Planning your visit

Play area at The Moors National Park Centre by Chris J Parker

Opening times for The Moors National Park Centre and Inspired by... gallery

Open daily until 3 January 2021, 10.30am to 4.00pm
January and February, weekends only until 14 February, 10.30am to 4.00pm
Daily from 15 February until 31 March, 10.30am to 4.00pm
Daily April to October, 10.00am to 5.00pm
Daily November and December, 10.30am to 4.00pm
Closed Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
Open 26 December - 4 January 2022, 10.30am to 4.00pm

Opening times for Park Life Café

Please note Park Life Café may be open at different times to the National Park Centre.

How to find us

The Moors National Park Centre and Inspired by... gallery are in the north of the National Park, less than a mile from Danby village. Danby Station on the Esk Valley Railway (OS Grid Reference: NZ 717 084) is a 20 minute stroll away along a minor road, though do look out for traffic.

Find out how to get here by public transport on summer weekends and bank holidays using Moorsbus (July - September) (M3, M6, M8 and M31) from surrounding villages and towns, including York or Sunday bus services using Moors Explorer (ME1) from Hessle, Hull and Beverley on select Sundays (25 July, 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 August 2021) and Bank Holiday Monday (30 August 2021).

There is a pay and display car park.

The Moors National Park Centre
Lodge Lane
Danby
Whitby
North Yorkshire
YO21 2NB

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