Grosmont, North Yorkshire

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Grosmont
Grosmont shown within North Yorkshire
OS grid reference	NZ828052
District	Scarborough
Shire county	North Yorkshire
Region	Yorkshire and the Humber
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	WHITBY
Postcode district	YO22
Dialling code	01947
Police	North Yorkshire
Fire	North Yorkshire
Ambulance	Yorkshire
European Parliament	Yorkshire and the Humber
List of places: UK • England • Yorkshire

Coordinates: 54°26′08″N 0°43′26″W / 54.43563, -0.7239

Grosmont (pronounced "grow-mont") is a small village situated in North Yorkshire, England and is within the North York Moors National Park. The village is named after the abbey which used to be there, which was an abbey from a French monastic order. Reaching or leaving Grosmont by car involves an exceptionally steep hill on the road which goes up to the A169.

The village had an industrial background, and former lime kilns and iron working remains are still visible. The village houses the Station Tavern, the Co-operative shop, an extensive art and craft shop and a railway souvenirs shop.

The road through the village has a level crossing in the heart of the village at Grosmont railway station. An old brickworks lies just north of the railway station, and many old bricks were excavated in 2007 during work on the railway. The station forms an intersection between National Rail's Esk Valley Line and the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, a volunteer-run steam heritage railway. The NYMR links Pickering in the south with Grosmont in the north - and since 2007 with Whitby on the coast (on some timetable days).

Grosmont is also home to the NYMR's engine shed, and the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group's workshop, where the staff and volunteers maintain and restore the steam and diesel locomotives. This is located on the far side of the railway tunnel to the Station, and can be reached by walking through the pedestrian tunnel.