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Sherburn

Ayton Castle Ruins – Hackness Village loop from Sherburn

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Ryedale

Sherburn

Ayton Castle Ruins – Hackness Village loop from Sherburn

Moderate

5.0

(2)

riders

Ayton Castle Ruins – Hackness Village loop from Sherburn

02:39

51.4km

530m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. 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 6, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 11.2 km for 124 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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8.32 km

Forge Valley Roasters

Highlight • Cafe

A good tea room for a stop at the southern most point of the North York Moors. Plenty of outside space for bikes.

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11.3 km

Ayton Castle Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

These ruins are all that remains of a once fortified house called Pele Tower, built in 1410 by a landowner who had married into de Aton (as in 'Ayton') family.

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18.0 km

Hackness Village

Highlight • Historical Site

Hackness is a small village with a Grade I listed church, parts of which date from the 11th century. Hackness Hall and its landscape gardens were created in the 1790s.

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18.8 km

St Peter's Church, North York Moors

Highlight • Religious Site

A very impressive church, dating back to just after the Norman invasion in the 11th century, although already in the 9th century there was a nunnery here. The highlight is …

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18.9 km

St Peter's Church, Hackness

Highlight • Monument

A somewhat ridiculously impressive church stands here in the tiny village of Hackness. St Peter's is Grade-I listed, so, clearly, I was not the only one who was impressed!

It …

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20.0 km

Crossdales Wood

Forest

23.4 km

Beacon Brow Lime Kiln

Highlight • Historical Site

On the side of the wide track here (which was used by pack horses) are interesting remains of an old lime kiln, dating back to the 19th century. The post …

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26.7 km

Bellheads Wood

Forest

33.4 km

Troutsdale

Highlight • Gorge

The road through Troutsdale is glorious. If you are travelling from the north to south there is a fair amount of climbing and some of it steep, but it is worth it.

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36.9 km

Cockmoor Parking Area

Highlight • Parking

Free parking, lots of space. This walk was easy going for the most part, forest roads and well used trails around Dalby Forest

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51.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

44.0 km

4.82 km

1.76 km

415 m

304 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

27.2 km

23.4 km

482 m

336 m

Elevation

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Highest point (200 m)

Lowest point (20 m)

Weather

Tuesday 11 August

28°C

12°C

0 %

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Ayton Castle Ruins – Hackness Village loop from Sherburn

Forge Valley Roasters

Ayton Castle Ruins

Hackness Village

St Peter's Church, North York Moors

St Peter's Church, Hackness

Beacon Brow Lime Kiln

Troutsdale

Cockmoor Parking Area

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