Photo gallery
The valley in pictures. Click any photo to see it full size. Most are by generous photographers on Wikimedia Commons and Geograph; see the photo credits.
Beach at Saltwick, near Whitby
Glaisdale Railway Station
Glaisdale Station - the only passing loop on the Esk Valley Line
The Courtyard of The Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Egton Banks and Arncliffe Wood
Whitby Abbey
St Hedda's Church
Former station building at Sleights
Goathland
Sheep in the Clitherbeck valley
Subsiding road by the Esk
Egton, Egton bridge
Glaisdale to Egton Bridge by Beggar's Bridge and Arncliffe Wood
Whitby railway station
Egton Show
Whitby Abbey Illuminated
Station Tavern, Grosmont
Danby Castle view
Ravenscar
Whitby harbour from the 199 Steps
Grosmont
The Cleveland Way approaching Peak Alum Works from Ravenscar
Downe Arms, Castleton
Danby
St John's church, Sleights
Ruswarp Bridge
Postgate Inn, Egton Bridge
The Lifeboat Museum, Whitby
This way to Glaisdale village
'Repton' at Goathland Station
Boggle Hole
The Railway Station seen from Cow Wath Bank, Goathland
Beck Hole
Mallyan Spout Hotel
Runswick Bay Beach and Sailing Club
Hunter's Stee
Whitby Abbey
Glaisdale station, with train 1997
The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Lodge
Westerdale
Path leading to Mallyan Spout
Whitby Museum
Beggars Bridge Glaisdale
Whitby to Ruswarp riverside
Castleton Moor Railway Station
NYMR Annual Steam Gala
The Dock, Robin Hood's Bay
Egton Bridge Old Gooseberry Show
The "George Stephenson" beside Grosmont engine-shed
Glaisdale railway station, Yorkshire
Danby Low Moor
Lealholm
Whitby Goth Weekend (spring)
Robin Hood's Bay Folk Weekend
Egton Bridge
Egton Station
Danby Beacon
Whitby Christmas Festival
Ralph Cross and Fat Betty
Diesel Unit on the Esk Valley line to Whitby
Beggar's Bridge
Commondale
Top End in Westerdale
Falling Foss and Midge Hall
Goathland Station
Hunter's Sty Bridge
Egton Bridge
Board Inn, Lealholm
Midge Hall, Sneaton Forest
Falling Foss and May Beck
North Yorkshire Moors Railway - 1987
Heather moorland above Glaisdale
Lealholm Station
Cinder Track near Whitby
Captain Cook's Haven, Whitby
Whitby Krampus Run
The 'Deviation Shed' at Grosmont
Lealholm railway station
Egton railway station, Yorkshire
East Arncliffe Wood
Egton
Leaving Egton Station
Runswick Bay
Diesel Locomotive at Grosmont station
The Moors Centre
Whitby Abbey
Pannett Museum and Art Gallery, Whitby
Ruswarp railway station
Glaisdale
Lealholm
Ruswarp Bridge
Whitby Abbey
North Yorkshire Moors Railway - 1987
The Cleveland Way between Boggle Hole and Stoupe Beck
Grosmont station, NYMR platforms
The Moors National Park Centre
Magpie Café, Whitby
Bridge Inn, Ruswarp
Beggar's Bridge detail
The Beach at Saltwick Bay
Danby Show
Lealholm village green and stepping stones
Diesel Train at Thomason Foss
Whitby Museum and Pannett Park
Downhill to Commondale
Christmas at The Moors Centre
Arncliffe Wood
A bridge over the Cinder Track between Larpool Viaduct and Prospect Hill, Whitby
Busy day at Goathland station
The Rail Trail: Goathland to Grosmont
Robin Hood's Bay
Staithes on a grey day
The Board Inn, Lealholm
Walking the Rail Trail
Castleton
Grosmont Station
Esk Valley Railway Line
Northern train at Whitby
Staithes from Cowbar Bank
Looking into Westerdale
Sleights
Grosmont station
North York Moors Dark Skies Festival
YHA Whitby
Eskdale, near Duck Bridge
Ruswarp Pleasure Boats
Whitby Goth Weekend (autumn)
Elm Ledge road
Goathland
Commondale railway station, Yorkshire
Whitby Abbey
Entering Goathland station
Multiple unit approaching Sleights railway station
Top End in Westerdale
Bay Hotel, The Dock, Robin Hood's Bay
Cinder Track near Stainsacre
Grounds of the Moors Centre
Whitby Harbour and the 199 Steps
Beggar's Bridge
The slipway at Boggle Hole
Egton
Goathland Moor
Glaisdale from Glaisdale Rigg
South from Danby Low Moor
Runswick Sands toward the village of Runswick Bay
Commondale railway station
Esk valley at Castleton
Public bridleway descending towards Glaisdale Beck
Ruswarp
Boggle Hole
Duck Bridge, near Danby
The Moors National Park Centre, Danby
Larpool Viaduct and the Cinder Track
Looking east on the Larpool Viaduct in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
Whitby Regatta
Pullman coaches at Grosmont
Looking down onto the River Esk and Esk Valley Railway from the Larpool Viaduct in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
Castleton and the Upper Esk Valley
Sleights
