Baysdale easy access walk - The National Trails

easy access walks
Baysdale
This is a challenging moorland walk for which good health, good
weather and good kit are essential! On a clear day the views are
superb, extending along the Cleveland Hills and across the Tees Valley.
County Durham and the Pennine Hills can be seen to the north and
west. It may be suitable for people with a robust mobility scooter,(note
the maximum gradients of 1:4 on rough track) but planning, support
and back up are essential.
The walk has no steps or stiles. Conditions will vary depending on the weather.
RADAR
key
required
Distance
Dependant on choice, this route can be
6 miles (9.6k), 8 miles (12.8k) or
9 miles (14.5k) !
Path details
Clearly, this is not a route for the
fainthearted. There are lengths where the
stone surface is fairly fl at and smooth,
but equally there are some rutted and
some very steep lengths. The path is
particularly rutted just before Bloworth
Crossing and drops very steeply (about
1:5) for 1 mile at the Ingleby Incline.
Start
The walk starts at the sharp bend on
the minor road between Kildale and
Baysdale (Map: OS Outdoor Leisure
NYM West) Grid Ref: 611070. There
is room to park several cars on a hard
standing immediately before the bend.
Do not block any access onto the moor.
Route
This challenging walk follows either a
linear route, so you need to arrange to
be dropped off at the start and picked
up at the end, or a slightly longer
circular route.
Follow the Cleveland Way along the
track which climbs gradually over
Battersby Moor.
Those following the longer routes
should follow the track for 4 miles to
Bloworth Crossing where an old railway
line turns off sharply to the right (still on
the Cleveland Way). Follow this old line
avoiding the next Cleveland Way turn
off. Within a short distance the route
descends very steeply through Battersby
Plantation on the Ingleby Incline. You
can be picked up from Bank Foot or
alternatively turn right to climb the
steepest rise back up the moor to return
to the start of the walk.
Nearest facilities
There is an accessible toilet at the station
car park in Kildale. The Glebe Cottage
tea rooms, also at Kildale, is accessible
to wheelchair users.
How to get there
From Great Ayton, follow the road to
Kildale and turn right just before reaching
the village. This narrow road climbs to
the moor top. Continue until the road
makes an acute left hand bend.
This is where the walk starts.
Points of interest
The North York Moors contains the
largest expanse of moorland in England.
Along this walk the moors are dominated
by heather. Visit the path in August or
September and you can see the heather
in fl ower, as a vast swathe of purple.
As well as the red grouse, the moors
are home for many other birds, such
as meadow pipit, curlew, lapwing and
golden plover.
At Bloworth Crossing the walk joins the
old Rosedale mineral railway,
along which ironstone was transported
to Middlesbrough from 1861until
mining ceased in 1926. Imagine the
loaded trucks being lowered down
Ingleby Incline!

Baysdale
1 P VP
1:6 max 1:9 ave
2300m
Park off the road and well clear
of gateways.
6
10 G
Continue through the gate and along
the track. The gate may need unlocking
with a RADAR key.
From here to Bloworth Crossing the
route is undulating but climbs a total of
over 100 metres. Average gradient is
approximately 1:9 with the maximum
1:6. The route follows a track all the way,
but in parts is very rough.
Follow the track signed Cleveland Way
7
11 G
Continue along the level trackway
12
If you have arranged for a transport pick
up, Bank Foot is the place
2
Continue along the track
1:6 max 1:9 ave
3 3700m
At this junction turn left and continue
along the track
4 VP
8
9
13 G
If walking back to the start of the
complete walk, turn right up the short
tarmac road and through the gate.
14 15
1:4 max
1500m
This rough track climbs 170 metres in
1½k
From the cross the route descends a
little towards Bloworth Crossing
16
Rejoin the outward route and turn left to
return to your car.
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14
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Join the old railway track and turn right
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Do not follow the Cleveland Way to the
left, but continue along the main track
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The top of Ingleby Incline is a possible
return route. Cut right across the moor
to rejoin the outward route
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9
1:5
1500m VP
Follow the incline off the moor

Baysdale
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KEY
Tarmac road or path
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Compact hard surface,
occasional stones or gravel
Compact earth/short grass
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Worn grass
Ruts, stones or long grass
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Rough surface
Continuation of National Trail
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Gate
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Parking
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Seat
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Information Panel
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WC
View Point
Toilets
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R Refreshments
1 Photo Location
Radar key required
All route photographs are taken in the direction
of travel, unless otherwise stated.
This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey
digital map data
© Crown copyright 2009. All rights reserved
Licence No. 100021930
© North York Moors National Park 2009
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