Wharram Quarry Nature Reserve – Cross Keys Free House loop from St Mary, Wharram le Street

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United Kingdom

England

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Ryedale

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Wharram Quarry Nature Reserve – Cross Keys Free House loop from St Mary, Wharram le Street

Moderate

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hikers

Wharram Quarry Nature Reserve – Cross Keys Free House loop from St Mary, Wharram le Street

04:57

17.7km

350m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

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984 m

Wharram Quarry

Nature Reserve

1.79 km

Wharram Quarry Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

With rich chalk grassland and thin Wolds soils, Wharram Quarry Nature Reserve provides important habitats for wildlife in Yorkshire. You'll see butterflies dancing between colorful wildflowers and buzzards nesting in …

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1.87 km

Bridge Over the Disused Malton and Driffield Railway

Highlight • Structure

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2.34 km

Wharram Percy — Deserted Medieval Village

Highlight • Settlement

Wharram Percy is the most famous, and one of the best preserved, deserted medieval villages in Britain. Positioned in a remote and picturesque valley in the Yorkshire Wolds, the village …

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7.39 km

Cross Keys Free House

Highlight • Pub

7.68 km

Thixendale Village and St Mary's Church

Highlight • Historical Site

Beautiful little village with a nice church to take a look around.

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9.19 km

View over the fields above Thixendale

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great views along hiking path on the hills above Thixendale

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13.8 km

Picksharp Wood

Forest

14.4 km

Slatings Plantation

Forest

17.7 km

End point

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.05 km

5.12 km

4.27 km

1.22 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.98 km

4.57 km

3.81 km

1.47 km

793 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (220 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

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Friday 30 October

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Comments

January 12, 2022,Tour

Due to Thixendale being overrun with trail dogs, gun toting farmers and beaters etc I had to start and finish on the same track. Despite a couple of miles on a single track road ( two vehicles ! ) the views were certainly worth the slog uphill at this point. Entered Wharram Percy from a totally different direction to normal. …