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Gribdale Gate Car Park – Below Highcliffe Nab loop from Great Ayton

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Mountain biking trails

United Kingdom

England

Yorkshire And The Humber

North Yorkshire

Hambleton

Little Ayton

Gribdale Gate Car Park – Below Highcliffe Nab loop from Great Ayton

Moderate

5.0

(2)

riders

Gribdale Gate Car Park – Below Highcliffe Nab loop from Great Ayton

02:43

29.5km

670m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 27, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 13.4 km for 242 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.19 km

Gribdale Gate Car Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Gribdale Gate is a small, free, 24‑hour Forestry England car park on Dikes Lane near Great Ayton, offering around 40 spaces and direct access to Roseberry Topping, Captain Cook’s Monument, and Coate Moor

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10.6 km

View of Cook's Monument from Percy Cross Rigg

Highlight • Viewpoint

Route runs from just east of Kildale up Yellow Brick Road segment (mtb only) and then up and down to unsuitables segment.

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20.3 km

Bousdale Wood

Forest

23.5 km

Hutton Lowcross Woods

Forest

24.4 km

Below Highcliffe Nab

Highlight • Forest

Place for a breather before trying to ride up the Nab path.

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25.4 km

Top of Unsuitables and Bottom of Percy Rigg

Highlight • Viewpoint

A cross roads that can take you down the stony descent of Unsuitables or through the gate and up to Percy Rigg or off to the sides either across Pinchinthorpe …

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26.4 km

Newton Moor

Highlight • Trail

Not so much a sharply defined peak, but a wide, open heather plateau with long views in every direction across the sweeping expanse of heather.

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27.5 km

Dikes Lane Descent

Highlight • Trail

29.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.7 km

10.5 km

3.74 km

2.43 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

8.82 km

7.17 km

6.28 km

5.81 km

1.08 km

308 m

Elevation

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Weather

Thursday 2 July

22°C

8°C

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Gribdale Gate Car Park – Below Highcliffe Nab loop from Great Ayton

Gribdale Gate Car Park

View of Cook's Monument from Percy Cross Rigg

Below Highcliffe Nab

Top of Unsuitables and Bottom of Percy Rigg

Newton Moor

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