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OSMOTHERLEY - STAY FOR LESS "££"

OSMOTHERLEY is a typical North Yorkshire Moors Village, named as far back as William the Conqueror's Doomsday Book of 1086, then Asmundrelac. It's present name has a mythical Anglo Saxon origin when the Soothsayer of a tribal King foresaw the death of his new son Oswald on a certain day. On this day his Mother took the boy to the top of the highest local mountain, Roseberry Topping to save him but she went to sleep. When she awoke her son was missing & found drowned in a nearby pool; later he was buried in the Village, thus the name given to the settlement “Osmund by his Mother lay”. Today the Village, located on the edge of the North York Moors National Park, is a magnet for country lovers, from the vast Teesside Industrial area & others, especially at weekends & has many delightful passageways to explore & country walks to enjoy.

ACCOMMODATION

No 1 - OSMOTHERLEY YHA, at Cote Ghyll, North Yorkshire. DL6 3AH (a converted Mill on the Northern outskirts of the village) tele. 01609 883575 – www.yha.org.uk - Email: osmotherley@yha.org.uk - £14 dorm beds with sheets. New style self-catering kitchen, separate dining area & “plush'' lounge & TV room with extensive gardens & grounds outside. Ideal location in the heart of the Yorkshire countryside away from the hustle & bustle of City life

FOOD is found in the small local TOP SHOP with a reasonable selection of produce, but you should have stocked up at the large TESCO Supermarket in Northallerton with cheaper goods before arriving.

TRAVELLING AROUND - getting here is from Northallerton, a main UK Railway Link, then take a local Bus No 80 direct to the Village. When here its footwork only & first a testing walk to the YHA, up Main Street North of the Village. At the Hostel obtain the special map showing long & short walks from this idyllic setting

FREE SIGHTS TO SEE

1. VILLAGE CROSS - Centre, originally for the weekly Market see Pubs, Bus stop, Fish n Chip & Thompson's Shop
2. ST. PETER'S CHURCH - with original Norman arched doorway a Clock Tower & ancient Graveyard Stones
3. PRIMARY SCHOOL 1857 - start of GB's & local children's education 5-11, with iron rail frontage.
4. METHODIST CHURCH 1754 off Main Street along passageway, a minute building attended by John Wesley himself
5. BOG HOLE - walk South down Applegarth to Cod Beck where a Ford crosses the road with waterfall into the Hole
6. MIDDLE STY - walk East towards the Moors & descend into a deep wooded Valley with Cod Beck at the bottom
7. RUEBURY HILL - up a narrow lane North onto this strategic Hill & panoramic views of the whole Village
8. SHEEP WASH - walk further North, past the wild Cod Beck Reservoir, to the remote open Moorland picnic area
9. BLACK HAMBLETON - long walk S/E onto the top of wild Moors, passing old Drovers Inn, Chequers Farm
10. LADY CHAPEL - walk beyond Rubbery top to his old Catholic place of worship with 16 Crosses of Jesus

CHARGE SIGHTS NOT TO MISS

1. MOUNT GRACE PRIORY - built by Carthusian Monks 1398, now a well preserved ruin & museum with Monk cells
2. ANNUAL SHOW - 1st Sat. in August with Sheep, Cattle, Horsejumping. best Flowers & Vegetables & Child exhibits.
3. LOCAL PUBS - try a pint of Yorkshire beer in the Queen Catherine Hotel, The Golden Lion or Three Tuns Inn

* Ann, Malcolm, Allan - Denise & Thomas, Janette & Colin, Paul Heatherlands