8.0 miles

Outdoor Leisure Map OL26, - North York Moors (Western Area)

This is a linear walk, which means that you will have to arrange transport between the Sutton Bank Visitor Centre and Helmsley.
If you can do this then the walk is very rewarding.
There are few gradients to cause any problems, and navigation is totally straightforward.
At the mid-point of the walk you may stop off at Rievaulx Abbey.

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 from the Sutton Bank Visitor Centre (SE51644 83122).
Cross over the road that runs Northwards beside the Visitor Centre and take the footpath through the Hambleton Plantation towards Hambleton House.
Just before Hambleton Hose, take the footpath on your right (through a gate) that is p0art of the Cleveland Way.
Follow this footpath, which opens on to a track, to the village of Cold Kirby.
Walk down the main street of Cold Kirby. Where the street branches right towards the Church, a finger post directs you on to the Cleveland Way footpath.
Follow this footpath until it emerges at Low Field Lane.
Continue along Low Field Lane until it emerges in Flassendale. Here turn left and follow the track into Oak Dale and continue past Ashberry Farm to Rievaulx Bridge.
At the bridge, turn left and walk to Rievaulx Abbey.
From the Abbey, retrace your steps to the bridge then turn left and follow the road to the point where the Cleveland Way leaves on the right.
Now simply follow the Cleveland Way footpath into Helmsley.