Walk · North Yorkshire

Newton Wood and Roseberry Common

Great Ayton · TS9 6QR
N 440 YD
1.6MILES
55mON FOOT
100mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 70%Lane & track 25%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
North York Moors National Park car park, Newton under Roseberry, on the A173 TS9 6QR
Parking
National Park pay and display, fifty spaces with toilets and an information board, £2.50 up to two hours and £4.50 over two hours, motorbikes £1.50; full by mid-morning at weekends and in bluebell sea
Directions to the start →

The low circuit round the foot of Roseberry Topping from the National Park car park at Newton under Roseberry, for anyone who wants the hill without the summit scramble. It goes up through Newton Wood, which is thick with bluebells in May, then contours across the bracken slopes of Roseberry Common before dropping back to the road. The National Trust's own access statement for the property states that all dogs are welcome and that livestock graze in some areas, so leads go on where you meet stock. The car park has toilets and space for fifty cars at £2.50 up to two hours and £4.50 over two hours, and it is full by ten on a fine Saturday.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads on where cattle and sheep are grazing, and the National Trust asks for dogs on leads on the way to the summit.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
Off-lead allowed
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