Goathland Station

A must-see is the celebrity station which became Hogsmeade Station in the first Harry Potter film and featured as Aidensfield in the ITV programme Heartbeat.

Step off the train and the village of Goathland is just a short walk up the bank, discover independent shops and welcoming pubs set against open moorland. Back at the station, browse the platform shop or settle in for drink at the tea room, housed in a beautifully converted goods shed dating from 1922.

You could explore the surrounding national park; embark on a country walk along the Rail Trail back to Grosmont or to the Mallyan Spout Waterfall.

Things to see and do

There are several cafés and a pub in Goathland, and a public bar and restaurant at the Mallyan Spout Hotel. Walk down the Rail Trail to the hamlet of Beck Hole and you can visit the riverside Birch Hall Inn. North Yorkshire's smallest and quaintest pub? You decide.

Wade's Causeway, also known as the 'Roman road', runs across nearby Wheeldale Moor. Long considered Roman in date, this is now less certain – it may date from early medieval times or may even have been built by a certain Wade the Giant.

Walks

The 'Rail Trail' from Goathland to Grosmont combines a signposted three-and-a-half mile walk down the old railway line with a ride back up on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. There's a guidebook available in local shops.

The 70ft (21m) high Mallyan Spout waterfall can be reached by a footpath close to the Mallayan Spout Hotel. View the route or buy the booklet 'Walks around Goathland', available from local shops, which includes the waterfall route and four other local walks.