Wolsingham with its network of radiating paths is an excellent centre for exploring middle Weardale. This 9 mile walk heads for the...

A dense network of rights of way radiates from Wolsingham, a testament to its historical importance as a focal point in Weardale. Our 8...

The middle section of Teesdale between Eggleston and Mickleton is a delight to explore on foot. There's a network of well maintained...

An intricate network of paths radiates from Bishop Auckland, many of them developed to link Auckland Castle with the vast estates of the...

In the past 20 years considerable environment improvements have been made to the shoreline of County Durham, formerly blighted by coal...

Since its castle was built in the early 12th century by Guy de Baliol, Barnard Castle has dominated mid Teesdale and from it a network of...

The growth of Middlesbrough, Stockton and Darlington in the late 19th and early 20th centuries brought an increasing demand for a...

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

Between popular Teesdale and Swaledale is the valley of the River Greta, only some 10 miles long from where it emerges from Stainmore...

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

Whatever the season the middle reaches of the Tees valley are always worth exploring on foot. It's a gentle landscape of fertile farmland...

Under its new ownership great changes have already happened to Auckland Castle and its environment and far reaching developments to...

The gentle rolling hills adjoining the Skerne valley a few miles north of Darlington are well worth exploring. The green landscape is...

In its middle reaches, between Darlington and Stockton, the River Tees meanders in a series of loops so exaggerated that they have...

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...

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

This walk, mostly on field paths or riverside tracks, affords spectacular views of Durham City as well as passing sites associated with...

Although blessed with a beautiful landscape of undulating pastureland and wooded side valleys, all surrounded by high moors, Weardale...

The church of St. John in Escomb is, according to Pevsner, "one of the most important and most moving survivals of the architecture of...

The extensive moorlands between the River Greta and the Arkle Beck are crossed by a network of ancient trackways, now little frequented,...