Top experiences

These are our recommendations for experiences in the North York Moors National Park.

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Spotlight experience

Fossil hunting with Yorkshire Coast Rocks!

150 million years in the making. Take a walking tour of our coast line with a difference, as you'll uncover things not seen since the dinosaurs roamed the earth!

What else can enhance your experience of the National Park?

Get creative

Arts and Craft experiences

• North Yorks Art School - Cober Hill
• Pottery courses and workshops - Studio 573
• Staithes Geocache Arts Trail

Taste

Food experiences

• Arches Cookery School
• Bakery workshop - Off the Rails
• Whitby food tour

Drink experiences

• Whitby Distillery tour
• Robin Hood’s Bay Vineyard tour

Explore more trails

• Walk Yorkshire guided walks
• Hire a bike from:
  • Sutton Bank
  • Dalby Forest or
  • Robin Hood’s Bay

Uncover history and heritage...

• Ryedale Folk Museum
• Robin Hood’s Bay ghost walks

Nature’s wonders

Dark Skies

• AstroDog at Danby and Dalby

Coast and foraging

• Yorkshire Coast Nature tours and photography courses
• Foraging fungi with the Yorkshire Bushman
• Fossil Safaris with Yorkshire Coast Rocks

Switch off and slow down

• Sauna and sea - Whitby Wellbeing
• The Tree Relaxation Retreat

Care moor

• 2 minute litter pick- beaches and villages in the National Park
• Look Wild - National Parks

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