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6.5 miles
Explorer Map OL26 - North York Moors (Western
Area)
You don't really need a map for this walk.
The walk is on level ground all the way, and makes use of both farm
lanes and the old railway trackbed bewteen Nunthorpe and Pinchinthorpe.
There are a few stiles to be crossed at Morton Grange Farm, but otherwise
there are no dificulties on the walk.
The walk is a "there-and-back" walk, with the half-way point
being the Visitor Centre at Pinchinthorpe. Here thereis a cafe and
toilets. (the Visitor Centre and toilets were closed due to Corona
Virus restrictions).
For this particcular walk, the route was extended a bit further by
walking from the Visitor Centre to the Guisborough footpath and back
(an extra mile, maybe).
A map of
the route followed has been plotted on the Ordnance Survey mapping website,
By selecting the ink below you will be taken to this map, - complete with
distances and heights marked on the route.
OS
Link
The route shown is on a standard map. To view the route
on an Ordnance Survey map, select the icon in the lower right of the screen.
If the route is displayed on a 1:50 OS map, zoom in to see the details
on a 1:25 OS map.
There is also the option to view the route in a satellite image.
Start from the car park by Nunthorpe's parish church. The
car park closes at 3.00 p.m. and may be full if there is a wedding, or
similar function, being held at the church.
Head up the lane that leads from the church to Morton Carr Farm.
Before reaching the farm, there is a large white house. Turn left here
along the lane to Morton Grange Farm.
Continue until just past a railway crossing (with locked gates and large
warning notices) a footpath runs beside the railway track.
Continue on the footpath until you reach a pedestrian crossing over the
railway line.
Once over the railway line, head East for a short distance. Then turn
sharp left to follow the footpath that leads to the Guisborough Forest
Railway Walkway.
Follow the walkway to the Visitor Centre.
Optionally, continue along the walkway until there is a turn-off for Osmotherley
town.
Retrace your steps to return to the parish church at Nunthorpe.
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