Plan My Day · Place finder
Tick what you actually need, a dog in the bar, room for the kids, food, a bed for the night, somewhere to leave a classic car or a campervan off the road, step-free access, and this finds the North York Moors places that match.
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Inn · Blakey Ridge (central moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (large open moor-top car park)
Nearest fuel: Kirkbymoorside or Castleton
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One of England's highest inns: food served all day, dogs in the bar and some rooms, and a big moor-top car park.
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Verified Aug 2026
Pub · Beck Hole (below Goathland)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (very limited parking in Beck Hole, many walk down from Goathland)
CAMRA record: On CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors; a former CAMRA Pub of the Year (2010)
Nearest fuel: Pickering or Whitby
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A tiny, unaltered two-bar pub with a sweet shop between the bars, serving local ales and simple food (famous pork pies) on the Goathland–Grosmont rail trail. Cash, seasonal hours.
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Verified Aug 2026
Inn · Cropton (near Pickering)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (village inn with parking)
CAMRA: Good Beer Guide 2023
CAMRA record: Good Beer Guide 2023 (reconfirm current status)
Nearest fuel: Pickering
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A village inn near Pickering and Dalby that brews its own beer (Great Yorkshire Brewery) at the bottom of the garden; own beers plus guests, food, and rooms to stay.
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Verified Aug 2026
Pub · Whitby (Church Street, old town)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (Church Street is pedestrianised, no parking; use Whitby's car parks)
CAMRA: Good Beer Guide. Every year since 2007
CAMRA record: In CAMRA's Good Beer Guide every year since 2007
Nearest fuel: Whitby
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A historic Church Street pub known for well-kept cask and 'Yorkshire tapas'. It's in the old town, so park in Whitby and walk. No place to take a classic.
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Verified Aug 2026
Pub · Pickering
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (use Pickering's car parks)
CAMRA record: Scarborough CAMRA Rural Pub of the Year 2017 & 2019
Nearest fuel: Pickering
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A Pickering real-ale pub, twice the local CAMRA branch's Rural Pub of the Year.
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Verified Aug 2026
Pub · Slingsby (Ryedale, south of the moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm
CAMRA: Good Beer Guide 2023
CAMRA record: Good Beer Guide 2023 (reconfirm current status)
Nearest fuel: Malton
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A village pub on the southern edge of the area near Malton, celebrating local breweries; a Good Beer Guide entry.
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Verified Aug 2026
Inn · Lastingham (near Hutton-le-Hole)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (village parking)
CAMRA record: Long CAMRA history (current Good Beer Guide status to confirm)
Nearest fuel: Kirkbymoorside
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A cosy characterful village pub near Hutton-le-Hole with a long real-ale reputation, serving local ales including Ryedale.
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Verified Aug 2026
Pub · Helmsley
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm
CAMRA: Good Beer Guide 2023
CAMRA record: Good Beer Guide 2023 (reconfirm current status)
Nearest fuel: Helmsley
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Helmsley's own brewery and tap near the market square, pouring its own range with a covered beer garden; a Good Beer Guide entry.
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Verified Aug 2026
Attraction · Sutton Bank (western moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (large pay & display)
Nearest fuel: Thirsk or Helmsley
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Big car park, cafe and toilets; 'the finest view in England' a short, level walk away.
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Verified Aug 2026
Attraction · Danby (Esk Valley)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm
Nearest fuel: Castleton
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The park's main visitor centre at Danby Lodge: riverside grounds, cafe, family activities and a car park.
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Verified Aug 2026
Attraction · Hutton-le-Hole
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (village car park)
Nearest fuel: Kirkbymoorside
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Open-air museum of moors life; village car park, tearooms and sheep on the green outside.
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Verified Aug 2026
Attraction · Dalby Forest (southern moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (forest car parks; toll for the Forest Drive)
Nearest fuel: Thornton-le-Dale or Pickering
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Forestry England woodland: cycling, Go Ape and play trails; a toll applies for the Forest Drive.
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Verified Aug 2026
Attraction · Pickering (southern moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (town car parks nearby)
Nearest fuel: Pickering
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Southern terminus of the steam railway; dogs travel on the trains. Park in the town car parks.
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Verified Aug 2026
Attraction · near Helmsley (western moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm
Nearest fuel: Helmsley
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The great Cistercian ruin in the Rye valley (English Heritage): car park, cafe and shop; dogs on leads in the grounds.
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Verified Aug 2026
Viewpoint · A169 (central moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (roadside car park, busy in season)
Nearest fuel: Pickering
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Roadside car park on the A169 for the great natural amphitheatre, with walks from the door.
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Verified Aug 2026
Attraction · Thornton-le-Dale
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (Maltongate village car park, YO18 7SD)
Nearest fuel: Thornton-le-Dale or Pickering
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The Bangers & Cash auction house and motor museum; park in the Maltongate car park.
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Verified Aug 2026
Inn · Allerston (A170)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (own car park)
Nearest fuel: Thornton-le-Dale
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A roadside inn on the A170 near Thornton-le-Dale with rooms, food and its own car park.
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Verified Aug 2026
Pub · Lockton, A169 (central moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (own car park)
Nearest fuel: Pickering
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A roadside inn on the A169 with big views, food and a car park. A handy stop on the moor road to Whitby.
