Bridestones north York Moors

A walk from lockton to Bridestones and back . The Bridestones is a nature reserve on Staindale Moor, within Dalby Forest, on the edge of the North York Moors. The reserve is named for the oddly-shaped rocks that stand on the moorland summit. The site is a mix of open moorland, meadows, and ancient forest, and has been named a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).

The site takes its name from the peculiar cluster of sandstone rocks on the moorland summit of Needle Point near Staindale.

The grotesquely shaped rocks were created by the movement of glaciers during the last Ice Age, and have been weathered by the action of frost, wind, and rain over thousands of years to create a bizarre series of shapes.