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Expert navigator checkpoint: The Chiropractic 1st clinic is on the left as you make that turn.

12.8 mi 54.0133,-1.3796 Merge on to the A1.

59.2 mi 54.7904,-1.5301 At Junction 62 take the exit s/posted “Sunderland / Durham / A690 /
Consett (A691)”.

2.4 mi 54.7774,-1.5737 Follow the A690 into Durham.

Durham Castle and the Cathedral are now over to your left.

You are now in the centre of Durham.

The Prince Bishops Car Park will be on your left.

The recommended way

York to Castle Howard

Route 1 on the map . . .

Distance about 15 mi, time a bit under half an hour.

Leaving York

0.0 mi 53.9630, -1.0782 Using the ring road around the city, find your way to Monkgate on the
A1306. It is in the north-west corner of the city.

3.1 mi 53.9905, -1.0238 Follow the A1036 (well signposted) to the A64. Take the 1st exit from
Hopgrove Roundabout s/posted “Scarborough / Malton / A64”.

7.3 mi 54.072,-0.9176 At Barton’s Hill crossroads turn l. on to Mains Lane s/posted “Slingsby” and
“Castle Howard”.

3.6 mi 54.1205,- 0.9152 At the r/bout around a giant obelisk, turn r. and go through walled gates
into the grounds of Castle Howard.

Castle Howard to Rievaulx Abbey

From the gates of Castle Howard, at the giant obelisk, turn r. on to the road to Slingsby.

3.1 mi 54.1620,-0.9315 On to southern edge of Slingsby village, at the Give Way, turn l. s/p
“Hovingham / Helmsley” on to Malton Rd, the B1257.

8.4 mi 54.2275,-1.0604 Pass through Hovingham, Stonegrave and the outskirts of
Sproxton. At the Give Way turn r. on to the A170 s/posted “Scarboro 32”.

At the Malt Shovel in Hovingham you can get a good pub lunch and with luck there’ll be a few of
the local farmers in the bar – you’ll hear the sounds of the rural Yorkshire voice. The toilets there
are also very clean.

On this stretch of road you have the Howardian Hills to the w. and you are beginning the climb up
to the North York Moors.