Allen Banks

Sat 27th Aug 2022

Walk Details:

Event Type
Group Walk
Region / Area
Northern England / Northumberland
Local Group
Northumbria
Distance
22ml.
Start Time
08:00am
Route
Parking and start of the walk at Allen Banks National Trust c.p, GR NY798641, pay and display car park, free to National Trust members, £4 per day for non members. Please do not try and use the post code given on the National trust website in your satnav to get to the car park at Allen Banks. The postcode will take you uphill after you go under the railway bridge instead of turning sharp left. Walk leader will be Brid Crowley

Parking and start of the walk at Allen Banks National Trust c.p, GR NY798641, pay and display car park, free to National Trust members, 4 pounds per day for non members. Please do not try and use the post code given on the National trust website in your satnav to get to the car park at Allen Banks. The postcode will take you uphill after you go under the railway bridge instead of turning sharp left. Walk leader will be Brid Crowley
Allen Banks to Hadrians Wall at Housesteads, across wall to Cawfields Quarry, Haltwistle Burn Path, Haltwistle, Plenmeller, back across Plenmeller Common to return to Allen Banks

General Notes
This is a strenuous route. Please note that by attending this walk you agree to the Northumbria LDWA group rules with regards to: a) Dogs are welcome on leads, but owners must have up to date public liability insurance b) Photographs of people must be with the full consent of those people for the taking and distribution of the photographs
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Apologies, only one photo from Brid's superb Allen Banks walk yesterday( where is Li Yang when you need 75 photos) a terrific route, with interesting return via Kingswood above Plankey Mill, where some excitable cows were encountered. 22 miles. ( Peter Ford)

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