Roseberry Topping and Easby Moor Long Circuit

The full 10.7-mile village round with 390 metres of ascent and about five hours, linking Cliff Ridge Wood, Newton Wood, the summit of Roseberry Topping and the moor traverse to Captain Cook's Monument before dropping back by Little Ayton; the final pull to the summit is rock steps and the descent off Easby Moor is steep. It starts at the High Green in Great Ayton, which has free short-stay parking and a long-stay car park on Station Road, and Great Ayton station on the Esk Valley line is a five-minute walk from the green. There is water in the River Leven at the start and in the woodland becks, and the woods are superb off-lead ground, but the summit has genuine unfenced drops on its north face, sheep graze Roseberry Common, and leads are required on the open moor from 1 March to 31 July.