Walk · North Yorkshire

Castleton to Commondale Moor Round

Castleton · YO21 2DA

5.4MILES

2h 27mON FOOT

190mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 85% 15% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 45%Lane & track 40%Road with traffic 15%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

YO21 2DA

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A 5.4-mile circuit with 190 metres of ascent and about two and a half hours, lifting straight out of the village onto Commondale Moor before returning down the old moor road to the Esk; the climb is steady rather than steep but the moor top is boggy in every month with an R in it. It starts by the shops at the top of Castleton, where there is free roadside parking, and Castleton Moor station on the Esk Valley line sits at the bottom of the hill for anyone arriving by train. Commondale Beck gives a drink near the halfway point and the moor is broad, open, off-lead country, but sheep roam loose across the whole of it and this is grouse moor, so leads go on for the open sections from 1 March to 31 July.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads on the open moor from 1 March to 31 July for ground-nesting birds, and around the loose-grazing sheep at any time

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.4633, -0.9403

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/SMARTTOUR/E1220650447/CASTLETON-VIA-COMMONDALE-LOOP-NORTH-YORK-MOORS-NATIONAL-PARK

Castleton to Commondale Moor Round

House rules, decoded

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