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    Middleton-in-Teesdale to Grassholme Reservoir

    Middleton-in-Teesdale to Grassholme Reservoir

    The growth of Middlesbrough, Stockton and Darlington in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought an increasing demand for a...
    270
    St John's Chapel to Burtreeford, Cowshill & Wearhead

    St John's Chapel to Burtreeford, Cowshill & Wearhead

    A walk in upper Weardale from St John's Chapel features a landscape of heather moorlands and grassy uplands, rich pastureland and tiny...
    210
    Bowes along the valley of the Greta

    Bowes along the valley of the Greta

    Between popular Teesdale and Swaledale is the valley of the River Greta, only some 10 miles long from where it emerges from Stainmore...
    300
    Piercebridge to Barforth, Winston & Gainford

    Piercebridge to Barforth, Winston & Gainford

    In its middle sections the Tees flows through rich farmland punctuated by dense woodland. It makes for easy walking in a most attractive...
    60
    Winston to Whorlton in Teesdale

    Winston to Whorlton in Teesdale

    Whatever the season the middle reaches of the Tees valley are always worth exploring on foot. It's a gentle landscape of fertile farmland...
    1530
    New Coundon to Vinovia & Bishop Auckland

    New Coundon to Vinovia & Bishop Auckland

    Under its new ownership great changes have already happened to Auckland Castle and its environment and far reaching developments to...
    570
    Brafferton to Newton Ketton & Barmpton

    Brafferton to Newton Ketton & Barmpton

    The gentle rolling hills adjoining the Skerne valley a few miles north of Darlington are well worth exploring. The green landscape is...
    930
    Middleton One Row to Low Dinsdale, Girsby & Sockburn

    Middleton One Row to Low Dinsdale, Girsby & Sockburn

    In its middle reaches, between Darlington and Stockton, the River Tees meanders in a series of loops so exaggerated that they have...
    1870
    Sedgefield to Bishop Middleham & Hardwick Park

    Sedgefield to Bishop Middleham & Hardwick Park

    Sedgefield is described by H. Thorold in the Shell Guide to County Durham of 1980 as a 'small town of Georgian houses and wide greens in...
    1000
    Hamsterley Forest to Bedburn, Shipley & Cabin Hill

    Hamsterley Forest to Bedburn, Shipley & Cabin Hill

    If you enjoy woodland walking, then the Forestry Commission's Hamsterley Forest is for you. The estate was purchased from the Surtees...
    570
    Shincliffe Bridge to Durham

    Shincliffe Bridge to Durham

    This walk, mostly on field paths or riverside tracks, affords spectacular views of Durham City as well as passing sites associated with...
    620
    Eastgate to Rookhope & Westgate

    Eastgate to Rookhope & Westgate

    Although blessed with a beautiful landscape of undulating pastureland and wooded side valleys, all surrounded by high moors, Weardale...
    620
    Escomb to Hunwick & Bishop Auckland

    Escomb to Hunwick & Bishop Auckland

    The church of St. John in Escomb is, according to Pevsner, "one of the most important and most moving survivals of the architecture of...
    520
    Barningham to East Hope & How Tallon

    Barningham to East Hope & How Tallon

    The extensive moorlands between the River Greta and the Arkle Beck are crossed by a network of ancient trackways, now little frequented,...
    540
    Holwick to Wythes Hill & Middleton-in-Teesdale

    Holwick to Wythes Hill & Middleton-in-Teesdale

    Holwick Scars are one of the most distinctive features in the lanbdscape of Teesdale, a brooding line of sombre crags of fluted pillars...
    660
    Cockfield Fell to Copley & Lynesack

    Cockfield Fell to Copley & Lynesack

    Described as 'the largest Ancient Monument site in North East England' Cockfield Fell is a huge island of common pasture completely...
    1140
    Wolsingham to Knitsley Fell & Low Harperley

    Wolsingham to Knitsley Fell & Low Harperley

    Two miles below Wolsingham the River Wear changes its easterly course to flow south east towards Witton-le-Wear. Our 8 and a half mile...
    430
    Whorlton to Barnard Castle

    Whorlton to Barnard Castle

    Whatever the season the rights of way of the middle reaches of the Tees valley are always worth exploring. Good paths run close to the...
    410
    Middleton-in-Teesdale to Skears & Newbiggin

    Middleton-in-Teesdale to Skears & Newbiggin

    Once a small agricultural town in upper Teesdale, Middleton was transformed in 1815 by the arrival of the London Lead Mining Company...
    370
    Startforth through Deepdale to Lartington

    Startforth through Deepdale to Lartington

    To the west of Barnard Castle  a series of tumbling becks rush from the moors down their thickly wooded valleys to join the Tees. They...
    720
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