The Top 5 Gorges around Pickering

Gorges are incredibly beautiful places, and you’ve got 5 to choose from around Pickering. Just browse our list of the best gorges below and see photos, tips and extra info to help you visit one of these beautiful places on your next adventure around Pickering.

View of the Hole of Horcum

Grain Slack Gorge

Cross Dale

Troutsdale

View of Newtondale from Newton Banks

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View of the Hole of Horcum
Hiking Highlight
The Hole of Horcum is a 120 m deep, 1.2 km wide natural amphitheatre sunk into the valley of Levisham Beck. Legend has it that it was created by a …
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Grain Slack Gorge
Hiking Highlight (Segment)
A rather striking and very green gorge is to be found within North Riding Forest Park, Dalby Forest, on path Red 19. It winds down, like a serpent, with trees above you and lots of very green moss. Very beautiful.
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Cross Dale
Hiking Highlight (Segment)
This walk through Cross Dale might be short, but the views are certainly stunning down (or up) the green slopes. Anyone who has walked the Yorkshire Wolds National Trail in …
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Troutsdale
Road Cycling Highlight
The road through Troutsdale is glorious. If you are travelling from the north to south there is a fair amount of climbing and some of it steep, but it is worth it.
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View of Newtondale from Newton Banks
Hiking Highlight
Beautiful views of Newtondale from just outside Newton-on-Rawcliffe
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