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Dog-friendly walks in Cropton

Boots on. These are the Cropton walks worth the drive, with lead rules and livestock warnings marked.

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Cawthorn Roman Camps and Newton-on-Rawcliffe

Cropton · YO18 8HH
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8.9MILES
3:58TIME
250mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

Nearly nine miles with 250 metres of ascent and around four hours, crossing from Cropton to the earthwork ramparts of the Cawthorn Roman camps and on to the village pond at Newton-on-Rawcliffe before the return through forest; the camps are open grass and easy, but the wooded descents into the becks are steep and greasy for most of the winter. It starts in Cropton by the New Inn, which brews its own beer and welcomes dogs, and roadside parking in the village is free but tight, so the small car park at the Cawthorn camps is a reasonable alternative start. There is water at the beck crossings and at Newton pond, the forest tracks are broad and excellent for a dog to range on, but the camps are a scheduled monument grazed by sheep and the fields between Cropton and Cawthorn carry stock too.

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Cropton Castle and Hob Bank Wood

Cropton
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5.2MILES
2:17TIME
130mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

A 5.2-mile circuit with 130 metres of ascent, about two and a quarter hours, dropping from the village past the grassy motte of Cropton Castle to the River Seven and back through the forest edge at Hob Bank Wood; the riverside path is slippery clay in winter. Start in Cropton village, where there is roadside parking near the New Inn, and the Forestry England car park at Cropton Forest, postcode YO18 8ES, is a short drive away if the village is full. The Seven runs shallow and clear for swimming, the forest tracks take a dog off the lead happily, but the field sections between village and river are grazed and there are two awkward stiles.

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Mauley Cross and Wade's Causeway

Cropton · YO18 8HR
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9MILES
3:55TIME
200mCLIMB
90%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

Nine miles with 200 metres of ascent and about four hours, linking the medieval waymark of Mauley Cross in Cropton Forest to the exposed Roman road on Wheeldale Moor and the Bronze Age cairn at Simon Howe; the forest roads are firm gravel, the moor section between them is peat hag and rough heather with no clear path in places. It starts at the small forest parking area by Mauley Cross on the Stape to Egton Bridge road, north of Cropton, which is free and rarely more than half full even in August. There is water in the forest becks but nothing at all on the moor, so carry plenty; the forest tracks are excellent off-lead ground, while the moor is grouse ground grazed by sheep with ground-nesting curlew, so leads there from 1 March to 31 July.

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Spiers Bank and High Lane, Cropton Forest

Cropton · YO18 8HH
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9.1MILES
4:08TIME
290mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed

Nine and a slight bit miles with 290 metres of ascent and just over four hours, dropping into Cropton Forest on the Spiers Bank trail and returning along the ridge of High Lane with its long view towards Peat Rigg; the forest roads are gravel and firm all year, the connecting paths less so, and there is one long steady pull back to the village. It starts at Cropton village, where roadside parking is free and the New Inn is the natural finish, with the Forest Holidays site at Spiers House a mile in if you are staying there. Water is plentiful in the forest becks and the wide gravel roads are as good as off-lead walking gets in Ryedale, but this is a working forest with timber lorries and forwarders on the same tracks, and roe deer are constant.

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