Lyke Wake Walk

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Lyke Wake Walk is a long-distance hiking trail crossing the North York Moors in northern England, traditionally completed within 24 hours.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lyke Wake Walk canonical 2
Lyke Wake Walk (nearby) 1
Lyke Wake Walk route 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf challenge walk
long-distance footpath
associatedOrganization Lyke Wake Club
country England
creator Bill Cowley
crossesFeature A171 road
River Esk
difficulty strenuous
endPoint Ravenscar
established 1955
highestPoint Round Hill
highestPointElevation 454 metres
length approximately 40 miles
approximately 64 kilometres
locatedIn North York Moors
North Yorkshire
northern England
nameDerivedFrom lyke-wake (watch over a corpse)
notableHazard boggy ground
navigation challenges
poor visibility in mist
passesNear Blakey Ridge
Eller Beck
Fylingdales Moor
Jugger Howe Beck
linked to: Mill Beck

Lilla Cross
Lion Inn
popularFor charity fundraising walks
endurance hiking
region North York Moors National Park
linked to: North York Moors
requires good fitness
navigation skills
routeType unofficial long-distance route
season can be attempted year-round
startPoint Osmotherley
terrain farmland
forestry tracks
heather moor
moorland
peat bog
theme funeral wake
traditionalCertificate Dirger
Master of Misery
Warder
Witch
traditionalTimeLimit 24 hours
typicalDirection west to east
waymarkStatus partly waymarked

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cleveland Hills hasRecreationRoute Lyke Wake Walk
Cod Beck Reservoir near Lyke Wake Walk route
linked to: Lyke Wake Walk
Osmotherley hasTrailAccess Lyke Wake Walk (nearby)
linked to: Lyke Wake Walk
Lordstones Country Park accesses Lyke Wake Walk