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Grazing on the moorland shelf near Skelton Tower

Walk up the road, but only to pass a small wood. Branch off to the right, but fork left almost immediately to follow a grassy path. Further along, turn left up another clear grassy path, climbing a slope covered in gorse bushes. Turn around the top of a small, steep-sided wooded valley, then walk alongside a couple of large fields. Follow a narrow road straight into Levisham to return to the Horseshoe Inn.

Skelton Tower overlooks Newtondale and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway

WALK 5

Levisham Station, Levisham and Newton-on-Rawcliffe

Start/finish Levisham Railway Station, SE 818 910 Distance 9.5km (6 miles) Total ascent/descent 260m (855ft) Time 3hrs Terrain Generally easy, using clear roads and tracks for most of the way, with a steep, vague and muddy path at the end Maps OS Landranger 94 or 100; OS Explorer OL27 South Refreshments Horseshoe Inn at Levisham, Mucky Duck at Newton-on-Rawcliffe. Transport The North Yorkshire Moors Railway serves Levisham Railway Station; Monday-only Ryecat buses serve Newton-on-Rawcliffe from Pickering.

Levisham Railway Station is on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway – a line that operates nostalgic steam-hauled trains through the heathery heart of the North York Moors National Park. The station lies deep in the dale, well below the village of Levisham, and even less conveniently at the foot of a steep slope from the village of Newton-on-Rawcliffe. This short circular walk climbs from Levisham Station to Levisham, then runs down a wooded valley to Farwath. After climbing to Newton-on-Rawcliffe, the route drops steeply back to the station.