 The A170 from Thirsk to Scarborough marks the southern boundary of the moors area.The Esk Valley Line is an east-west branch line rail link from Whitby to Middlesbrough in the north, and the North Yorkshire Moors steam railway runs from Pickering to Grosmont with a link to Whitby.The cyclists in the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire passed through a section of the Moors.