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View from Blakey Junction – Bank Top Iron Kilns loop from The Lion Inn

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United Kingdom
England
Yorkshire And The Humber
North Yorkshire
Ryedale
Farndale East

View from Blakey Junction – Bank Top Iron Kilns loop from The Lion Inn

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View from Blakey Junction – Bank Top Iron Kilns loop from The Lion Inn

01:13

14.9km

90m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: August 26, 2026

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North York Moors National Park

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View from Blakey Junction

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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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1.03 km

The Rosedale Railway

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The Rosedale Railway was a 19.5-mile (31.4 km) standard-gauge mineral railway in the North York Moors, England. Built in the 1860s, it was a "goods-only" line designed to transport iron …

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7.50 km

Rosedale East Kilns

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Well worth a visit and a good reminder of the industrial heritage of the North York Moors area.

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7.52 km

Bank Top Iron Kilns

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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.

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7.96 km

Rosedale ROC Post

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An ROC Post at the top of Rosedale Chimney Bank. Looks pretty much intact although the entrance as been welded shut.

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9.66 km

View of Rosedale from the Railway Trail

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

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11.7 km

Sheriff's Pit

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Sheriff’s Pit is the remains of an old ironstone mine. It originally opened as a drift mine in 1857 (where a horizontal shaft is driven into the seam) and was …

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14.7 km

Blakey Junction on the Rosedale Railway

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

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14.9 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

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13.4 km

893 m

396 m

207 m

Surfaces

8.55 km

5.89 km

396 m

< 100 m

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