Walk · North Yorkshire

Crayke village and castle loop

Crayke
N 440 YD
3.2MILES
1h 24mON FOOT
60mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 80% 20% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 55%Lane & track 25%Road with traffic 20%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, 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.

Three and a quarter miles round the one proper hill in the whole Vale, climbing the short pull past St Cuthbert's church and the private castle to a view that runs to the Minster twenty miles off, then dropping back through fields; sixty metres of ascent and about an hour and a half. Park on the village street in Crayke or start from Easingwold two miles west and walk in; the 31X bus between York and Easingwold gets you within striking distance. Field gates and a couple of stiles, grazing sheep and cattle on the slopes so leads through stock, and a beck at the bottom for a drink; the climb is short but steep enough to matter for an old dog on a warm day, and the descent fields are slippery clay after rain.

THE SMALL PRINTSheep and cattle graze the slopes, so dogs on the lead through stock fields; the castle itself is private and passed only from the lane.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.1190, -1.1450
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.KOMOOT.COM/GUIDE/3597856/EASY-HIKES-AROUND-EASINGWOLD
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