Millennium Cross, Heygate Bank – Beggar's Bridge loop from Castleton Moor

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

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Danby

Millennium Cross, Heygate Bank – Beggar's Bridge loop from Castleton Moor

Hard

riders

Millennium Cross, Heygate Bank – Beggar's Bridge loop from Castleton Moor

02:46

48.0km

960m

Road cycling

Hard road ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

Tips

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North York Moors National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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3.43 km

Broad Ings Wood

Forest

8.51 km

Young Ralph Cross

Highlight • Monument

Young Ralph Cross stands at the meeting point of two moorland roads, high on windswept Danby High Moor. It has become an emblem of the North York Moors National Park …

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9.28 km

Fat Betty Waymarker

Highlight • Viewpoint

Fat Betty is a waymarker and boundary marker on Danby High Moor. It is thought to date from the 12th century and may once have had a wooden cross atop. …

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14.9 km

Knottside Plantation

Forest

17.5 km

Rosedale Abbey: Village Green and Graze on the Green Café

Highlight • Historical Site

Rosedale Abbey is a must to stop at. It is a village right in the centre of North York Moors National Park: descent into it from just about any direction …

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18.9 km

Millennium Cross, Heygate Bank

Highlight • Religious Site

The Millennium Cross was erected by the residents of Rosedale Abbey to commemorate the year 2000. It adds to the tradition of crosses on the North York Moors

From here …

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23.4 km

Egton High Moor Lone Tree

Highlight (Segment) • Climb

Egton High Moor is famous for the lone tree, which is often photographed in a sea of purple heather.

The climb from the north-east out of Egton Bridge is long …

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30.2 km

30% Gradient Climb, North York Moors

Highlight • Trail

Pretty village in the Moors, we didn't actually stop here but man those gradients!! bikes were too heavy to ride all the way down and definitely back up the other side..

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34.1 km

Beggar's Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

The romantic Beggar's Bridge, a beautiful arched structure across the River Esk, has a telling inscription. It suggests that it was built in 1619 by 'TF': Thomas Ferries, the son …

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42.1 km