North York Moors & Yorkshire Wolds

Mike Bagshaw is a freelance travel and nature writer with regular columns in various regional magazines and newspapers. A Lancastrian by birth and an ecologist by training, he has lived and worked in North Yorkshire for 28 years. For many years he was a teacher of outdoor education and has explored the nooks and crannies of the county by bike, foot and canoe. With a love of the wildlife and landscapes of the region and a keen interest in its crafts, architecture, local history, folklore and pubs, he is well placed to paint a very personal picture of this special place.

Going Slow in THE north york Moors & Wolds.......7
The North York Moors National Park 9, How this book is arranged 12, Car-free
travel 12
1 T he Cleveland & Hambleton Hills ..........................17
Self-powered travel 17, The Cleveland Hills 19, The Hambleton Hills 25,
The western dales 30
2 E skdale & the Cleveland coast.................................43
Self-powered travel 44, Eskdale 45, The Cleveland coast: Sandsend to
Skinningrove 65
3 Ea stern moors, forests & beac hes..........................77
Self-powered travel 77, The southern moors & forests 81, Dalby Forest & Levisham
Moor 88, Robin Hood's Bay to Scarborough 93, South from Scarborough:
Filey Bay 106
4 H owardian Hills & Ryedale........................................111
Self-powered travel 112, An abbey road - from Coxwold to Oswaldkirk 115,
Lower Ryedale 123, The 'Street' villages 127, Castle Howard & around 132,
Malton & the Derwent Valley 138
5 T he Yorkshire Wolds.....................................................147
Self-powered travel 147, The southern foothills 149, The high Wolds 158, East
to the coast 163
6 York......................................................................................173
Food & drink 175, Getting around 176, Around the Minster 179, Mercantile York: trade, debt
& industry 188, Across the Ouse 194