Lordstones Route

Distance: 2¾ miles / 4½ kilometers

Time: 2 hours 00 minutes

Grade: easy/moderate

Map: OS Explorer OL26 - North Yorkshire Moors, Western Area

Start Point: Lordstones Country Park, Carlton Bank, Chop Gate

Grid Reference: NZ 524 030

Nearest Post Code: TS9 7JH

Serial	Distance	Grid Reference	Description
01	0.00 miles	NZ 524 030	From the Lordstones Cafe Car Park, follow the signs for 'Additional Parking', with the cafe to the left, continue to through the barrier to the finger post, signed the Cleveland Way. Continue straight ahead through a gate, and bear right to the Lordstones.
02	350 yards	NZ 525 030	From the Lordstones, retrace the path back to the Cleveland Way finger post, and turn left along the well defined path.
03	600 yards	NZ 527 031	At the fork in the track, bear right continuing along the Cleveland Way over Cringle Moor, (The trail on the left is the return leg).
04	0.71 miles	NZ 543 033	Continuing along the Cleveland Way, ascend steadily up Kirby Bank to the Holiday Fellowship commemorative rock chair and viewing point.
05	1.32 miles	NZ 543 033	Climb steadily up Kirby Bank, to a track on the left just before the stream, turn left to head west over Busby Moor.
06	2.15 miles	NZ 530 034	Continue along the path bearing left, to a 4 way finger post, go straight ahead, down the bank through the heather then through the woodland.
07	2.44 miles	NZ 527 031	Continue through the woodland to a junction (see serial 3 above), and turn right.
08	2.60 miles	NZ 525 030	Follow the path back to the start at Lordstone Cafe Car Park, passing the Lordstones on the right.
09	2.75 miles	NZ 524 030	Finish at the Lordstone Cafe with a drink and a snack.