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Esk Valley Walk: Grosmont and Sleights loop

A moderate 8.3-mile circular with a stiff 360 metres of climbing, near enough four hours, running north-east from Grosmont through Back Wood and Hecks Wood above the Esk towards Sleights, then hauling up onto Sleights Moor for Lucy's Viewpoint before dropping back over Grosmont Bridge. Park at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway car park in Grosmont, or arrive by steam train from Pickering or on the Esk Valley service from Whitby. There is real off-lead space in the woods and along the moor track, but the moor is grazed by sheep, holds ground-nesting birds in spring and summer, and close to half the route is on tarmac lanes.