Walk 1st July Little and Great Eggles Hope – Stanhope Teesdale
1 July
£1Little and Great Eggles Hope: Stanhope – Teesdale
1 July 2025
Important: In the event of bad weather walks may be cancelled, changed or rescheduled for later in the same week. This particular walk will be be revised if water levels in the little Eggleshope Beck make fording too difficult. Please consult the weardale.uk website from 8am on the morning of the walk as we are often able to update the website to say if the walk is going ahead the evening before.
Walk Route: We descend, ford the Little Eggleshope Burn, climb a wire fence and scramble up to leat, after which the going is easy. The leat takes us all the way to Wire Gill were we see extensive remains of lead mining. We climb out of the gill on an easy lead miners’ road and make our way through the heather and eventually by gravel road back to our car park.
Date: Tuesday 1 July 2025
Start time: 10.00am Estimated finish time: 12:30p.m.
A contour walk, after a challenge at the start. Distance c. 7.32 km Height gain: 150m
Leader: Bill Heslop Contact details: Bill Heslop Tel: 01388 730855
Starting Point: The small gravel car park at Sharnberry Gill, one mile south of the summit of the B6278 as it crosses from Weardale to Teesdale. OS Ref: NY997 318.
OS Map: North Pennines OL31
Walks cost £1 to cover costs and mountain rescue contribution.
Terrain: Leat, miners’ road, heather moorland and gravel road.
Toilets: The nearest toilets are in Stanhope.
Equipment for this walk: Walking boots and socks, waterproofs, small snack and drink. Walking poles or a stick will be especially helpful when fording the beck.
Dogs: Dogs on a lead are permitted on this walk.
Accompanied children under 16 and accompanied vulnerable adults are welcome.
Disclaimer: Everyone taking part in any of our group walks does so at their own risk. The group works on the same basis as a group of friends who go out walking together. Walk organisers accept no risk for anyone attending any walk and will not be held responsible for any accident, injury or loss occurring on a walk or in connection with travel to and from a walk. None of our leaders is qualified or has first aid training but a basic first aid kit is available. Participants must read the walk description carefully and assess whether the terrain, distance and height gain of the walk are within their own and their guests’ capabilities and whether their equipment is suitable.