Boltby Forest Trails – View from Sutton Bank Junction loop from Thirsk

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Boltby Forest Trails – View from Sutton Bank Junction loop from Thirsk

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Boltby Forest Trails – View from Sutton Bank Junction loop from Thirsk

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67.0km

1,150m

Mountain biking

Hard mountain bike ride. Very good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. Some portions of the route may require you to push your bike. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 7, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 16.8 km for 95 m

After 52.4 km for 189 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

16.2 km

Sutton Bank National Park Centre

Highlight • Cafe

A North York Moors National Park visitor centre, cafe and information centre. Start your walk here and pick up one of the local walking trails maps or use the facilities and plan your own adventure. Entry to the centre is free and anything you buy from the shop or cafe helps support the work the national park authority do.

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17.8 km

View of Gormire Lake from Sutton Bank

Highlight • Viewpoint

High on Whitestone Cliff, on part of the classic Cleveland Way trail, you are rewarded with spectacular views over Gormire Lake and miles beyond. If you are exploring Garbutt Wood Nature Reserve and the lake from below, it's worth a stroll to the cliff tops for the views. You won’t regret it.

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39.3 km

Hesketh Dike

Archaeological Site

40.0 km

Boltby Forest Trails

Highlight • Trail

This section is good to ride on, nice countryside, scenic and good singletrack which are compact and easy to ride on. Bad weather would not really make these surfaces worse.

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40.0 km

Cleveland Way Bridleway – Osmotherley to Sutton Bank

Highlight • Cycleway

The Cleveland Way is a long distance hiking trail stretching from Helmsley and ending in Filey, circling the North York Moors National Park (komoot.com/collection/888432/hike-empty-hills-majestic-moors-and-golden-coast-cleveland-way).

In some sections you can ride along the way too, like here where it's on a bridleway. While this section is fairly wide, take care on busier summer days when there are plenty of walkers, horse riders and other cyclists on the Cleveland Way.

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43.3 km

Town's Pasture Wood

Forest

44.9 km

Sutton Bank Mountain Bike Trails

Highlight • MTB Park

A mix of gentle trail centre and bridleways track makes for a bit of a different riding experience out across parts of the Cleveland way. About halfway round is an excellent bit of downhill, but also be aware the climb back up shortly after is extremely steep and will get your legs and lungs burning!

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45.6 km

View from Sutton Bank Junction

Highlight • Trail

This is the point where you can turn right for the longer Fort route (blue) and Paradise trail (red), or turn sharp left to head back to the visitor centre and car park on the shorter blue loop. It's well worth pausing here a while because the views to the east are absolutely incredible.

If you're following bridleways rather than the marked cycle routes, there's a handy fingerpost here with directions.

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45.6 km

View of North York Moors from the Cleveland Way

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is a great access point to jump onto the Cleveland Way from Cleveland Road. There is a car park a few hundred metres away to ditch the vehicle. This also happens to be an exceptional viewing point to enjoy the scenes of North York Moors

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48.7 km

Cliff Plantation Singletrack Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

The final section of the Paradise and Fort trails from Sutton Bank leads you through Cliff Plantation. It's a twisty single track trail, though not technical and well surfaced, leading right to the car park.

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55.8 km