Kilburn White Horse – Rievaulx Abbey loop from Hood Grange

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Kilburn White Horse – Rievaulx Abbey loop from Hood Grange

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Kilburn White Horse – Rievaulx Abbey loop from Hood Grange

03:33

31.2km

500m

Running

Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

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North York Moors National Park

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917 m

Kilburn White Horse

Highlight • Historical Site

Kilburn White Horse is one of the most famous landmarks in North Yorkshire. The turf-cut figure, the most northerly of its kind in Britain, is 314 feet (96 m) long …

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2.88 km

Halifax Bomber Memorial at Sutton Bank

Highlight • Monument

A moving memorial is to be found here to all the allied nations' aircrews who lost their lives during WW2, but also specifically to the crew of Halifax bomber JD105 …

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3.32 km

Sutton Bank National Park Centre

Highlight • Cafe

This is the North York Moors National Park visitor centre, café and information centre. An excellent place to stop for food and drink. A series of footpaths from here, minutes …

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3.67 km

Viewpoint

4.38 km

View of Gormire Lake from Whitestone Cliff

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

High on Whitestone Cliff, on part of the classic Cleveland Way trail, you are rewarded with spectacular views over Gormire Lake and miles beyond.

If you are exploring Garbutt Wood …

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4.96 km

View of Gormire Lake from Sutton Bank

Highlight • Viewpoint

High on Whitestone Cliff, on part of the classic Cleveland Way trail, you are rewarded with spectacular views over Gormire Lake and miles beyond. If you are exploring Garbutt Wood …

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9.80 km

Paradise Wood

Forest

10.5 km

High Paradise Farm Tearoom

Highlight • Cafe

High Paradise Farm is a traditional 16th century hill farm that’s diversified. They have a great little tearoom as well as camping, self-catering accommodation, and an event or wedding venue. …

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17.7 km

Birk Wood

Forest

21.8 km

Rievaulx Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

Rievaulx Abbey was founded in the 12th century. It was an important and powerful abbey until Henry VIII ordered the dissolution of the monasteries and its ruin.
Now owned and …

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22.1 km

Rievaulx Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

Such beautiful and complete ruins of what was once one of the grandest Cistercian abbeys – until Henry VIII set the Dissolution in motion. In the 1200s there were more …

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