Tabular Hills

The Tabular Hills form an east–west line along the southern bounds of the North York Moors, between Scarborough in the east and Black Hambleton in the west.

At their western end, beyond the River Rye, they join with the north–south Hambleton Hills, which have a similar geological basis.

[1][2][3] Striking among the river valleys are Newton Dale and Forge Valley – 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.

It runs from Helmsley in the west to Scalby Mills on the North Sea coast and measures 48 miles (77 km).

It crosses sparsely settled countryside between Scalby and Levisham and then touches the villages of Newton-on-Rawcliffe, Cropton, Appleton-le-Moors, Hutton-le-Hole, Gillamoor, Fadmoor and Carlton.