The North Yorkshire Moors are mostly vast areas of heather moor land that goes from The Vale Of Pickering to the Esk Valley, they are only broken by steep sided valleys. Pickering is the south terminus of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which operates both steam and diesel services throughout the season. The North Terminus of the railway is in Grosmont, which is the former Esk Valley Village. If you take a short walk from the terminus you can see the locomotive sheds, on route you pass through a short tunnel which used to be on George Stephenson's original line in 1836. The main visitors centre is in Danby which gives you an introduction to the area, they also have picnic sites, nature trails, adventure playgrounds and miles of waymarked walks. An attractive place to see is Hutton-Le-Hole, where they have stone houses with pink roofs, this is the most attractive village on the moors. The village green is divided by a moor land brook, where the sheep roam freely among the cottages.