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Sutton Bank & the White Horse of Kilburn

Sutton Bank · YO7 2EH
A170 Cliff Plantation Hotel Plantation Kilburn Moor Plantation N 440 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
3MILES
1h 40mON FOOT
80mCLIMB
Out & backSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 95% 5% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 70%Lane & track 25%Road with traffic 5%

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. 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.

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YO7 2EH
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A three-mile there-and-back (or longer eight-mile circuit on the Cleveland Way) along the escarpment edge from the Sutton Bank National Park Centre to the great turf-cut White Horse above Kilburn, with the Vale of York spread out below. Dogs are welcome throughout, but keep them on a lead along the escarpment path - it follows an unfenced cliff edge and skirts the gliding club's landing field - and near grazing sheep. The dog-friendly centre cafe bookends the walk nicely.

THE SMALL PRINTOn leads along the unfenced escarpment edge and past the gliding club

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.2416, -1.2091
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Gormire Lake and Hood Hill

Sutton Bank · YO7 2EH
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7.2MILES
3:20TIME
270mCLIMB
90%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Water bowls

Seven and a quarter miles with 270 metres of ascent, three and a half hours, running north along the escarpment to Whitestone Cliff then dropping through Garbutt Wood to the glacial lake at Gormire and round the wooded cone of Hood Hill; the descent is steep and rooty. Start from the Sutton Bank National Park Centre, which has pay-and-display parking, a cafe and water taps for dogs. The lake is the one true swimming spot on this side of the moors and the woods take a dog off the lead well, but Garbutt Wood is a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve where leads are asked for, and the cliff top above it is unfenced with a 200-metre drop.

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Sutton Bank National Park Centre Cafe

YO7 2EH
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The cafe at the Sutton Bank National Park Centre, perched on the escarpment above what James Herriot called the finest view in England. Dogs are welcome at the cafe (currently trading as The Truffled Hog), and there is plenty of outdoor seating for muddy-pawed parties fresh off the White Horse or Cleveland Way paths. Bike hire and a National Park shop share the site.

In the dining room
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