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.
Eight and a half miles with 280 metres of ascent and about four hours, rising steadily out of the village onto Spaunton Moor to the stone cross at Ana Cross before swinging east and dropping back through Lastingham; the moor tracks are firm but the descent to Lastingham is stepped and awkward in places. Start on the green at Hutton-le-Hole, where the National Park pay-and-display beside the Ryedale Folk Museum is the only formal parking and the village lanes are heavily restricted. Hutton Beck at the start and the springs at Lastingham give water, and the broad moor bridleways suit a dog that ranges, but blackface sheep graze the green and the whole moor, and ground-nesting birds mean leads on the open moor from 1 March to 31 July.
A farm caravan park a short walk from the sheep-cropped greens of Hutton-le-Hole. Dogs are welcomed on site with a dog wash area, dedicated waste bins and a farm walk to burn off the energy before the drive home.
A gentle 3.1-mile stroll with only 110 metres of climbing, an hour and a half at an easy pace, following Hutton Beck out of the village on to the fringe of the moor and back over pasture; a handful of stiles and one boggy corner after rain. Start on the famous sheep-cropped green in the middle of the village, where the pay-and-display car park on Moor Lane is the sensible option at approximately YO62 6UA. The beck runs shallow and clean the whole way for drinking and paddling, but the village greens and the surrounding fields are all grazed by loose sheep, so this is a lead walk with only short off-lead moments on the moor edge.
A six-acre open-air museum of moorland life in the middle of Hutton-le-Hole, with twenty rescued historic buildings from thatched longhouses to an Edwardian photographer's studio. Dogs on leads are welcome throughout the site, including inside the buildings, with water available near reception - genuinely one of Yorkshire's most dog-friendly attractions. Take your dog-waste bags home, as no bins are provided.
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