10.5 miles.

Outdoor Leisure Map OL26, - North York Moors (West)

A pleasant countryside ramble,where the highlight is a visit to the ancient church of St. Gregory's Minster in Kirkdale.
The bulk of the walk is on tracks and country lanes, where walking is very easy indeed.
However, there is a section of the walk between Wombleton and Kirkdale where the footpath is across farmland, and a number of stiles are encountered. Some of these stiles proved to be remarkably awkward.
All in all, though, there are no great navigational difficulties (providing you use a 1 : 25000 map and follow the field patterns), and there are no gradients of anysignificance.

For a Memory Map overlay of the walk described, please select the above link.
(Overlay made with Version 4 of Memory Map)

Start from a lay-by on the main A170 Helmsley - Pickering Road, about 1/2 mile to the East of Nawton (SE66162 84897).
Immediately by this lay-by is a signposted footpath to Wombleton which heads due South East.
There are way marks on the footpath to Wombleton, which need to be looked out for, as some are somewhat hidden. By using your map and following the field boundaries, the footpath takes you to Wombleton Back Lane.
Head South down the Back Lane, and about half way down the lane there is a cut across to the village High Street.
BY the Plough Inn, take the minor road that leads to the village playing fields. Here there is a waymarked footpath that heads East towards Welburn.
Where this footpath meets Welburn Back Lane, cross this minor road and take the signposted footpath beside the Hodge Beck (crossing the A170 at one point) to Kirkdale.
Where the footpath reaches the minor road by the ford, take the lane to St. Gregory's Minster.
From the Minster, take the well used and well defined track Northwards. The track splits in some woodland, - take the left track at this point.
When you reach the old mill at Hold Caldron, take the footpath to the right of the mill and keep the Hodge Beck on your left as you head West and then North.
This track eventually leads to a footbridge over the Hodge Beck at SE658 878, and a track that heads uphill through woodland to Skiplam Grange Farm.
Take the waymarked footpath at Skiplam Grange to the minor road (Skiplam Road).
Here turn right and head Northwards for about one mile.
When you come to the minor road at SE650 885, turn left and head in a Westerly direction. When you come to Howldale Lane, head South.
About 2 miles down the lane, at SE645 862, a signposted track branches off the road. Take this track until you come to the A170 at Beadlam. Turn left (now Nawton) and continue on the footpath beside the A170 until you return to the lay-by you started from.