The A170 near Pickering

Steviep1973
Steviep1973 Forum Participant Posts: 2
edited July 2016 in UK Campsites & Touring #1

Hi all, newbie here

OK as a guy who can read a road map there is one thing that I have found to be very vague, and in particular the caravan prohibition on the A170 as I recently encountered, I did not see any "restrictions" highlighted on the map let alone any caravan prohibition,
so, my question is, are these highlighted with a symbol I'm missing? Or does such a thing exist? 

 

Thanks in advance

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  • JVB66
    JVB66 Forum Participant Posts: 22,892
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    edited July 2016 #2

    Caravans are permitted on the a170 except they are banned from Sutton Bank there is a caravan route sign posted

  • Steviep1973
    Steviep1973 Forum Participant Posts: 2
    edited July 2016 #3

    Thnaks JVB66, I must have missed the signposts for the diversion as the only one I saw was about 1 mile away.... 

  • papgeno
    papgeno Forum Participant Posts: 2,158
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    edited July 2016 #4

    I read a post on here maybe last year sometime which said that the diversion wasn't very good at all it might be worth trying to find a different route

  • jeffcc
    jeffcc Forum Participant Posts: 430
    edited July 2016 #5

    The Diversion itself is fine and signposted from the A19 /A170/A61 road junction, it goes through a few villages and there is one hill which is about a 1:8 through Ampleforth but nothing to cause concern i have travelled it many times with 8m of caravan on tow. 

  • jeffcc
    jeffcc Forum Participant Posts: 430
    edited July 2016 #6

    p.s. there also several signs on the way to sutton bank and even at the main road junction in Thirsk

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited July 2016 #7

    Steviep, if you want to avoid Sutton Bank again coming from the north you could use the A19, turn off onto the A174 round Middlesborough, the A172 to Stokesley and then the B1257 to Helmsley & pick up the A170 there. The B1257 is not a bad route with just
    a couple of short climbs.

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