Walk · North Yorkshire

Quakers' Causeway and Highcliff Nab

Commondale
N 2 MILES
11.4MILES
5h 1mON FOOT
270mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 35%Lane & track 55%Road with traffic 10%

Route diagram, drawn from the recorded track — for the shape of the walk, not for navigation. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.

A big 11.4-mile day, 270 metres of ascent and around five hours, crossing Commondale Moor on the flagged Quakers' Causeway before dropping into the conifers of Guisborough Forest and climbing to the crag of Highcliff Nab. Start in Commondale village, which has limited roadside parking and its own request stop on the Esk Valley line, so the train is the tidier option. The forest tracks are ideal for running a dog loose and there are becks to drink from, but the moorland half is grouse ground with loose sheep, leads are required there from 1 March to 31 July, and Highcliff Nab has an unfenced drop.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads on the open moor 1 March to 31 July and at the unfenced crag edge of Highcliff Nab

House rules, decoded

Off-lead OK
Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.4770, -0.9862
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