Through the Looking Glass, & What Roy Found There

Sat 18th Nov 2023

Walk Details:

Event Type
Group Walk
Region / Area
Northern England / Tyne Valley
Local Group
Northumbria
Distance
19ml.
Start Time
08:30am
Route
Start at Bardon Mill Railway Station eastbound platform 1, NY780645. Limited parking in Bardon Mill on the north side of the Tyne at the station c.p & the dead end road leading to the level crossing at NY782645. However there is a large parking area on the south side of Tyne at NY781642 at the south end of the Tyne pedestrian bridge, which cannot be reached by car directly from Bardon Mill, but on minor roads via Ridley Bridge & Beltingham. Leader will be Paul Nellist

Circular route. Bardon Mill, Allen Banks, Kingswood, Wolf Hills, Cairn End, Howden Rigg, Unthank Road, Willimoteswick, Bardon Mill

General Notes
Dogs are welcome on leads but be aware that there is quite a lot of livestock along the route, including the big ones that moo. Drinks afterwards at the Bowes Hotel, Bardon Mill
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In the course of planning this walk I discovered that there is a war memorial cairn, named the Shepherd's Cairn on Plenmeller Common. Although the walk does not visit this Cairn, it is only a matter of 0.5km from the route at NY749611 and therefore may be worth a visit. (Paul Nellist)

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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.
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Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.