Stanhope Walk: Linear Walk From Rookhope Length: 5 miles Ascent: 600 feet Time: 2.50 hours Map: Explorer 307 Consett & Derwent reservoir Start: Take the bus to Rookhope from Stanhope...
Baking The Daily Bread
Baking The Daily Bread – Weardale’s Bread Ovens: Bread ovens, built into the wall of many Weardale houses from medieval times onwards, are one of the unsung features of the...
Deer and Deer Farming in Medieval England
Title: Deer and Deer Farming in Medieval England Series: British Agricultural History Society Author: Jean Birrell Pages: 15 Analyses the "farming" of deer in the deer parks established and...
Waterfalls of Weardale
Q Why has Weardale got so many waterfalls? A Its geology. 300 million years ago the North Pennines, which were then located near the equator, were covered alternately by shallow...
Animals of Weardale
Villagers and visitors are just two of the many different species of animal who come to the Weardale for a variety of specific reasons: to work, play, breed… Some are here merely to fatten...