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Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Fat Betty (White Cross)

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Fat Betty (White Cross)

Highlight • Monument

Fat Betty (White Cross)

Hiking

4.3

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Running

5.0

(1)

Cycling

5.0

(1)

This Highlight is in a protected area

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North York Moors National Park

Location: Westerdale, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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Tips

March 22, 2021

Hiking

This stumpy, white-painted cross is known locally as Fat Betty. She's one of many moorland crosses and standing stones dotted about the North York Moors, including the nearby Young Ralph Cross, an emblem of the national park. Used as ancient waymarkers and believed to ward off evil spirits, the crosses were an important landmark for travellers in days gone by.

Fat Betty is a carved piece of roughly square shaped rock with a rounded head. Like nearby Young Ralph, the cross has folk tales associated with it.

Wandering Cloud

August 24, 2023

Running

Fat Betty as it is known locally (otherwise White Cross) is one of many moorland crosses in the North York Moors. In the past, these kinds of crosses were used as waymarkers.

September 7, 2024

Hiking

The monument includes a standing cross, Listed Grade II, used as a boundary marker and known as Fat Betty or the White Cross. It stands on Danby Moor at the …

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Location: Westerdale, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire And The Humber, England, United Kingdom

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