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HACKNESS

St Hilda founded a nunnery at Hackness in AD680, but even in this secluded setting it was discovered and plundered by the Danes in AD867, then rebuilt in the 11th century. An inscribed cross from the nunnery is located in St Peter’s Church, but the only other reminder of those times is the village pond. Hackness is very much an estate village, and its main street is peculiar, as it has a vigorous stream running alongside it. Hackness Hall is a fine Georgian manor designed by John Carr, an architect from York. The hall is in the possession of Lord Derwent.

Hackness Hall and Hackness village lie just off-route

WALK 3

Lockton, Stain Dale, Saltergate and Levisham Moor

Start/finish Lockton Youth Hostel, SE 845 900 Distance 20km (12½ miles) Total ascent/descent 390m (1280ft) Time 6hrs Terrain Generally easy, but a long walk; woodland tracks and field paths in the lower dales give way to higher moorland paths and tracks Maps OS Landranger 94; OS Explorer OL27 South Refreshments Horseshoe Inn at Levisham, Lockton Tea Rooms at Lockton, possible café at Saltersgate Transport Regular Yorkshire Coastliner buses serve Lockton and Saltergate from Pickering and Whitby.

Lockton and Levisham lie within easy reach of deep dales and open moorlands. This fine, long walk leaves Lockton and drops down into Stain Dale, then later climbs to reach strangely sculpted rocks at the Bridestones. Newgate Brow and Saltergate Brow allow wide-ranging views across the moors and dales. An easy walk over Levisham Moor leads to the charming stone village of Levisham, which surrounds a spacious green. The last stretch of the the walk crosses a deep, wooded dale on the return to Lockton.