Walk · North Yorkshire

Wainstones, Cold Moor and Urra Moor

Chop Gate · TS9 7JJ
Chop Gate Seave Green Urra East Bank Plantation Seave Green N 1 MILE © OpenStreetMap contributors
8.3MILES
4h 8mON FOOT
470mCLIMB
CircularSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 90% 10% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 65%Lane & track 25%Road with traffic 10%

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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A hard 8.3-mile horseshoe with 470 metres of ascent and about four and a quarter hours, climbing Cold Moor to the gritstone tors of the Wainstones and traversing the head of Bilsdale to Urra Moor and the highest ground in the national park; there is real scrambling among the Wainstones and the descent is steep and stony. It starts at the National Park car park at Chop Gate village hall, which is free and rarely full, and there is no bus and no shop, so bring everything you need. Bilsdale Beck at the bottom is the only reliable water, so carry some for the tops in summer, the ridge is superb open ground for a strong dog, but the Wainstones have real drops among the rocks, sheep graze the whole ridge, and leads are required on the moor from 1 March to 31 July.

THE SMALL PRINTLeads among the Wainstones for the unfenced drops, and on the open moor from 1 March to 31 July for ground-nesting birds

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed
Livestock — leads on
REGION · NORTH YORKSHIRE
GRID · 54.3912, -1.1400
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5:06TIME
400mCLIMB
90%OFF-ROAD
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