Please choose a different date.Sorry, there are no tours or activities available to book online for the date(s) you selected. Abbey Stores and Tea Rooms Abbey Stores and Tea Rooms 150 m Rosedale Abbey Rosedale Abbey. Yet just 160 years ago the air here would have been full of soot and steam. Rosedale Chimney Bank or just Chimney Bank is a hill pass that carries a minor road between Rosedale Abbey and Hutton-le-Hole in the Ryedale district of the North York Moors National Park, North Yorkshire, England. This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of Top Selling Tours & Activities in and around PickeringExplore the majestic Yorkshire Moors, and discover the area's impact on English religion, culture, and more, on this day tour from York.

They had no protective clothing (or equipment) and accidents, such as roof collapses and collisions with mine carts, were common. Rosedale Chimney Bank trail A short walk in the scenic North York Moors Nestled among green fields at the heart of the North York Moors National Park, Rosedale is the epitome of a sleepy English village, with honey-coloured houses, a welcoming tearoom and a well-kept village green. Pass through a metal gate and around the hillside until you reach a stone and wooden bench to your right.This bench was created by local sculptor Vivien Mousdell in collaboration with the local community and the primary school in Rosedale Abbey to reflect the area’s mining heritage. Church of St Mary and St Laurence Church of St Mary and St Laurence 230 m Village Green. Rosedale Chimney Bank car park From the vantage point of the car park, the moorland drops steeply away into a peaceful-looking valley. The route starts from the small, lower car park, by the side of the road, almost at the top of Chimney Bank. Ryedale Folk Museum (531) 3.6 mi.

Ignore the first car park on the left and, 150 metres later, park in the second car park on the left (on the bend in the road). The track you follow also forms part of the valley’s industrial heritage – it’s the old railway line for Rosedale’s nineteenth-century ironstone mines.The route starts from the small, lower car park, by the side of the road, almost at the top of Chimney Bank. Rosedale Chimney Bank is one steep chuffing hill! Rosedale has nothing to do with roses! Breathtaking is an oft used word, but still applies. Ironstone is a type of sandstone rock that contains iron and by 1856 mining began in earnest. This ironstone became incredibly valuable to the iron industry, so it did bring ‘treasure’ to the area - for some at least.

Many of Britain’s remaining steel works, like Redcar in Teesside, are facing closure because of the quantity of cheap steel coming in from China. Local sculptor Vivien Mousdell worked with the local community to come up with the words and images for this unique seat.See more of the valley and the old railway line on our much longer RGS-IBG is not responsible for the content of external websites. 3 Other Attractions within 5 miles. Please choose a different date.Is this a romantic place or activity that you would suggest for Rosedale Chimney Bank car park, Pickering YO18 8SE EnglandAfter having lunch in Rosedale on the way home we decided to go visit here and burn off some calories.it was a Friday afternoon so not that busy but car park small and full so parked on roadside.nice information displays and onto mines and walks,lovely sunny day and plenty ofVery cold morning but sunny. The tarmac road approaching the pass is one of the steepest, toughest and most spectacular finishing …

From the vantage point of the car park, the moorland drops steeply away into a peaceful-looking valley.Nestled among green fields, Rosedale Abbey is the epitome of a sleepy English village, with honey-coloured houses, a welcoming tearoom and a well-kept village green.Yet just 160 years ago the air here would have been full of soot and steam. Take a good look at the carvings around the bench, inspired by the children’s drawings. In fact, when the mines opened, the population of the dale shot up from 558 people to 2,389 in a mere 20 years.On this route you'll pass lots of evidence of the old ironstone industry.

A cliff only half a mile east of here was often struck by lightning and people said it meant treasure was buried beneath. Continue along the track until you reach the metal gateStop by the gate and take a good look down into the valley below. The material left after burning had a higher concentration of iron and was much lighter and easier to transport to the ironworks in places like County Durham and Middlesbrough.Men worked long shifts to meet the demand from the blast furnaces in the north  If we had been stood here 160 years ago we would have felt searing heat from the kilns on our faces. See all. Ryedale Folk Museum (529) 5.8 km. The ice in the glaciers flowed very, very slowly. The climb then relents to about 20% before easing off to the top (view of mines on your right from a car park area) and on to the vast expanse of Spaunton Moor. The men worked long hours in the dark while women and children often walked miles across moorland to the nearest shops and school. By 1879 only 25,500 tons were mined: one tenth of what had been extracted just 15 years earlier.As the quality of ironstone dwindled, men moved on to other mining areas where there was more work. I don’t think I have ever been so pleased to see my own car before. You will pass a row of cottages on the right and then the little footpath joins a wider track.