11.0 miles
Explorer Map OL27 - North York Moors (Esatern Area)
A walk taken from the magazine "Country Walking".
This is a very straightforward walk, with no especial navigational
problems or gradients.
It is especially enjoyable on a sunny day in good weather, as
there are some superb coastal views to be enjoyed.
There is a steep descent down steps as you return to Sandsend,
- where the footpath goes over the old railway tunnel.
Just before leaving Mulgrave Woods you have to cross the Barney
Beck using a ford. This can be quite slippery and some care is
needed.
The footpath through Mulgrave Woods is only permissable
on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays and is CLOSED in the month
of May.
There is a car parking charge for the small car park
used at the start of the walk, though at the time the walk was
done there was nobody around to collect the car parking charge.
For a Memory Map overlay of the walk described, please select the
above link.
(Overlay made with Version 5 of Memory
Map)
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Start Point : Small car park at the entrance to Mulgrave
Woods by the East Row Beck (NZ86142 12484).
Follow the broad Estate track in a West South Westerly direction for
1.5 miles until you come to Mulgrave Castle. The castle is reached
by some steps on your right.
Enter the castle. When you leave it by the steps on the West side
of the castle, take the footpath that heads along a ridge almost due
West. Continue to the edge of the woods and take the gated footpath
on your right.
Head North along the edge of the woods, and cross the Barney Beck
by a ford. Past the ancient Mulgrave Castle, take the lane that heads
North West to High Leas Farm.
Cross the road and continue along the lane towards East Barnby. Where
you meet the minor road, turn right and walk uphill for a couple of
hundred yards.
On your left is a field footpath that heads West over agricultural
land. Leave the field over a stile, cross the lane, and continue West
on Field footpaths to High Farm, Bog House Farm, and eventually the
village of Mickleby.
(It very much helps to use the 1:25,000 map in order to identify field
boundaries).
In Mickleby, turn right at the road junction and follow the road to
the B1266 road. Turn right, then cross the main A174 road.
The footpath here initially crosses a corner of a field, then cuts
across a fence line to meet a broad track. Follow the track Northwards
for a hundred yards or so, when you come to a waymarked footpath that
follows the fence line.
The footpath takes you to Westfields Far. Here, follow the waymarks
to take the path North Eastwards to the disused railway track.
Follow the railway track bed Northwards and North Eastwards until
you come to where the Cleveland Way footpath passes the track bed.
Now take the Cleveland Way footpath to Kettleness and back to Sandsend.