Have you ever heard of/been to a place called Goathland?

[ontheroseswithlife]

What is it like? Is it worth visiting?

Yes - been there - not a hive of activity 😂depends what you are after.Nice steam train though.

It’s nice enough but it always gets really busy if it’s a nice day. I’d go on my way to Whitby but not necessarily on purpose. I actually prefer Grosmont as you can wander up the track and see the engine sheds (if you like that sort of thing) but they’re not really full day places, unless you’re starting/ending a walk there.

We’ve been on the steam train and the dcs had a paddle in the river. It was a nice stop-off.

I agree that Grosmont was more interesting, we had difficulty getting dh out of the engine sheds though

If you go, pick me up a Claude Greengrass mug please. DH put mine that I'd bought there in dishwasher and half his face peeled off (Claude's, not DH's, although I was tempted when I saw what he'd done).

And yes the waterfall walk is nice and there are a lot of sheep just milling about on the pavements and stuff. My dog was very confused.

There’s a nice walk you can do from Goathland to Grosmont, and then get the steam train back.

It's lovely

Yes and it’s on the way to Whitby- you can drive through etc.

Yes heard of it, and visited. The big pub there used to be lovely to stay at, had a very good chef. Lovely area and walks to the Mallyan Spout were delightful.

My mum passed on an appreciation of this area to me as she grew up in Leeds and used to be taken to stay in a cottage near the railway track as a child for a holiday. (She was born in 1930). She used to talk about the train driver stopping between stations for them once as a special favour so they could jump off and walk to the cottage. Apparently one of the drivers or firemen was a mate of the people she and her mum and dad went to stay with and would sometimes make unscheduled stops between stations to pick up produce from farmers or let people jump off near to their homes if they were asked nicely!

It's also the train station they used in the Harry Potter films for Hogsmeade station!

If you like heritage railways yes.

Goathland Tea Room is nice with lovely food. Nice place for a short visit.