The Top 10 Gorges around Ryedale
Gorges are incredibly beautiful places, and you’ve got 10
to choose from around Ryedale. 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 Ryedale.
to choose from around Ryedale. 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 Ryedale.
Last updated: November 9, 2025
Hole of Horcum Bridleway
Highlight • Natural Monument
Can be a bit bleak across the moors on a cloudy day but when the sun is out it is glorious
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Rhumbard Snout
Highlight • Viewpoint
Grand Panoramas
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Grain Slack Gorge
Highlight (Segment) • Trail
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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Water Dale
Highlight • Viewpoint
Water Dale is a beautiful place to ride in either direction. Downhill towards Thixendale or up towards Leavening.
The road winds along right at the base of the deep sided …
The road winds along right at the base of the deep sided …
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Sylvan Dale
Highlight • Viewpoint
This dale is not in this location.
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Fairy Dale Quarry and Dry Valley
Highlight • Natural
Fairy Dale is a great example of a dry valley in the Yorkshire Wolds. It really is beautiful.
There is a quarry here as well as a disused railway running …
There is a quarry here as well as a disused railway running …
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View of Newtondale from Newton Banks
Highlight • Forest
Beautiful views of Newtondale from just outside Newton-on-Rawcliffe
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Jeffry Bog Nature Reserve
Highlight • Gorge
The small Jeffry Bog Nature Reserve is managed by the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. You can find here wildflowers, including orchids, bogbean and betony. I's quite tranquil here in Kirkham Gorge. …
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Low Gill Valley
Highlight • Trail
Peaceful and isolated bridleway running down the Low Gill valley from Old Byland towards Ashberry Hill and Rievaulx.
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Eskerdale Valley
Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint
Absolutely stunning, lush, wild area. Pure contact with nature. Get ready to push your way through a lot of ferns on the way up! The views from near the lone tree closer to the top are pure heaven.
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