Route diagram, drawn from the recorded track — for the shape of the walk, not for navigation. Carry OS Explorer on the hill.
A 5.9-mile figure round the wooded becks below Goathland with 180 metres of ascent and about two and three quarter hours of walking, on rooty riverside paths that are slippery in the wet and include several stepped descents into the gorges. Park on the long village green at Goathland, or arrive by steam train at Goathland station and pick the route up from there. Both West Beck and Eller Beck give deep, safe pools for a swim, and dogs can be loose in the woods, but Goathland's sheep wander the greens and the roads freely, so leads through the village itself.
A 2.8-mile circular from Goathland village to Mallyan Spout, at 70 feet the tallest waterfall in the North York Moors, then on through the wooded West Beck valley to the hamlet of Beck Hole and back along the old 1836 railway trackbed. Keep dogs on leads around the sheep that roam Goathland's greens and the surrounding pasture; the riverside stretch is rocky and slippery after rain, with some steep steps. The Birch Hall Inn at Beck Hole is the classic halfway treat.
A creeper-covered hotel on Goathland's green, right at the head of the path down to the Mallyan Spout waterfall. The Spout Bar and the gardens are properly dog friendly and serve pub food all day, so you can eat with the dog rather than around it.
The stone village inn famous worldwide as the Aidensfield Arms from television's Heartbeat, sitting opposite Goathland's sheep-cropped greens. Dogs are welcome inside the bar and in the bedrooms (charged per dog per night), with a garden for sunny days, and the new owners have a reputation for a genuinely warm welcome to dogs. Steam trains, Mallyan Spout and the Rail Trail are all minutes away.
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