A walk to the summit of Cringle Moot

1. Cringle Moor
– Medium
Walk

2. A walk that has everything, stunning views, a
challenging ascent, and a marvellous café to
rejuvenate you after your walk. Starting from the
Lordstones café, this will take abut two hours to
complete. Care needs to be taken on the
descent from Cringle Moor- a walking stick
would be a handy accessory to help you
negtotiate your way down. Finish with a cool
drink and a snack at the Lordstones Café. You
can check out the café here:
http://lordstones.com/

3. Getting There
From Middlesbrough, go up Ormesby Bank and at the
roundabout at the top, take the second exit towards
Stokesley which is the A172. Follow the road and at the
next roundabout take the first left turn past Strikes garden
centre. Continue on the A172 until you come to another
roundabout. At this roundabout take the third exit to
Carlton. Follow the road and look for a left turning to
Carlton. Drive through Carlton and look for a left
turning signed to Lordstones.
This is Carlton Bank and is very steep. At the top turn left
into the Lordstones car park which has ample parking
spaces.

4. Map of Cringle Moor walk

5. The Walk
From the car park walk past
the cafe to the left of the café
as if you were coming out of
the café and follow the path
out passing some trees and
turn right and you can almost
immediately see the hill of
Cringle Moor ahead of you
on the path to the right.

6. Follow this track
alongside the fence to
your right and head for
the hill ahead of you.
When you come to a
fork in the path keep on
the right path.

7. Keep on the path until
you come to a gate and
walk through the gate on
the stone path ahead.

8. The hill is a gradual
climb and you may
need to take a breather
everyg now and then.
The view at the top is
worth the climb though
and this is the only
climb in the walk.

9. When you reach the
summit take a pitstop in
the handily placed stone
chair (with an added wind
break in front of it!) and
take in the views around.
Roseberry Topping can be
spotted in the distance.

11. Follow the path behind
the stone chair and the
path will shortly reach
its descent which can
be tricky if the stones
are wet, it is a steep
descent but you will be
fine if you keep your
eye on the stone path
on your slow way
down.

12. When you come to
the base of the stone
path look for a path on
the left and take this
path.

13. This path goes
through bracken but
its a well worn track,
don't deviate from
the path and follow
its route ahead when
you come to
any junctions.

14. Pass through a gate and then descend
through a wooded area and you will soon
come to the path you started your walk on.
Make your way back to the café car park
and done forget to stop at the café for
refreshments!.