Distance: 1.2 miles Time: 40 mins Difficulty: Beginner Ascent: 477 ft Description: If you’ve never walked up to a trig point (triangulation station) then this walk provides an easy and scenic way to break your duck. It starts just outside Stanhope. Perfect for a short stroll and picnic on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The air...
Category - Stanhope Walks
Stanhope Walk: Carrs Top (the Easy Way) Length: 3.5 miles Ascent: 530 feet Time: 1 hour 45 minutes Map: Explorer OL31 North Pennines Start: Take the A689 from Stanhope towards Eastgate and at the outskirts of Stanhope turn left on the B6278 towards Middleton in Teesdale . After about 2 miles you reach a cattle grid with a small building on the...
(To make this a circular walk there is an easy to follow road walking route as follows: Leave Stanhope on the A689 towards Eastgate and after a mile, just after the sign for the Greenfoot caravan park, turn right on to an unsigned minor road. This is one of those quiet and wonderfully scenic roads in which Weardale excels. (It was a gated road...
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 Market Place to the “terminus” next to the pub. (To make this a circular walk there is an easy to follow road walking route as follows: Leave Stanhope on the A689...
Stanhope Walk: Stanhope Bridge to Hag Bridge Distance: 4 miles Time: 1h 40min Difficulty: Beginner Ascent: 276 ft Description: This is an easy, low level walk following an unspoilt section of the River Wear on the outward leg where dippers, kingfishers, goosander and herons may be seen. The return is on a quiet, wonderfully scenic...