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Verified Aug 2026
Wildlife · Wykeham Forest (Pickering–Scarborough)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (small forest car park, grid ref SE 935887)
Nearest fuel: Pickering or Scarborough
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A permanent signposted raptor viewpoint over Troutsdale: goshawk (best late winter), honey buzzard (summer), plus common buzzard, red kite and peregrine. Bring binoculars, patience and clear skies. Note: don't trust the postcode on a satnav — follow the signs north off the A170 at Wykeham.
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Verified Aug 2026
Wildlife · West Ayton (near Scarborough)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (roadside car parks on the valley road)
Nearest fuel: West Ayton or Scarborough
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A wooded river valley (National Nature Reserve) with a famous bird feeding station — marsh tit, nuthatch, woodpeckers, treecreeper — and dipper and grey wagtail on the Derwent below. A boardwalk makes much of it easy going.
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Verified Aug 2026
Wildlife · Newtondale, near Goathland
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (limited roadside parking off the A169)
Nearest fuel: Pickering or Whitby
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A Yorkshire Wildlife Trust 'quaking bog' (SSSI) beside the steam railway in Newtondale — dragonflies, rare butterflies and bog plants, with the NYMR passing right by. Boggy and difficult underfoot; limited roadside parking.
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Verified Aug 2026
Wildlife · A171 (northern moor edge)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (car park off the A171)
Nearest fuel: Whitby or Guisborough
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A moor-edge reservoir on the A171 with a bird hide — wildfowl and waders, best in autumn and winter. A sailing club uses the water too.
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Verified Aug 2026
Wildlife · Ravenscar (coast)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (National Trust / informal parking)
Nearest fuel: Whitby or Scarborough
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The clifftop at Ravenscar overlooks a grey and common seal colony on the rocks below — watch from above, never approach, and keep dogs well back. Grey seals pup in November, common seals in summer. National Trust centre and tea room nearby.
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Verified Aug 2026
Walk · A169 (central moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (Saltergate roadside car park, busy in season)
Nearest fuel: Pickering
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A classic moorland circuit around the great amphitheatre from the Saltergate car park; a shorter ~5-mile option cuts across. Livestock and ground-nesting birds, dogs on leads in season.
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Verified Aug 2026
Walk · Goathland
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (Goathland village parking)
Nearest fuel: Pickering or Whitby
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From Goathland to the Mallyan Spout waterfall and down to Beck Hole, passes the Birch Hall Inn. The waterfall path is rocky and can be slippery. Dogs on leads near stock.
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Verified Aug 2026
Walk · Newton-under-Roseberry (northern moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (Newton-under-Roseberry pay & display)
Nearest fuel: Great Ayton or Guisborough
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The 320m 'Yorkshire Matterhorn', a short but steep climb from Newton-under-Roseberry with a big summit view; can extend to Captain Cook's Monument.
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Verified Aug 2026
Walk · Farndale (central dales)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (Low Mill car park)
Nearest fuel: Kirkbymoorside
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The famous wild-daffodil riverside walk from Low Mill to Church Houses and back, at its best late March to April. Gentle. Dogs on leads near stock.
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Verified Aug 2026
Walk · Sutton Bank (western moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (Sutton Bank NP Centre pay & display)
Nearest fuel: Thirsk or Helmsley
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A level clifftop stroll from the National Park Centre along 'the finest view in England' towards the Kilburn White Horse. Easy and largely accessible.
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Verified Aug 2026
Walk · Staindale, Dalby Forest (southern moors)
Classic-car parking: Owner to confirm (Staindale car park; Dalby Forest Drive toll)
Nearest fuel: Thornton-le-Dale or Pickering
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A circuit to the dramatic weathered sandstone Bridestones from Staindale in the Dalby Forest area; a Forest Drive toll applies.
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Verified Aug 2026
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Quick, straight answers to the questions visitors ask most. Each one links through to the fuller guide.
Stargazing (it's an International Dark Sky Reserve), bracing coastal and moorland walks, cosy country pubs, and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's festive steam services. The moors are atmospheric and empty in winter.
What's on →Ride the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, walk the heather moors and the Cleveland Way, explore Rievaulx and Whitby abbeys, see the Hole of Horcum and Sutton Bank, visit Goathland and Thornton-le-Dale, and spend a day on the coast at Whitby or Robin Hood's Bay.
Things to do →Ride the steam railway, visit museums (Beck Isle Museum in Pickering, the Ryedale Folk Museum at Hutton-le-Hole, Whitby's museums), explore abbey visitor centres, or browse the shops and tearooms of Helmsley and Whitby.
Pickering guide →Moor roads are scenic but narrow, with blind summits, cattle grids and sheep. Sometimes free-roaming through villages like Goathland, on unfenced roads, so drive slowly and use passing places. High routes such as Blakey Ridge can be bleak or closed in snow.
Driving routes →The national park is free to enter, and most walking, moorland and viewpoints cost nothing; you pay only for parking, attractions (abbeys, the railway, museums) and refreshments. Prices vary, so check official sites.
About the Yorkshire Moors →There are many campsites and caravan parks across the park, but wild camping is not a legal right in England and requires the landowner's permission, so use official sites.
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