Cleveland Way

The Cleveland Way is a hiking trail in the UK. He was inaugurated as the second National Trail in the country on 24 May 1969 and is part of the North York Moors National Park opened in 1952.

The National Park covers 1435 square kilometers of coastline, hills and high moorland. National Park is covered by a dense network of trails with a total length of 2250 kilometers. The Cleveland Way alone is 109 miles or 176 kilometers long.

Landscape

A special feature of the Cleveland Way is its variety of landscapes. Extensive (high) moors with natural woodland and valleys with wide hill and mountain chains. In addition, rugged, sometimes wild cliffs and sandy beaches along the east coast.

The western part of the Cleveland Way extends over the largest moorland landscape in England. Especially in late summer, in August and September, the surface of the region is colored purple when the heather blooms. Originated the huge moorland is by planting after the formerly lush forested region was beaten bald in the Stone and Bronze Ages.

In stark contrast to this are the almost 80 kilometers of coastline between Saltburn -by-the -Sea and Filey. Steep cliffs, yellow beaches and cottages of smugglers border the North Sea coast, which has a long industrial history. For the extraction of mineral resources such as iron ore and alum, but also Jett, were for many decades a lucrative alternative to smuggling and fishing.

It's just hard to imagine that this remote region was once an industrial center. At the so-called " Blowarth Crossing" meet today the remains of a road and a railway line to each other. Both attest to those days, when the iron ore deposits exploited in the bog and were transported to the steel factories in Teesside for further processing.

Lined the Cleveland Way of certificates of bygone centuries. These include historical tombs from the Stone and Bronze Age ( Long Cairn of Street House, menhirs ) and ancient signposts on the high moor, the remains of Roman signal stations along the coast, but also a variety of abbeys and castles. In addition, there are ancient farm roads, those broad ways such as the Hambleton Drove Road, have driven over the well-paid prior to the introduction of the railroad drover the sheep and cattle from Scotland to the lucrative markets in the south of England.

Made famous are the North York Moors also as the home of the explorer James Cook. This grew up in a small farm in far from the distinctive " Roseberry Topping " and visited a young age in Great Ayton school. At Cook ajar, who was slain in 1799 in Hawaii, is especially Whitby, where his famous ships Endeavour, Resolution, Adventure and Discovery were launched.

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