Route: Goathland to Grosmont and back
Area: North York Moors
Date of walk: 26th February 2014
Walkers: Andrew
Distance: 8.4 miles
Ascent: 900 feet
We were spending a couple of nights at Derwent View Hackness so this was a good opportunity to visit Goathland again and try a walk I’d not done before
I parked in the centre of the village and set out along the Rail Trail, which provides easy walking all the way to Grosmont. Shortly after setting off I made a short ‘out and back’ to see Thomason Foss waterfall, well worth the detour
The North York Moors Railway was not operating today, but it was still worth looking round the station when I reached Grosmont
The return route was at high level through woods and then across open countryside – a contrast to the scenery on the first half of the walk
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Leaving Derwent View on a beautiful spring morning
On the way to Goathland I noticed these crocus by the River Derwent in East Ayton
Goathland - also known as Aidensfield in the TV series Heartbeat
The Rail Trail, which follows the original route planned by George Stephenson in 1831
Further along the trail, just before Incline Cottage
The Birch Hall Inn ‘best pub in the world’ according to Trip Advisor. It was a bit early in the morning - even for me - to put this to the test
Beck Hole
Eller Beck
Thomason Foss
Back on the Rail Trail after the detour to the waterfall
The loco shed just before Grosmont
Grosmont
Grosmont level crossing
On the return leg now, looking across Esk Valley
Thomason Foss again from the path back to Goathland
A bridge under a bridge - the railway line is above
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Back to the start in Goathland
