Walk · North Yorkshire

Highcliff Nab from Guisborough Forest

Guisborough · TS14 8HD
N 880 YD
5.2MILES
2h 55mON FOOT
250mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 20%Lane & track 75%Road with traffic 5%

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.

Starts at
Guisborough Forest and Walkway Visitor Centre, Pinchinthorpe, off the A173 TS14 8HD
Parking
Visitor centre pay and display, £1.50 up to an hour to £6.00 all day; an all-day ticket is the sensible buy for this one
Directions to the start →

The long way round to the sandstone prow that hangs over Guisborough, 5.2 miles of Forestry England forest road from the Pinchinthorpe visitor centre, out along the escarpment and back on a lower line. The Nab itself is the best view in East Cleveland, straight down onto the town with the sea beyond, and the ground up to it is firm track rather than moor. Forestry England allow dogs across the whole forest with no seasonal closure and no blanket lead rule, asking only that dogs are kept close and in sight; the crags at the Nab are unfenced, so that is where the lead earns its keep.

THE SMALL PRINTNo lead rule across the forest, but the drop at Highcliff Nab is unfenced and the summit rocks are worth a lead.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.5320, -1.1010
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.FORESTRYENGLAND.UK/GUISBOROUGH-FOREST
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