As part of the celebrations for a momentous occasion, the Makers invite you to an A-Z TOUR OF YORKSHIRE.
There are 27 caches, one for each letter of the alphabet plus a bonus cache, scattered throughout Yorkshire. As you travel to historic, panoramic, beautiful or just plain quirky locations, you will pass through some of the most spectacular areas of the county.
Enjoy your tour of Yorkshire, God’s Own County.
You can find the series in any order. Each cache contains a number you need to keep a note of as adding the first 26 sets of numbers together will give you the co-ordinates for the Bonus Cache, which is GC7JF9A. Heading to that listing page will give you information on the rest of the series.
This cache is placed at the best view of the only white horse in Yorkshire.
The white horses of Wiltshire and southern England might be more famous, and more ancient, but the North York Moors' white horse at Kilburn has size on its side – at over 300 feet long and 220 feet high, it's the biggest chalk-horse in the country and can be seen from miles away (it's claimed from Leeds and the Vale of York on a good day). It was cut into the limestone rock of Sutton Bank in the 1850s by a local schoolmaster, and thus the whiteness doesn't come from natural chalk underneath but from chalk chippings that are replenished at intervals – so if it looks a bit grey at times, that's the reason. There's a signposted Forestry Commission car park a mile north of Kilburn village, from where steep steps climb up the side and around the top of the horse figure – out on to the Sutton Bank escarpment for magnificent views over the Vale of York and even the Yorkshire Dales.
This cache has been placed for the 10th Anniversary UK Mega Event - Yorkshire 2018
