A walk that starts at the landmark of the White Horse at Kilburn and passes a glider club

1. Kilburn White
Horse-
Medium Walk

2. Visit the White Horse landmark
with close up views on this walk
which includes woodland walking and
passes a Glider club along the way.

3. Getting There
Take the A19 south from
Middlesbrough until you reach the
Thirsk turn off. Follow the road up
Sutton Bank which is very steep.
When you get to the top look for the
first right turn off which should be
signposted to the Glider club. Turn
left towards the Glider club and then
drive to the White Horse car park
where the walk starts.

4. Route of the Kilburn White Horse walk

5. From the car park a steep
flight of steps climb
beside the White Horse to
the top of the scarp. To
the left a good path then
follows the cliff edge
around the perimeter of
the airfield.

6. After 3/4 of a mile at a red-
topped marker post which is
adjacent to the airfield take a
left turning onto a narrower
path which doubles back on
an oblique descent. You will
be able to view across the
plains and Sutton cliffs on
your descent down.

7. As the gradient eases at
the bottom of the hill,
watch for a path joining
from the right. Follow the
path to the right and then
almost immediately, leave
sharp left along a marked
bridleway that drops into
the lower forest. Keep
ahead when you later
cross a green track,
carrying on down to
emerge onto a foresters
road.

8. Walk briefly left to a green-topped
marker post and there make an acute
left turn onto a wide rising path. After
a sharp right hand bend, the ascent
continues soon joining a higher track.
With most of the climbing behind you,
follow it right and then when you
arrive at a fork, bear left. Reaching
the next junction, go left and then
right, rising to a broader path. The
car park lies a short distance to the
right.

9. For a detour you can
visit the gliding club
when you drive back
up the road you
came down to the
White Horse.