Osmotherley is undoubtedly one of the most attractive villages on the route. For some reason Wainwright omitted Osmotherley from his walk, preferring to take a slightly longer route through the less attractive village of Ingleby Cross. Osmotherley’s two streets of houses and cottages are built of the local buff-coloured sandstone. There are pubs, shops and cafés. Some may like to rest a day here - close by is Mount Grace Priory, a Carthusian foundation dating from 1398 and still in use.