The White Rose Walk, a trail located in

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, was devised in 1968 by the Yorkshire Wayfarers, It starts at the Kilburn White Horse (National Grid Ref SE 514 813) and is completed by touching the trig point on top of

Roseberry Topping Roseberry Topping is a distinctive hill in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated near Great Ayton and Newton under Roseberry. Its summit has a distinctive half-cone shape with a jagged cliff, which has led to many comparisons with the much ...

(NZ 579 126). The walk whilst recognised by the

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(LDWA) as a long distance walk in itself, mixes and crosses with several other long distance paths including the

Cleveland Way The Cleveland Way is a National Trail in the historic area of Cleveland in North Yorkshire, Northern England. It runs between Helmsley and the Brigg at Filey, skirting the North York Moors National Park. History Development of the Cleve ...

, the

Coast to Coast Walk The Coast to Coast Walk is a long-distance footpath between the west and east coasts of Northern England, nominally long. Devised by Alfred Wainwright, it passes through three contrasting national parks: the Lake District National Park, ...

, and the

Lyke Wake Walk The Lyke Wake Walk is a challenge walk across the highest and widest part of the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England. The route commemorates the many corpses carried over the moors on old coffin routes and the ancient bur ...

. The route takes in the highest peaks in the area such as Live Moor, Carlton Moor,

Sutton Bank Sutton Bank is a hill in the former Hambleton District of the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire in England. It is a high point on the Hambleton Hills with extensive views over the Vale of York and the Vale of Mowbray. The A1 ...

, Cold Moor, the Wainstones and

Urra Moor Urra Moor is the highest moor in the North York Moors, North Yorkshire, England. At above sea level it is the highest point in the former Hambleton District and the North York Moors National Park, and the fourteenth most prominent hill in En ...

. The walk also passes Captain Cooks Monument on

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. The walk takes in not only stunning scenery with grand views of the

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but also takes the walker through Yorkshire's history, passing by

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ancient burial mounds, the site of 18th century horse racing and Hambleton Drove Road where cattle were taken to market in Yorkshire,

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and

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by Scottish and Northumbrian drovers. Walkers who complete the walk within a 24-hour period can claim a woven badge and a small certificate.

Route

* White Horse Kilburn - 515813 * View Point

- 514828 * Sneck Yate Bank - 508875 * High Paradise Farm - 504887 * Whitestones - 491931 * Minor Road - 479959 * Picnic area near Moor - 470993 * Carlton Bank - 522030 * Picnic Area

Hasty Bank Hasty Bank is a hill in the Cleveland Hills range of the North York Moors, in north-east England. The Cleveland Way National Trail crosses Hasty Bank and is part of Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk. The north face of Hasty Bank has heavily erode ...

- 572035 * Incline top - Railway - 611025 * T - Junction

Kildale Kildale is a village and civil parish in the county of North Yorkshire, England. It lies approximately south-east from Great Ayton, within the North York Moors National Park and on the Cleveland Way National Trail. The parish occupies , with b ...

- 605092 * Captain Cook Monument - 590101 *

- 579126 * END T - Junction at

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- 571128

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