Path leading to Mallyan Spout
Cottages at Sandsend, near Whitby
Goathland Hotel (the Aidensfield Arms)
Grosmont Station
Staithes harbourside
NYMR train through Sleights (1)
Arncliffe Arms, Glaisdale
Glaisdale Rigg
Network SouthEast - a long way from home
Boggle Hole
Bridge over May Beck
Lealholm village green
Danby Castle
St Mary's Church, Whitby
Ruswarp station building (2)
Egton Station on the Esk Valley Line
Shipwreck (Admiral Von Tromp 1976), Black Neb, Saltwick Bay
Glaisdale Station - the only passing loop on the Esk Valley Line
Commondale from Three Howes Rigg
The Moors National Park Centre, Danby Lodge
East Pier
Lealholm Station
Falling Foss Tea Garden - Midge Hall
Fortune's Kippers
Whitby Abbey
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Mallyan Spout
Commondale
Botham's of Whitby
Whitby Abbey
Commondale station
Duck Bridge, Danby
Danby Beacon
Danby Castle
Grosmont Engine Sheds
Runners on Larpool Viaduct, Whitby
Path through heather on Westerdale Moor
Commondale from Three Howes Rigg
'Repton' at Goathland Station
Eskdale Inn, Castleton
Grosmont Station
Goathland: Heartbeat and Harry Potter locations
Egton Bridge stepping stones
Lealholm
The River Esk at Lealholm
Wheatsheaf Inn, Egton
Hunters Sty bridge in Spring
Another rainbow
Egton
Whitby
Cleveland Inn, Commondale
Robin Hood's Bay
Castleton Moor Railway Station
New May Beck
Castleton
Mallyan Spout and Beck Hole from Goathland
Engine shed on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway - Grosmont, North Yorkshire
Evening train at Sleights station
Lealholm
Danby Station
D7628 Sybilla
Castleton Show
Lealholm Railway Station
Thomason Foss
Railway towards Middlesbrough from Castleton Moor Railway Station
Runswick Bay: Kayaks and Rescue Boat Station
Egton
Whitby Abbey
Sleights Hall
Footbridge at Goathland station
Level crossing south of Danby Lodge
Robin Hood's Bay
The Esk Valley Walk
Runswick Bay
Cloud of steam
Peak Alum Works, Ravenscar
Looking south on the Larpool Viaduct in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
Danby Castle
Arch bridge. Whitby
Commondale
Sandsend
Staithes
Staithes Festival of Arts and Heritage
Crossing the stepping stones
Grosmont
Grosmont Railway Station, North Yorkshire
St Hildas Church Egton
St Hedda's Church, Egton Bridge
Stepping Stones
Commondale from the south
Path from May Beck to Falling Foss, Sneaton
Looking towards East Arncliffe Wood
The Esk Valley Railway
Mallyan Spout Hotel, Goathland
NYMR Annual Steam Gala
Whitby Fish and Ships Festival
Danby Castle on Castle Lane
Egton
Duck Bridge
Duck Bridge
War memorial, Glaisdale
Hunters Sty Bridge over River Esk
Horseshoe Hotel, Egton Bridge
Bench overlooking Sandsend Wyke, near Sandsend
Sleights Moor and Blue Bank
Glaisdale
A view towards Peak Alum Works from Low Peak, Ravenscar
Hanging Stone, Danby Dale
Whitby Folk Week
Saltwick Bay
Lifeboat Station at Whitby
Class 25 at Grosmont engine sheds
Christ Church in Westerdale
Bark Endeavour in Whitby Harbour
Postgate Rally
Railway station at Sleights
Ruswarp
Duke of Wellington, Danby
Whitby station platforms
Farmland Goathland, Yorkshire
Musicport Festival
Santa Express on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
View towards Sandsend from Dunsley Road
Beggar's Bridge
The ruins of Danby Castle 14th Century
Heather moorland above Glaisdale
Danby
Goathland Station
Whitby Goth Weekend
Open access land crossed by a bridleway, Glaisdale Swang
Wade's Causeway
St. Bartholomew's Church, Ruswarp
Black Nab in Saltwick Bay
Whitby
Single track railway at Danby Station
Whitby Steampunk Weekend (summer)
The Esk Valley line
North York Moors Railway near Thomason Foss
Spring blossom in Ruswarp
Plough Inn, Sleights
Lealholm railway station
Danby Lodge
Sandsend Beach
NYMR train through Sleights (2)
Whitby harbour from the 199 Steps
Egton Manor from footpath to Egton Bridge
Whitby Abbey seen from Larpool Viaduct
Goathland Plough Stots
Danby Beacon and Danby Castle from The Moors Centre
Whitby Penny Hedge
St Hedda's Roman Catholic Church Egton Bridge
Path from May Beck to Falling Foss, Sneaton
Whitby Steampunk Weekend (winter)
Road and Moorland, Goathland, Yorkshire
Busy day at Goathland station
Footbridge at Goathland station
Egton
Castleton Moor
Ruswarp railway station
Grosmont Co-op
Castleton High Street
The Moors Centre
Cinder Track near Hawsker
Whitby Lifeboat Museum
Cowbar and the Lifeboat Station, Staithes
Castleton Moor Railway Station
Captain Cook Memorial Museum