The Tabular Hills form an east–west line along the southern bounds of the
North York Moors
The North York Moors is an upland area in north-eastern Yorkshire, England. It contains one of the largest expanses of Calluna, heather moorland in the United Kingdom. The area was designated as a national parks of England and Wales, National P ...
, between
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in the east and
Black Hambleton in the west. The name refers to their flat summits composed of hard
Corallian limestone
The Corallian Group or Corallian Limestone is a geologic group in England. It is predominantly a coralliferous sedimentary rock, laid down in the Oxfordian stage of the Jurassic. It is a hard variety of "coral rag". Building stones from this geol ...
, known locally as "nabs". They form the northern boundary of the
Vale of Pickering
The Vale of Pickering is a low-lying flat area of land in North Yorkshire, England. It is drained by the River Derwent. The landscape is rural with scattered villages and small market towns. It has been inhabited continuously from the Mesolithic ...
.
Description
Steep-sided river valleys break through the Tabular Hills to form a broken series of tablet-shaped hills. The most distinctive feature is their northern
escarpment
An escarpment is a steep slope or long cliff that forms as a result of faulting or erosion and separates two relatively level areas having different elevations.
The terms ''scarp'' and ''scarp face'' are often used interchangeably with ''escar ...
, which rises to about 200 ft (60 m) above the moorland to the north. At their western end, beyond the
River Rye, they join with the north-south
Hambleton Hills
The Hambleton Hills are a range of hills in North Yorkshire, England. They form the western edge of the North York Moors but are separated from the moors by the valley of the River Rye. They are the eastern boundary of the low-lying Vale of M ...
, which have a similar geological basis.
Striking among the river valleys are
Newton Dale
Newton Dale is a narrow dale within the North York Moors National Park in North Yorkshire, England. It was created by meltwater from a glacier carving the narrow valley. Water still flows through the dale and is known as Pickering Beck.
The dal ...
and
Forge Valley
Forge Valley is a national nature reserve (United Kingdom), national nature reserve in the Scarborough (borough), Scarborough
district of North Yorkshire, England, located within the North York Moors National Park on the East Ayton / Hackness r ...
–
deep channels formed when an exit to the North Sea for glacial meltwater was denied by the
North Sea ice-sheet, pouring over the lowest points in the local landscape during the last ice age and cutting steeply sided channels.
The
Hole of Horcum
The Hole of Horcum is a section of the valley of the Levisham Beck, upstream of Levisham and Lockton, in the Tabular Hills of the North York Moors National Park in northern England.
Etymology
Early forms of the name include ''Hotcumbe'', ''Hol ...
is a scallop-shaped valley formed by the action of a line of springs.
Tabular Hills walk
The Tabular Hills walk loosely links the two southerly ends of the
Cleveland Way National Trail, enabling walkers to walk the complete perimeter of the
North York Moors National Park
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography.
Etymology
The word ''north'' is ...
. It runs from
Helmsley
Helmsley is a market town and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town is located at the point where Ryedale leaves the moorland and joins the flat Vale of Pi ...
in the west to
Scalby Mills on the North Sea coast and measures . It crosses sparsely settled countryside between Scalby and
Levisham
Levisham is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, located within the North York Moors National Park about north of Pickering. At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100. Details are incl ...
and then touches the villages of
Newton-on-Rawcliffe
Newton-on-Rawcliffe is a village and civil parish (as Newton) in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is in the North York Moors National Park
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposi ...
,
Cropton
Cropton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the border of the North York Moors National Park, north-west of Pickering.
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having th ...
,
Appleton-le-Moors
Appleton-le-Moors is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 183, reducing to 164 in the 2011 census. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshir ...
,
Hutton-le-Hole
Hutton-le-Hole is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England, about north-west of Pickering. It is a popular scenic village within the North York Moors National Park. Sheep roam the streets at will.
...
,
Gillamoor
Gillamoor is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale
district of the county of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about north of Kirkbymoorside on the edge of the North York Moors National Park. The population of the parish as taken a ...
,
Fadmoor
Fadmoor is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the border of the North York Moors and north of Kirkbymoorside.
The name Fadmoor comes from Old English
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxo ...
and Carlton.
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Mountains and hills of North Yorkshire
North York Moors