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Mallyan Spout & Beck Hole

Goathland
Beck Hole The Common Murk Esk Thomason Foss Wood N 440 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
2.8MILES
1h 45mON FOOT
150mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 70%Lane & track 25%Road with traffic 5%

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.

A 2.8-mile circular from Goathland village to Mallyan Spout, at 70 feet the tallest waterfall in the North York Moors, then on through the wooded West Beck valley to the hamlet of Beck Hole and back along the old 1836 railway trackbed. Keep dogs on leads around the sheep that roam Goathland's greens and the surrounding pasture; the riverside stretch is rocky and slippery after rain, with some steep steps. The Birch Hall Inn at Beck Hole is the classic halfway treat.

THE SMALL PRINTOn leads around livestock; rocky, slippery riverside section

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.3958, -0.7290
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.THEWHITBYGUIDE.CO.UK/MALLYAN-SPOUT-WATERFALL/
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Goathland Station Tea Rooms

YO22 5NF
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Goathland Station Tea Rooms is a place to eat in Goathland. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

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1 MILE © OpenStreetMap contributors 7.8 MI · LOOP
SOME LIMITS

Goathland and Grosmont Railway Circular

Goathland · YO22 5AN
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7.8MILES
3:24TIME
180mCLIMB
85%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

A 7.8-mile circuit with 180 metres of ascent and around three and a half hours, dropping to Beck Hole, following the 1836 rail trail down to Grosmont and climbing back over the fields; the rail trail is a firm cinder bed but the return above Green End is boggy at the field corners. Start on Goathland village green, where the roadside parking fills by ten on a summer weekend, or ride up on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway from Grosmont and walk the loop back downhill. The Murk Esk runs alongside for miles and there are safe places to get in, the rail trail is wide and traffic-free, but sheep wander freely across the green and the moor road at Goathland and there are two working level crossings at Grosmont.

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Mallyan Spout Hotel

YO22 5AN
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A creeper-covered hotel on Goathland's green, right at the head of the path down to the Mallyan Spout waterfall. The Spout Bar and the gardens are properly dog friendly and serve pub food all day, so you can eat with the dog rather than around it.

In the bar
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