Distance Covered: 3.5 miles Time to complete walk: 2 hours
Suitable for dog walking: Yes - check for livestock in fields though
Starting from Errington Woods and then passing through the attractive village of Upleatham before walking back to the woods, this walk is great for a short walk or a dog walk. Great for an Autumn/Winter walk you will also have great views of Roseberry Topping along the way.
Virus Awareness: This walk is in the Redcar Cleveland area at tier 3 at the time of the walk, please check your tier before travelling outside of it.
General Safety Tips: This walk can get muddy after rain- wear sturdy walking boots and thick socks and a walking stick to negotiate the mud.
The Errington Woods Walk
Getting There
Follow the A174 towards Saltburn. Look for a right turn at a roundabout signposted to Errington Woods. Follow this road and the entrance and car park is to the left just before a sharp right hand bend in the road. Parking is free and the car park closes at dusk.
Map of the Errington Woods Walk
The Walk
From the car park head through the gates.
Go through the gates
In about 20 metres look for some steps on your right. Climb the steps.
At the top of the steps turn right and follow the path.
Turn right and follow the path
Wooden squirrell to your left
S
oon you reach a crossroads of paths - keep on the path straight ahead.
Keep ahead at the crossroads
Keep on this path for some time and dont miss the great views of Roseberry Topping to your right.
Views of Roseberry Topping
Soon the path ends at a gate. Go through the gate onto a field.
Go through the gate
There are two distinctive paths ahead - both end up at a gate- I followed the lower path.
Follow the lower path
Reach the gate
Reach the gate
From the gate follow the path ahead.
The path then bends to the right and down to a farmyard.
Follow the path down to the farmyard
Now follow the path to your left which enters the village of Upleatham.
Follow the path into Upleatham
Enter Upleatham
Upleatham is an attractive village with a nice church and individualistic houses. Walk through the village ahead.
Church in Upleatham
Head out of Upleatham by joining a bridleway.
Head out of Upleatham on the bridleway ahead
Follow the path as it bends back towards Errington Woods.
Follow the path
There are great views of Skelton and the coastal cliffs to your right on the path.
Views to your right
Follow the path ahead
Soon you arrive back at the woods. Turn left at a barrier and onto the woodland path.
Turn left at the barrier back into the woods
The path bends and climbs and falls as it goes through the woods. Keep to the main path ahead.
Keep to the path ahead
When you eventually come to a T-junction - turn left and take the higher path passing a wooden sculpture.
Pass the wooden sculpture
Follow the path and as it comes to branch keep to the lower main path.
Keep on the lower path at the branch in paths
At another branch keep ahead.
Soon you will come back to the crossroads you came to at the beginning of the walk. Turn right at the crossroads.
Turn right at the crossroads
Look for the steps on your left and head back to the car park
Errington Woods
This community woodland of approximately 100 ha is located above New Marske and has achieved Local Nature Reserve status. It was mainly planted in the 18th century to provide a cash crop, and extended in the early 20th century with a resultant tree mix that is predominantly coniferous. There is a good network of paths throughout the wood, and a new footpath access to the wood has been created which runs from Quarry Lane to the ruined winding house. There are also areas of deer habitat, and pine martens have been seen in the wood.
Upleatham
Upleatham is a village in the unitary authority of Redcar and Cleveland and the ceremonial county of North Yorkshire, England. The village was mentioned in the Domesday Book and the name derives from Old English and Old Norse as Upper Slope, in that it was further up the hill than Kirkleatham.
An ironstone seam that was 13 feet (4.0 m) thick was worked beneath the village which meant that some dwellings were lost to subsidence. The mine operated between the 1850s and 1924 with reserves of ironstone being estimated at a little over 36,000,000 tonnes (40,000,000 tons).The landowner of the time, the Earl of Zetland, allowed the mining company to extract the ironstone from underneath the village provided that the area around the church was left undisturbed. This is why the conservation area in the village is just a small selection of buildings clustered around the church. The arrival of the ironstone mine increased the population of the village from 204 in 1841 to 1,007 in 1861.
It has a small grade II listed church, believed by some to be the smallest in England, although Bremilham Church in Wiltshire is actually slightly smaller. The village is located near New Marske, between Saltburn and Guisborough; there are a few rows of houses which are adjacent to Errington Woods.
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