The Hanging Stones, stunning art walk in the N York Moors

This event will open for bookings  on Friday May 16th. We are trialling delayed booking for all day walks in the Northeast and Yorkshire Region to reduce waiting lists and late cancellations. We know that a significant number of members who book places on our walks eventually decide not to attend the event. This causes long waiting lists and makes it harder for those who wish to attend an event to obtain a place. If you are interested in attending this event, please click the ‘bookmark’ button to add this page to your list of bookmarked events. This will make it easier for you to find the page when the event opens for bookings.

This 6 mile walk will blow your socks off. In beautiful Rosedale, the charitable Ross Foundation and world renowned artist Andy Goldsworthy have combined to restore a series of ten barns, many formerly derelict, and turn them into a mind blowing art installation. This is not about a statue, or a painting, or poetry. Prepare to be amazed.

Hanging Stones has been conceived by Goldsworthy as a single artwork – the walk between each building is as much a part of the artwork as the buildings themselves. There are no images of the artwork on this event page in order to allow for maximum WOW factor on the walk.

It's a beautiful walk in its own right, using paths that are not public rights of way and only available for pre-booked groups. There are streams, meadows, pockets of woodland, moorland, all under glorious June sunshine (we hope). It's a circular walk. 

Each barn will be unlocked in turn by the leader to allow us to see the installation inside. There will be time to explore what's of offer, take pics etc. before locking the barn and moving on to the next one.

At the end, we will aim for refreshments. There are no refreshments en route, so bring food and water, but as our start time is noon, you can grab an early lunch in a cafe.

There is a charge for groups to access the installations (money which is used to maintain footpaths and protect natural habitats) and use otherwise private paths - hence the small fee to join this walk. 

Photos: All pictures taken by Mark Dooley or Rob Mitchell and used by OutdoorLads with permission.

Dogs can be brought on this walk but must be well behaved and on a lead at all times because of the young lambs that will be around throughout the walk.

IMPORTANT! - Participation Statement

You MUST complete a Participation Statement, in addition to booking your event space before attending an OutdoorLads event. You only need to complete this Participation Statement once, not for each event you attend. 

If the event is fully booked: please join the waiting list as people frequently drop out during the week before an event and you are likely to get a place on the walk.