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The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge – View from Blakey Junction loop from The Lion Inn

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United Kingdom

England

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Ryedale

Farndale East

The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge – View from Blakey Junction loop from The Lion Inn

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The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge – View from Blakey Junction loop from The Lion Inn

03:01

33.0km

660m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 23, 2026

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North York Moors National Park

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Parking

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868 m

The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge

Highlight • Pub

Spectacularly situated at one of the highest points in the North York Moors National Park, the Lion is a 16th-century inn that serves good food and offers bed and breakfast …

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3.81 km

Fat Betty Moorland Cross

Highlight • Monument

This cross is known as Fat Betty, one of several moorland crosses, used in the past as waymarkers.

It's a wonderful place with captivating views over the Rosedale Head moorland, …

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6.43 km

View of Westerdale and Dry Stone Walls

Highlight • Viewpoint

A classic feature of the North York Moors National Park, this area is ideal for some dry stone wall appreciation!

Built and maintained over hundreds of years, the dry stone …

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17.2 km

Bridleway Through Heather to Baysdale

Highlight • Trail

Good alternative track to Baysdale, quite steep and slippy going through the wood

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20.2 km

View North Over North York Moors

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Top of Ingleby incline

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21.4 km

Bloworth Crossing

Highlight • Viewpoint

Bloworth Crossing used to be a railway crossing. The railway line (carrying iron ore) ran from Battersby to Rosedale for 11 miles. These days, it is a cycling and walking/hiking …

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26.0 km

Old Railway Track, North York Moors National Park

Highlight • Trail

Great road. Lovely quiet track.

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30.0 km

Hall Wood

Forest

31.2 km

Hanging Bank Wood

Forest

33.0 km

View from Blakey Junction

Highlight • Trail

Rosedale is a cycling paradise, both for road (it's used a lot in the Tour of Britain/Yorkshire) and for off road too. It's hilly terrain, but the views are more than worth it.

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33.0 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.9 km

11.8 km

7.34 km

974 m

Surfaces

18.8 km

12.7 km

1.32 km

258 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (430 m)

Lowest point (140 m)

Weather

Thursday 11 June

18°C

9°C

46 %

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The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge – View from Blakey Junction loop from The Lion Inn

The Lion Inn, Blakey Ridge

Fat Betty Moorland Cross

View of Westerdale and Dry Stone Walls

Bridleway Through Heather to Baysdale

View North Over North York Moors

Bloworth Crossing

Old Railway Track, North York Moors National Park

View from Blakey Junction

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