Walks and treks

Roseberry Topping

United Kingdom North Yorkshire Great Ayton

Roseberry Topping
Photo: The original uploader was ChrisO at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

A distinctive hill with a half-cone summit on the edge of the North York Moors, shaped by a geological fault and mining that collapsed its side. The climb is short but steep, rewarded with views across Teesside to the coast.


Captain Cook's Monument on Easby Moor and the countryside where he grew up are nearby.

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