Walk · North Yorkshire

Helmsley to Rievaulx Abbey Walk

Helmsley · YO62 5AZ

3.1MILES

1h 40mON FOOT

160mCLIMB

Linear — plan the returnSHAPE

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

Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 65%Lane & track 25%Road with traffic 10%

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

YO62 5AZ

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The opening leg of the Cleveland Way, from the Cleveland Way car park in Helmsley through fields and bluebell woodland into the deep pastoral valley of the Rye, arriving at the soaring ruins of Rievaulx Abbey - around three miles each way, or up to seven miles as a circuit. Dogs can stretch out off lead through the wooded sections but must go on lead past the sheep fields at the start and on the abbey grounds, where leashed dogs are welcome in the ruins and cafe. One of England's great short walks, with a monastic masterpiece at the end.

THE SMALL PRINTOn leads past sheep fields and within the abbey grounds

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE

GRID · 54.2464, -1.0663

SOURCE · HTTPS://WALKIEES.CO.UK/DOG-WALKS/YORKSHIRE-NORTH/RIEVAULX-ABBEY

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