White Rose Walk
TheWhite Rose Walk,a 35-mile (56 km) trail located inNorth Yorkshire,England,was devised in 1968 by the Yorkshire Wayfarers,[1]It starts at theKilburn White Horse(National Grid Ref SE 514 813) and is completed by touching the trig point on top ofRoseberry Topping(NZ 579 126). The walk whilst recognised by theLong Distance Walkers Association(LDWA) as a long distance walk in itself,[2]mixes and crosses with several other long distance paths including theCleveland Way,theCoast to Coast Walk,and theLyke Wake Walk.The route takes in the highest peaks in the area such as Live Moor,Carlton Moor,Sutton Bank,Cold Moor, the Wainstones andUrra Moor.The walk also passesCaptain Cooks MonumentonEasby Moor.
The walk takes in not only stunning scenery with grand views of theVale of Yorkbut also takes the walker through Yorkshire's history, passing byBronze Ageancient burial mounds, the site of 18th century horse racing and Hambleton Drove Road where cattle were taken to market in Yorkshire,DerbyshireandLincolnshireby Scottish and Northumbriandrovers.
Walkers who complete the walk within a 24-hour period can claim a woven badge and a small certificate.
Route
[edit]- White Horse Kilburn- 515813
- View PointSutton Bank- 514828
- Sneck Yate Bank - 508875
- High Paradise Farm - 504887
- Whitestones - 491931
- Minor Road - 479959
- Picnic area near Moor - 470993
- Carlton Bank- 522030
- Picnic AreaHasty Bank- 572035
- Incline top - Railway - 611025
- T - JunctionKildale- 605092
- Captain Cook Monument - 590101
- Roseberry Topping- 579126
- END T - Junction atNewton- 571128
Footnotes
[edit]- ^White, Geoffrey (1980).The White Rose Walk(3Rev ed.). Skipton: Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd. p. 32.ISBN978-0-85206-555-6.
- ^"Long Distance Walkers Association".Retrieved7 March2011.
Further reading
[edit]- White, Geoffrey (February 1976).The White Rose WalkinThe North York Moors: Special No. 2,Long Distance Walkers Association. pp. 25–30 (A description of the route(s) from 1976 including map )