A170 road

The A170 is an A road in North Yorkshire, England that links Thirsk with Scarborough via Sutton Bank and through Helmsley, Kirkbymoorside, and Pickering. The road is 47 miles (76 km), and a single carriageway for almost its totality. The route has been in existence since prehistoric times and there are folk-tales about famous people from history using it. When turnpikes were installed between York and Coxwold and Ampleforth, drovers would take their cattle this way because it was wide enough and meant they avoided paying the tolls.