Walking and Cycling in County Durham - Day Walks & Cycleways

• Location
• Description
• Contents
• Introduction
• Sample Route
• Maps
• Updates

Introduction   

Getting to County Durham
Getting around County Durham
Geology   
Flowers and Animals   
Scenery   
Mining   
Railways   
Access to the Countryside   
Maps   
What’s the Walking Like?   
What’s the Cycling Like?   
Walking and the Weather   
Tourist Information and Visitor Centres   
Emergencies   
How to Use this Guidebook

Walking Routes 

1       Durham City and the River Wear   
2       Bearpark, Broompark and Brandon   
3       Dipton and Hamsterley Mill   
4       Beamish and Causey   
5       Ouston and Urpeth   
6       Lumley Castle and Great Lumley   
7       Durham Coast Path   
8       Castle Eden Dene   
9       Wingate and Station Town   
10     Cassop and Quarrington   
11     Sedgefield and Hardwick Hall   
12     Middleton One Row and Girsby   
13     Low and High Coniscliffe   
14     Gainford and Piercebridge   
15     Cockfield Fell and Butterknowle   
16     Woodland and Copley   
17     Staindrop and Cleatlam   
18     Greta Bridge and Brignall Banks   
19     Tan Hill and Sleightholme Moor   
20     Bowes and Bowes Moor   
21     Barnard Castle and the Tees   
22     Cotherstone and Romaldkirk   
23     Tees Railway Walk   
24     Middleton and Monk’s Moor   
25    Middleton and Grassholme   
26     Low Force and High Force   
27     Holwick and Hagworm Hill   
28     Mickle Fell via the Boundary Route   
29     Cronkley Fell   
30     Cow Green and Widdybank Fell   
31     Cow Green and Herdship Fell   
32     Bishop Auckland and Binchester   
33     Circuit of Crook   
34     Wolsingham and Frosterley   
35     Wolsingham and Tunstall Reservoir   
36     Stanhope and Stanhope Dene   
37     Westgate, Middlehope and Rookhope   
38     Chapelfell Top and Noon Hill   
39     Cowshill, Killhope and Allenheads   
40     Edmundbyers and Edmundbyers Common   

Railway Paths   

1     National Route 1   
2     Haswell to Hart Walk   
3     Yellow Brick Road   
4     The Waskerley Way  
5     Derwent Valley Railway Path   
6     Consett and Sunderland Railway Path   
7     Lanchester Valley Railway Path   
8     Deerness Valley Railway Path   
9     Brandon to Bishop Auckland Walk   
10     Auckland Way   

Appendix    
Useful Contacts