Lastingham · 2 checked
Boots on. These are the Lastingham walks worth the drive, with lead rules and livestock warnings marked.
Five and three quarter miles with 220 metres of ascent and about two and a half hours, rising directly out of the village onto Spaunton Moor to the tall stone cross at Ana Cross and returning over Lastingham Knoll; the climb is steep for the first half mile and the moor path is peaty and wet in the hollows. It starts at St Mary's church in Lastingham, whose Norman crypt is worth ten minutes before you set off, and parking is limited to a handful of roadside spaces so an early arrival matters at weekends. The village springs and the moor becks provide water, and the moor is wide open ground for a dog that will come back, but sheep graze the village and the whole moor freely, and leads are needed on the open moor from 1 March to 31 July for ground-nesting birds.
An 8.7-mile village-to-village round with 190 metres of ascent, close to four hours, linking three of the prettiest settlements on the southern moors on field paths, green lanes and a short spell of moor edge. Start from the small car park in Lastingham beside St Mary's church, whose Norman crypt is worth ten minutes at the end; there is no bus of any use, so this is a car walk. Becks at Lastingham and Appleton give water, and dogs can run on the moor-edge tracks, but the field sections are full of sheep and stock-proof stiles, and leads are required on the open moor from 1 March to 31 July.
Walked something better? Send us the route and it goes on the map.
ADD A WALKReal dog-welcoming cottages from our booking partner holidaycottages.co.uk — live prices, booked on their site. Booking through these links supports Wagfinder and never changes the price you pay.
Birchwood Stable Cottage
Yorkshire · dogs welcome
7 nights from £428
Hawthorn Cottage Yorkshire
Yorkshire · dogs welcome
7 nights from £447
Prospect Lodge Halifax
Yorkshire · dogs welcome
7 nights from £453
Clover Cottage Osmotherley
Yorkshire · dogs welcome
7 nights from £479
Number 2 Bank Top
Yorkshire · dogs welcome
7 nights from £484
Havercroft
Yorkshire · dogs welcome
7 nights from £485
Whisper Cottage
Yorkshire · dogs welcome
7 nights from £520
Lavender Cottage Helmsley
Yorkshire · dogs welcome
7 nights from £521
Dove Cottage Old Malton
Yorkshire · dogs welcome
7 nights from £649
Farmstead Cottage At Bland Close Farm
Yorkshire · dogs welcome
7 nights from £671
Know one we have missed?
Local knowledge beats desk research every time. Name the place and we will check it properly — the venue's own policy, confirmed, then stamped and dated like every other listing.
One short email when we add places or a council changes its beach rules. No noise, easy out.
NO SPAM · UNSUBSCRIBE ANY TIME · WE NEVER SELL THE LIST
Wagfinder Members
ENTER DOG OF THE MONTH · RESTRICTION ALERTS · CANCEL ANY TIME