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Bank Top Iron Kilns – Rosedale East Iron Kilns loop from The Lion Inn

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Farndale East

Bank Top Iron Kilns – Rosedale East Iron Kilns loop from The Lion Inn

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(28)

197

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Bank Top Iron Kilns – Rosedale East Iron Kilns loop from The Lion Inn

05:11

19.1km

260m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 22, 2026

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North York Moors National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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273 m

Blakey Junction on the Rosedale Railway

Highlight • Viewpoint

Two off-road parking areas very close by, but they do get full up very quickly, even in winter.

Tip by

5.30 km

View of Rosedale from the Railway Trail

Highlight • Trail

Good place to stop and take in the view to Rosedale Abbey

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6.64 km

Bank Top Iron Kilns

Highlight • Historical Site

The ironstone-rich landscape around Rosedale was totally transformed in Victorian times as demand for iron grew. So valuable was Rosedale Ironstone that 19th-century mine owners made every effort to extract it, even in remote areas.

Bank Top was where all the ironstone came for processing and transport. There would have been a railway, processing works, houses, plus more at this spot in the mid-19th century. Today, the crumbling kilns, chimneys and other ruins here are testament to a bygone industry. You get some breathtaking views at Bank Top, too.

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9.11 km

Dunn Carr Plantation

Forest

11.7 km

Ruins

12.1 km

Rosedale East Iron Kilns

Highlight • Monument

Another set of well-preserved kilns on this track, which used to be the Rosedale Railway. These were four terraced calcining (i.e. roasting) kilns, each with four bays. These were built in the 1860s. From here, ironstone was transported by rail to Teesside.

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12.8 km

Rosedale East Iron Kilns

Highlight • Historical Site

East Mines are the remains of what used to be old iron kilns. The kilns were used to calcine (i.e. to roast) ironstone to reduce its weight, so it could be transported.

Tip by

13.1 km

Rosedale Iron Kilns

Highlight • Monument

The Iron Kilns are the remains of a once-thriving ironstone industry in Rosedale during the Industrial Revolution

Tip by

13.1 km

Rosedale Railway Path

Highlight (Segment) • Historical Site

Of disused railways in Britain, this must be one of the best. Between the 1860s and 1920s, Rosedale was an important ironstone mining location. This track is what remains of the line that went from Battersby Junction across the moors to the large kilns at Bank Top. There are spectacular views from here of the dales down below and along the embankment.

Tip by

16.8 km

View of the Valley in North York Moors National Park

Highlight • Natural

19.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.9 km

2.61 km

1.14 km

324 m

130 m

Surfaces

13.1 km

1.66 km

1.32 km

1.14 km

581 m

Elevation

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Wednesday 5 August

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Comments

October 22, 2022,Rosedale Round

Team Bunkhouse weekend for @BenJHales birthday at North York Moors (Rosedale Abbey)

January 2, 2025,Rosedale Railway Hike

Great walk or run. Lots to see if you like Railways or industrial heritage. Parked at Bank Top and it's a steep climb out of Rosedale at the end, if you go clockwise. Might be best going anti clockwise if you fancy it

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Bank Top Iron Kilns – Rosedale East Iron Kilns loop from The Lion Inn

Blakey Junction on the Rosedale Railway

View of Rosedale from the Railway Trail

Bank Top Iron Kilns

Rosedale East Iron Kilns

Rosedale East Iron Kilns

Rosedale Iron Kilns

Rosedale Railway Path

View of the Valley in North York Moors National Park

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