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Durham Dales, Stanhope Walk in Weardale
- DISTANCE:
5.5 KM (3.5 MILES) - GRADE OF WALK: EASY/MODERATE
- TIME: 2-3 HOURS
- EXPLORER MAP:307
A potted introduction to a classic Durham Dales scenery and heritage. There are villages and attractions worth exploring nearby including Killhope award winning Lead Mining centre; Harehope Quarry environmental education centre; Weardale Museum and High House Chapel, the oldest chapel in the world; and the Weardale Railway.
START/PARKING
There is free parking at the Durham Dales Centre.
OS Map Grid Reference NY996392
RECOMMENDED ROUTE
- From the Durham Dales Centre turn left along the main road, through the Market Place and continue on along Front Street.
- Just before you leave Stanhope turn left into Woodcroft Gardens.
- Take the path to the right between the houses that leads across fields to reach Shittlehope Burn.
- Cross the footbridge then turn left and follow the burn up-stream along a wooded path.
- Re-cross Shittlehope Burn by way of another footbridge. Follow the path up to the left and cross the stile out onto a field. Cross the field diagonally to the left to a wooden kissing gate, cross to another wooden kissing gate, and go straight ahead keeping the stone wall on your left. Cross through fields to join a lane and turn right.
- Where the lane bends up to the right, turn left along a steep path before Moor Edge Cottage.
- The path becomes a grassy track above the houses - head straight on then follow the track round to the left passing above the enclosed plantation. Follow this clear, level track straight on along the top of Crawley Edge.
- The track joins a road above the houses of Crawleyside through a gate. Turn left downhill.
- Turn left before Campbell House along Field Row leading to Wear View.
- Turn right, over two footbridges passing through the old quarries back into Stanhope.
- DISTANCE:
5.5 KM (3.5 MILES) - GRADE OF WALK: EASY/MODERATE
- TIME: 2-3 HOURS
- EXPLORER MAP:307
A potted introduction to a classic Durham Dales scenery and heritage. There are villages and attractions worth exploring nearby including Killhope award winning Lead Mining centre; Harehope Quarry environmental education centre; Weardale Museum and High House Chapel, the oldest chapel in the world; and the Weardale Railway.
START/PARKING
There is free parking at the Durham Dales Centre.
OS Map Grid Reference NY996392
RECOMMENDED ROUTE
- From the Durham Dales Centre turn left along the main road, through the Market Place and continue on along Front Street.
- Just before you leave Stanhope turn left into Woodcroft Gardens.
- Take the path to the right between the houses that leads across fields to reach Shittlehope Burn.
- Cross the footbridge then turn left and follow the burn up-stream along a wooded path.
- Re-cross Shittlehope Burn by way of another footbridge. Follow the path up to the left and cross the stile out onto a field. Cross the field diagonally to the left to a wooden kissing gate, cross to another wooden kissing gate, and go straight ahead keeping the stone wall on your left. Cross through fields to join a lane and turn right.
- Where the lane bends up to the right, turn left along a steep path before Moor Edge Cottage.
- The path becomes a grassy track above the houses - head straight on then follow the track round to the left passing above the enclosed plantation. Follow this clear, level track straight on along the top of Crawley Edge.
- The track joins a road above the houses of Crawleyside through a gate. Turn left downhill.
- Turn left before Campbell House along Field Row leading to Wear View.
- Turn right, over two footbridges passing through the old quarries back into Stanhope.
