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Green lanes in the North York Moors

57% of the lanes we’ve mapped inside the North York Moors are open to motorcycles. Here’s where they are, what’s restricted, and the longest ones to ride.

70lanes open to motorcycles*
43 kmof legal lane
52restricted byways, no motors
0named lanes with a restriction

*BOATs and UCRs inside the park boundary, excluding sections under a permanent or current closure. Legal status changes, check before you ride.

Every mapped lane in the park

Inside the real park boundary. Numbers match the longest lanes list below. Tap the key to show or hide a layer.

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What you can ride

122 mapped lanes and byways inside the boundary, by legal type.

85%unsurfaced, where the surface is known

Difficulty

  • 29 Easy
  • 4 Hard
  • 37 Not graded yet

All estimated from OpenStreetMap trail-condition tags, not a rider’s assessment.

Longest open lanes

Named lanes open to motorcycles, each measured end to end across all its mapped sections.

  1. 1
    BOATUnsurfaced
  2. 2
    UCRSurfaced
  3. 3
    BOATUnsurfacedEst. Easy
  4. 4
    BOATSurfaced
  5. 5
    UCRUnsurfacedEst. Easy
  6. 6
    UCRUnsurfacedEst. Easy
  7. 7
    BOATUnsurfacedEst. Hard
  8. 8
    UCR

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Questions riders ask

Can you ride green lanes in the North York Moors?

Yes, on lanes with the right legal status. We've mapped 70 BOATs and UCRs inside the North York Moors that are open to motorcycles, about 43 km in total. Another 52 restricted byways inside the park are for walkers, cyclists and horse riders only.

Are any green lanes in the North York Moors closed?

We haven't found a named lane inside the North York Moors with a current restriction yet. That doesn't mean there are none, so always check a lane's current status before you ride.

What is the longest green lane in the North York Moors?

Of the named lanes open to motorcycles, Rudland Rigg is the longest we've mapped inside the park, at about 3.0 km.

Are there GPX routes for the North York Moors?

Not a ready-made one yet. You can build your own from the North York Moors's lanes with Holloway Premium's route planner and export it as a GPX file.

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Lane data from OpenStreetMap contributors and council rights of way records. Park boundary © Natural England / Natural Resources Wales, via OpenStreetMap, OGL. Reference only: legal status changes, check signage and current Traffic Regulation Orders before riding.

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