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Walk · North Yorkshire

The Rail Trail (Goathland to Grosmont)

Grosmont
N 1 MILE
3.5MILES
1h 50mON FOOT
130mCLIMB
Linear — plan the returnSHAPE
Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 25%Lane & track 70%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.

A three-and-a-half-mile point-to-point along the trackbed of George Stephenson's original 1836 Whitby & Pickering railway, dropping gently from Goathland through Beck Hole and the wooded Murk Esk valley to the engine sheds at Grosmont. It is level, dog-friendly walking with space to roam, though sheep graze freely around Goathland so leads on at the start. The masterstroke: walk one way and steam back on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which carries dogs for a small fee.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads around free-roaming sheep at the Goathland end

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.4348, -0.7237
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.PAULBEAL.COM/GOATHLAND-TO-GROSMONT-WALK/
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1 MILE © OpenStreetMap contributors 8.3 MI · LOOP
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Esk Valley Walk: Grosmont and Sleights loop

Grosmont · YO22 5QE
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8.3MILES
3:55TIME
360mCLIMB
55%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

A moderate 8.3-mile circular with a stiff 360 metres of climbing, near enough four hours, running north-east from Grosmont through Back Wood and Hecks Wood above the Esk towards Sleights, then hauling up onto Sleights Moor for Lucy's Viewpoint before dropping back over Grosmont Bridge. Park at the North Yorkshire Moors Railway car park in Grosmont, or arrive by steam train from Pickering or on the Esk Valley service from Whitby. There is real off-lead space in the woods and along the moor track, but the moor is grazed by sheep, holds ground-nesting birds in spring and summer, and close to half the route is on tarmac lanes.

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Grosmont Station Tea Room

YO22 5QE
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Grosmont Station Tea Room is a place to eat in Grosmont. 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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Hazelwood Tea Rooms

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A small family-run tea room in steam-railway Grosmont, famous for its fresh scones, light lunches and the house-invented Grosmont Tart. Dogs are welcomed both inside and out - you and your dog are assured a warm reception in the conservatory overlooking the garden, or on the terraced garden itself on fine days. Open daily from Easter to October, perfectly timed for the Rail Trail from Goathland.

In the dining room
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