Linear Walk from Rookhope

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...

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...