO61 3AE
Tel: 01347 821530    Fax: 01347 823966
E-mail: thirsk@ytbtic.co.uk

FILEY
Tourist Information Centre, John St, Filey, North Yorkshire, YO14 9DW
Tel: 01723 383636   Fax: 01723 383604
E-mail: tourismbureau@scarborough.gov.uk

GRASSINGTON
National Park Centre, Colvend, Hebden Rd, Grassington, North Yorkshire, BD23 5LB
Tel: 01756 752774    Fax: 01756 753358
E-mail: grassington@ytbtic.co.uk

HARROGATE
Tourist Information, Royal Baths Assembly Rooms, Crescent Rd, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG1 2RR
Tel: 01423 537300    Fax: 01423 537305
E-mail: tic@harrogate.gov.uk

HAWES
Dales Countryside Museum, Station Yard, Hawes, North Yorkshire, DL8 3NT
Tel: 01969 667450    Fax: 01969 667165
E-mail: hawes@ytbtic.co.uk

HELMSLEY
The Old Town Hall, Market Place, Helmsley, North Yorkshire, YO62 5BL
Tel: 01439 770173    Fax: 01439 771881
E-mail: helmsley@ytbtic.co.uk

HORTON-IN-RIBBLESDALE
Tourist Information Point, Pen-y-Ghent Caf, Horton-in-Ribblesdale, Settle, North Yorkshire, BD24 0HE
Tel: 01729 860333    Fax: 01729 860333
E-mail: horton@ytbtic.co.uk

INGLETON
Tourist Information, The Community Centre Car Park, Ingleton, N Yorkshire, LA6 3HG
Tel: 015242 41049    Fax: 015242 41701

KNARESBOROUGH
Tourist Information Centre, 9 Castle Court, Market Place, Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, HG5 8AE
Tel: 01423 866886    Fax: 01423 866886

LEEMING BAR
Tourist Information, Great North Rd, Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 1DT
Tel: 01677 424262    Fax: 01677 423069
E-mail: leeming@ytbtic.co.uk

LEYBURN
Tourist Information Centre, 4 Central Chambers, Railway St, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5BB
Tel: 01969 623069    Fax: 01969 622833
E-mail: leyburn@ytbtic.co.uk

MALHAM
Tourist Information Centre, Malham, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 4DA
Tel: 01729 830363    Fax: 01729 830673
E-mail: malham@ytbtic.co.uk

MALTON
Tourist Information Centre, 58 Market Place, Malton, North Yorkshire, YO17 7LW.
Tel: 01653 600048. Fax: 01653 698374.

NORTHALLERTON
Tourist Information, The Applegarth Car Park, Northallerton, North Yorkshire, DL7 8LZ
Tel: 01609 776864    Fax: 01609 776864
E-mail: thirsk@ytbtic.co.uk

PATELEY BRIDGE
Tourist Information, 18 High St, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, HG3 5AW
Tel: 01423 711147    Fax: 01423 711147

PICKERING
Tourist Information Centre, The Ropery, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 8DY.
Tel: 01751 473791    Fax: 01751 473487
E-mail: pickering@ytbtic.co.uk

REETH
Tourist Information, The Literary Institute, The Green, Reeth, North Yorkshire, DL11 6TE
Tel: 01748 884059    Fax: 01748 884059
E-mail: reeth@ytbtic.co.uk

RICHMOND
Tourist Information Centre, Friary Gardens, Victoria Rd, Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4AJ
Tel: 01748 850252    Fax: 01748 825994
E-mail: richmond@ytbtic.co.uk

RIPON
Tourist Information Centre, Minster Rd, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 1LT
Tel: 01765 604625    Fax: 01765 604625

SCARBOROUGH
Tourist Information Centre, Brunswick Shopping Centre, Unit 15a, Westborough, Scarborough, YO11 1UE
Tel: 01723 383636   Fax: 01723 383604
E-mail: tourismbureau@scarborough.gov.uk

SCARBOROUGH
Harbourside Tourist Information Centre, Sandside, Scarborough, YO11 1PP
Tel: 01723 383636   Fax: 01723 383604
E-mail: tourismbureau@scarborough.gov.uk

SELBY VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE
52 Micklegate, Selby, YO8 4EQ
Tel: 01757 212181
E-mail: selby@ytbtic.co.uk

SETTLE
Tourist Information Centre, Town Hall, Cheapside, Settle, North Yorkshire, BD24 9EJ
Tel: 01729 825192    Fax: 01729 824381
E-mail: settle@ytbtic.co.uk

SKIPTON
Tourist Information Centre, 35 Coach St, Skipton, North Yorkshire
Tel: 01756 792809    Fax: 01756 797528
E-mail: skipton@ytbtic.co.uk

SUTTON BANK
Sutton Bank Visitor Centre, Sutton Bank, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 2EH.
Tel: 01845 597426.
E-mail: suttonbank@ytbtic.co.uk

THIRSK
The World of James Herriot, 23 Kirkgate, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 1PL
Tel: 01845 522755    Fax: 01845 526230
E-mail: thirsk@ytbtic.co.uk

WHITBY
Tourist Information Centre, Langborne Road, Whitby, YO21 1YN
Tel: 01723 383636   Fax: 01723 383604
E-mail: tourismbureau@scarborough.gov.uk

YORK (DE GREY ROOMS)
Tourist Information, The De Grey Rooms, Exhibition Square, York, North Yorks, YO1 2HB
Tel: 01904 621756    Fax: 01904 639986
E-mail: tic@york-tourism.co.uk

YORK (HUDSON ST,)
Tourist Information Centre, Travel Office, 20 George Hudson St, York, North Yorkshire, YO1 6WR
Tel: 01904 554455    Fax: 01904 554491

YORK (RAILWAY STATION)
Tourist Information Centre, Railway Station, Station Rd, York, North Yorkshire, Y01 7HB
Tel: 01904 621756    Fax: 01904 672753

Useful Links:

THE NORTH YORK MOORS NATIONAL PARK - www.moors.uk.net
The Old Vicarage, Bondgate, Helmsley, York YO6 5BP
Tel: 01439 770657

THE NORTH YORK MOORS  ASSOCIATION - www.north-yorkshire-moors.org.uk
To keep an eye on the changes and developments going on in the North Yorkshire Moors and the Cleveland & North Yorkshire Heritage Coast, the North Yorkshire Moors Association was founded in 1985. The charity aims "to protect and enhance the characteristic beauty of the North Yorkshire Moors for present and future generations". Through the work of its dedicated volunteers the Association has raised an effective voice about important matters such as power lines and quarrying. It has helped to foster good relations between farmers and the National Park Authority, and sponsored repair work to ancient moorland trods. The organisation also runs events, such as talks and guided walks, to help people enjoy and appreciate the Moors and coast.

"Heartbeat" Information

York Information (Tourist Net UK)

North York Moors Railway

Cleveland Way - information for those interested in the moors Long Distance Walk.

Walking in North Yorkshire

Middlesbrough Tourism

North York Moors Mountain Bike Routes

www.goferret.net - Good website with lots of information about Scarborough

North Yorkshire Moors - Enjoy this YouTube video from Mike Newton


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