Dog-friendly walks in Osmotherley

A serious 10.3-mile day with 400 metres of ascent, close to five hours, climbing on to Scarth Wood Moor and then following the old Hambleton Drove Road south over the shoulder of Black Hambleton; broad stony tracks for most of it, with wet peat between. Start from Osmotherley village green, where there is a small pay-and-display car park and buses from Northallerton. Cod Beck and the reservoir give water in the first mile but there is almost none after that, sheep range the whole of the drove road, and leads are required on the open moor from 1 March to 31 July for ground-nesting birds.

A gentle 1.2-mile circuit of a tree-fringed moorland reservoir just north of Osmotherley, on a wide, well-surfaced and largely gated path that suits dogs of all ages - many walk it off lead. Leads go back on where the route touches open moor and the Cleveland Way, as sheep graze right up to the water in places. Free parking at the reservoir and in the village, which has toilets and a shop.

Under three miles but with 137 metres of climb, this loop from Osmotherley village green takes the South End climb and drops back along the edge above the Mount Grace woods in about an hour and a half. Start at the medieval market cross on the green, where there is a small village car park and pubs on the square. The stone and grass going means a fit dog can be off the lead on the climb, but the upper section is open access land with a seasonal lead rule and the fields below the edge are grazed.