Walking around the countryside of Bilsdale

1. Bilsdale –
Medium Walk

2. A peaceful walk through Bilsdale, from Fangdale
Beck, a small village. Most of the walking is
through fields following waymarked gates which
helps you to get your bearings on the walk.
There are fine views of the surrounding
countryside all round and the Bilsdale
transmitter. There are pubs in Chop Gate, the
nearest village if wanting refreshments or food
after the walk.

3. Getting There
From Middlesbrough, go up Ormesby Bank
and follow the A172 to Stokesley. Take the
B1257 into Great Broughton and follow it
past Chop Gate. Look for a right turning
into Fangdale Beck which is where the walk
starts. Park near the small wooden bridge.

4. Map of the Bilsdale Walk

5. The Walk
From your parked car,
cross the small bridge
and head towards the
converted church.

6. Turn right from the church
and follow a lane to
Malkin Bower farm.

7. Look for a gate as you
pass through the farm
and go through the gate
onto a walled track.

8. Follow the lane through
several gates until you
come to the end of the
lane. You will notice a gate
where the lane ends with
the waymark directing you
to the right. Enter the field
and follow the field to the
right and then left to a gate
in its top right corner.

9. Go through gate in
the top corner of the
field

10. Follow the path past
Helm House Farm
and through several
fields following the
direction of the
waymarked gates.
There are good
views of the moor to
your left.

11. Follow the track past
Helm House Farm

12. You will come to a fork in the
track. Head through the gate
on the right following the
direction of the waymark.

13. Follow the direction of the
waymarks until you come
to a gate which has the
forest ahead. Head in a
diagonal direction until
you come to a gate in
the top right of the
field which takes you
onto a forest track.

14. Gate leading to the
forest track

15. Climb into the pine woods
until you come onto the open
fields above.

16. Continue on the
track

17. Follow the track and
you will soon come to
a road. Turn right and
follow the road into
Wethercote Farm. The
road is a steady climb.

18. When you come to the first
of the farm buildings on
your right immediately
double back through a
gate on the left.

19. Go through the
gate on your left

20. Follow the wall round to
the right. At the end of the
second field, go through a
gate on your right and
then through a gate to
your left.

21. Head through the gate on
your left

22. Continue on through
more fields and then
onto the open moor.
Look for a view of the
Bilsdale Transmitter to
your left.

23. On the moor, keeping
the forest close to you
on your right hand side,
follow the track until
you come to the
second gate to the right
out of the moor. The
second gate is shortly
after the first gate.

24. Go through the
second gate on
your right

25. The field which is full of
rabbit warrens, is steep and
following the safest path
you can find, head towards
the bottom left of the field
onto a track.

26. Head towards the
bottom left hand side of
the field

27. Follow the track which falls
steeply back to the first farm
you passed and turn left
back on the road into
Fangdale Beck.