8.9 miles.

Explorer Map OL26, - North York Moors (Western Area)

A route that has been well trodden, and deservedly so. The route can be used year round.
Today, however, the route was chosen as our cars were parked at "low level", where there wasn't too much of a problem with snow or ice on the road, but the walk took us up to the moors above Osmotherley wehere there was PLENTY of snow and ice.
Although we parked near the Ingleby Cross, this isn't to be recommended. The local residents seem to regard the area in front of their houses as their own private property, and weren't over-polite in asking us to move. Better, maybe, to park in the lay-by in front of the nearby church. (NZ 452 003).
Another potential difficulty is in finding the footpath from the Forestry track up to Scarth Wood Moor. Miss the correct path and you will have a bit of a struggle up a steep slope and though dense undergrowth.

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Start from street parking near Ingleby Cross (NZ44985 00674), - BUT, see the note re. parking, above.
Cross the A172 Osmotherley - Stokesley main road and head up the lane past the church and Arncliffe Hall.
When you meet the Forestry track, turn left and folloow the track until you find the footpath on your right at NZ459 004).
Follow this footpath uphill until you emerge at Scarth Wood Moor.
Follow the Cleveland Way Eastwards, briefly, before cutting down to the minor road that leads to Osmotherley.
Follow this road past Sheepwash to the Cod Beck Reservoir.
Take the footpath on the Northern side of the reservoir until you reach the dam.
Cross the dam and continue along the Forestry track until you meet va minor track that (on the map) bisects the plantation. Now head South Westwards to the ruins of a farmhouse, and onwards to Green Lane.
Continue down Green Lane until you come to where the Cleveland Way footpath joins it above Whitehouse Farm.
Follow the Cleveland Way footpath into Osmotherley, and continue on the Cleveland Way to where it enters South Wood.
At this point, take the left track and follow the finger post to the Forestry track that is marked "Coast to Coast Footpath". This returns you to the lane above Arncliffe Hall, from where you return to the start.