10.4 miles.

Explorer Map OL26, - North York Moors (West)

A walk starting out from the centre of Swainby, taking in Arncliffe Wood and Clain Wood, using the Cleveland Way footpath for about 1/3 of the overall route.
The walk can be done at any time of the year, and when the weather is fine there are some stupendous views of the Cleveland Plain.
There are no especial navigational difficulties, as most of the route uses well defined tracks, - especially the well signposted and (sometimes) paved Cleveland Way footpath.
There are some gradients, but there is nothing unduly taxing.
When wet, parts of the track through Arncliffe Wood can be very muddy.

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

Start from Swainby village centre. There is a convenient area for car parking by the public toilets (NZ47638 02160).
Head South down Swainby's Hight Street. Turn right into Claver Close, and straight ahead there is a footpath sign directing you to a field path that leads you to Back Lane.
Travel along Back Lane to where it turns sharp left. At this point there is a track straight ahead with a sign post to Scarth Lees and Scarth Wood. Foolow this track South West, and at Scarth Lees Farm follow the waymarked footpath South West to Scarth Wood Farm (which is passed on your left). Continue along the waymarked footpath to enter Arncliffe Wood.
In Arncliffe Wood, continue South South West along the Forestry track to where it meets the track up from Arncliffe Hall.
Continue along the track in a Southerly direction, passing Park House (an Adventure Centre) on your right.
The track eventually climbs up through South Wood, exiting the wood at a point where there is a view West down onto the A19 road that runs through the valley.
At this point, turn back on yourself to join the signposted Cleveland Way footpath that heads North North East to Scarth Wood Moor.
Continue heading East on the Cleveland Way, past Scarth Nick (where it crosses a minor road), through Clain Wood, and up to Hollin Hill Farm.
Past Hollin Hill Farm, the Cleveland Way crosses another minor road and continues gently climbing alongside some woodland.
At NZ493 012, the Cleveland Way continues ahead through a gate, and the path rises steeply up a paved section of track. However, at this point, there is a gate on your left which you need to go through to join the footpath to Bank Lane, - which takes you into Faceby.
In Faceby, turn left into Church Lane.
Just past the Church, the footpath is waymarked to take you West past Whorl Hill Farm and back to Whorlton and Swainby.