Long Stay parking is limited at Helmsley, so please use public transport. If you arrive by car, then enquire at the Tourist Information Centre at Helmsley about where to park your car. Hotels, B&Bs and the Youth Hostel etc usually allow you to park your car with them (if you stay with them at the start and end of your walk) – always 'phone to check.
The only cash-point facilities along the entire route are at Helmsley at the start of the walk (Barclay's & NatWest).
There are shops at the following Overnight Stops – Helmsley, Hutton-le-Hole, Rosedale Abbey and Hawnby. There is no shop at Levisham or Egton Bridge.
If you are relying on a pub for lunchtime food, then always 'phone in advance to check opening times. Many rural pubs close at lunchtimes early in the week.
The recommended lunchtime pub on Stage Five is the Feversham Arms at Church Houses.
Why not stay an extra night at Egton Bridge, then catch a train down to Whitby for a day at the seaside – a perfect 'rest day' in the middle of your walk!
A tea rooms (called Farmhouse Fodder) has now opened at Dale Head Farm, Rosedale along Stage 4 of the route.
CLOSED PUBS - The Mitre Inn and the Moon & Sixpence at Glaisdale both closed in 2004, although there is a third pub at Glaisdale that is open (Arncliffe Arms). The Plough at Fadmoor (Stage 1) closed in April 2011 and is up for sale. The Milburn Arms at Rosedale Abbey (Stage 4) closed in autumn 2008 and is on the market as a pub business and may re-open; there are two other pubs at Rosedale Abbey. These closures do not affect the route.
The Sun Inn at Bilsdale has very limited opening times, essentially 'by appointment only', so please 'phone in advance.
The footbridge across Hodge Beck just to the north of Kirkdale Minster was washed away during the 2005 floods and has not been replaced, although there are plans to do so in the near future. The adjacent ford is usually passable. There is an alternative route through Kirkdale Wood East along the east bank of Hodge Beck from SE 677 855 to join the bridleway at SE 674 861.
