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Easingwold

Byland Abbey Ruins – Byland Abbey loop from Outwood Academy Easingwold

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Hambleton

Easingwold

Byland Abbey Ruins – Byland Abbey loop from Outwood Academy Easingwold

Moderate

4.5

(2)

riders

Byland Abbey Ruins – Byland Abbey loop from Outwood Academy Easingwold

01:41

36.8km

430m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 24, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Howardian Hills National Landscape

North York Moors National Park

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2.88 km

Crayke Village and Castle

Highlight • Pub

Crayke is a small village with a great vantage point over the Vale Of York. Climbing up here beings great views to the south and it a little taster of the Howardian Hills to the north and east.

Crake has its own castle which is a grade I listed building. It is privately owned and on the site of a Norman Motte and Bailey Castle. It is believed there has been a fortress on this high position since the Roman times.

Crayke Castle is not the only interesting building though, this small village has 28 grade II listed buildings. The local pub, the Durham Ox is 300 years old and is beautiful inside with flagstone floors and ornately carved oak panelling.

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17.6 km

St Oswald's Church, Oswaldkirk

Highlight • Historical Site

This is a proper countryside, English church, marked on the street indeed as "Historic Church". It is over 900 years old (Norman) and was built on the site of a previous wooden Saxon church. It is a Grade-II listed building, and is the oldest building in the village of Oswaldkirk by more than 600 years.

Definitely worth stopping here on your ride - there is a little path into the churchyard here where you can safely put your bike. The church is well-maintained inside and the views from the churchyard towards the east towards Caulkleys Bank, over Ryedale, are fabulous. You should be able to make out the Stonegrave Minster in the distance, and there are always Yorkshire Wolds on the horizon.

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18.4 km

Oswaldkirk Hag

Forest

21.5 km

The Hub Café, Ampleforth

Highlight • Cafe

Bike stands out front

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25.5 km

Byland Abbey Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

Absolutely non-miss this one. This is one of the finest and greatest monasteries in England. Byland Abbey inspired the way churches were built throughout the north. These almost preposterously amazing and extensive ruins used to be a Cistercian abbey in the 12th century, with 36 monks and 100 lay brothers.

The Abbey is maintained by English Heritage and completely free to enter as long as it's daylight.

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25.6 km

Byland Abbey

Highlight • Historical Site

Byland Abbey is a stunning ruin dating back to the 1100s. It was once one of the grandest medieval monasteries but was dissolved by Henry VIII in the 1530s. Today it offers a scenic picnic spot and a glimpse into history. It's free to visit and features a tearoom open from March to November, serving cakes and coffee

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27.9 km

Coxwold Village

Highlight • Settlement

Pretty village with an informative website if local history is your thing. Recorded under the name of Cucvalt in the Domesday Book, and the local church is where George Orby Wombwell, the last surviving officer of the Charge of the Light Brigade, is buried.

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28.8 km

Lake in Howardian Hills National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

29.0 km

Newburgh Priory

Highlight • Historical Site

The very impressive Newburgh Priory is the home of the Wombwell family. It was founded in 1145, and was an Augustinian priory before becoming the House that it is today.

You can visit the House and Gardens, but only between April and June at a fee that doesn't seem too high. The place is quite stunning. Oh, and there is a tearoom!

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36.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

36.8 km

Surfaces

35.9 km

846 m

Elevation

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

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Byland Abbey Ruins – Byland Abbey loop from Outwood Academy Easingwold

Crayke Village and Castle

St Oswald's Church, Oswaldkirk

The Hub Café, Ampleforth

Byland Abbey Ruins

Byland Abbey

Coxwold Village

Lake in Howardian Hills National Landscape

Newburgh Priory

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