Round trip from Settle to Whitby
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RouteXpert Nick Carthew - (MRA Master)
Last edit: 12-04-2021
Route Summary
Checked & amended by Nick Carthew (RouteXpert)Settle to Whitby round trip. Fantastic roads and sights from both the Yorkshire Dales & the North York Moors National Parks.
Original route by: Jools Blackburn
The very good scenery, roads and attractions earn this route 4**** stars.
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Duration
8h 34m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
368.08 km
Countries
Moorland view Snaizeholme B6255
RouteXpert Review
A round trip to Whitby Abbey through two national parks. There are some fast sections of road with sweeping bends but you will miss a special landscape of immense beauty and character, take it easy and enjoy the ride. The Yorkshire Dales has many moods; it can be wild and windswept or quietly tranquil. Each valley or 'dale' has its own distinct character, set against expansive heather moorland tops.
The first section has some great views as it travels across the big open spaces. The route leaves the high moorland and meanders it's way across the the lower ground that keeps the two moors separated, this is primarily farm land and pretty villages. The route uses the A9 for a short distance and as soon as you leave it on the northern edge of the North York Moor, you start climbing again. The NYM somehow feels different to the Dales and you get a sense that you are near the coast. That becomes clear as you pass Guisborough and get a glimpse of the sea. Whitby is next and is an ideal lunch stop for fish and chips.
Whitby Abbey was inspirational when Bram Stoker wrote Dracula in 1897. While staying in Whitby, Stoker would also have heard of the shipwreck five years earlier of a Russian vessel called the Dmitry, from Narva. This ran aground on Tate Hill Sands below East Cliff, carrying a cargo of silver sand. With a slightly rearranged name, this became the Demeter from Varna that carries Dracula to Whitby with a cargo of silver sand and boxes of earth.
The return journey is a reverse of the outward leg but this time the route travels through the south of both national parks, equally as nice and great riding roads. Both of the parks are popular with motorcyclists and this route shows why.
Whitby Abbey
North York Moor RP 11
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