2019 Walk Programme

January
  • Saturday 12 January: Pikeston Fell via Doctors Gate and Dryderdale, 8 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Sunday 27 January: Westgate to Rookhope, 9 miles. Meet at lay by in Westgate.
  • Thursday 31 January: Bradley Burn via Twelve Oaks, with option to return by bus. 3.5 or 7 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.

February
  • Saturday 9 February: Black Banks and Bradley Burn, 10 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Sunday 24 February: Coldberry and Pennine Way, 11 miles. Meet at Bowlees visitor centre carpark.
  • Thursday 28 February: Newlands Hall via Ladley Burn and Lawson Field, 6 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.

March
  • Saturday 9 March: Frosterley quarries,10 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Thursday 28 March: Tunstall reservoir, 7.5 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Sunday 31 March: Stanhope Dene and Shittlehope Dene, 9 miles. Meet at Dales Centre upper car park, Stanhope.

April
  • Saturday 13 April. Newlands Hall, 8 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Thursday 25 April. Westgate and Slitt Wood, 5 miles. (£ WRECAS Bus). Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • ​Sunday 28 April. Holwick Fell and Kirkcarrion, 11 miles. Meet at Bowlees visitor centre car park.

May
  • Saturday 11 May. Wolsingham North Moor and Tunstall, 8 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Sunday 26 May. Hisehope reservoir and Muggleswick Common, 8 miles. Meet Waskerley station.
  • Thursday 30 May. Black Banks, 5.5 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.

June
  • Saturday 8 June. We will be joined by the Bishop of Durham as far as Thornley village. Walkers can then choose to have an extended lunch in Thornley or carry on to Thornley Gill. We will then return to Thornley to pick up the lunchers, and return to Wolsingham via Bradley Burn and the river Wear. Walk options: miss out the Gill and catch bus at Bradley Burn 6 miles; miss out the Gill 7.5 miles; full walk 8.5 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Thursday 27 June. Crook, Helme Park and Bradley Burn. 3.5 or 7 miles. (£WRECAS bus and optional service bus). The WRECAS bus will take us to Crook. Option to catch the service bus at Bradley Burn. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Sunday 30 June. Nenthead to Ashgill, 10 miles. Meet at Nenthead mines car park.

July
  • Saturday 13 July. Elephant Trees (anti clockwise). 10 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place. NB: in a change to the original listing, we won't be hosting the summer picnic, but the walk leader promises to finish in a pub.
  • Thursday 25 July. Elephant Trees. 7 miles. Note this is harder than usual for a Thursday walk. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Sunday 28 July. Burnhope reservoir and Great Stony Hill. 9 miles. Meet at the north end of the dam at Burnhope reservoir (free parking).

​August
  • Saturday 10 August. Salters Gate. 8 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Sunday 25 August. High Cup Nick, out and back. 12 miles. Meet at Cow Green reservoir main car park. 
  • Thursday 29 August. Barnard Castle - meeting of the waters. 6 miles. (£ WRECAS bus). Meet at Wolsingham Market Place
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​September
  • Saturday 14 September. Mile of stiles – Ladley Wood - Park Wall – Tunstall – Baal Hill. 8.5 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Thursday 26 September. Elephant Trees via Holebeck, Landieu, West Biggins. Return via Towdy Potts and Wears Bank. 6.5 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Sunday 29 September. Hamsterley Forest. 14 miles. Meet at Blackling Hole Car Park (£ for parking).

October
  • Saturday 12 October. Frosterley quarries. 9 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Sunday 27 October. Blanchland and Slaley Forest. 9 miles. Meet at Blanchland village car park (honesty box £1).
  • Thursday 31 October. Whitehall Picnic area to Knitsley Farm Shop - Mineral Valley walk. 6.5miles easy (£ WRECAS Bus). Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
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November
  • Saturday 9 November. Black Banks, Harperley, and Bradley Burn. 9 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • Sunday 24 November. Eastgate and Rookhope. 12 miles. Meet in Eastgate car park (behind village hall by church).
  • Thursday 28 November. The Thursday Walkers Xmas walk! Black Bull Wolsingham to Black Bull Frosterley. 3.5 (return by service bus £) or 7miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.

December
  • Saturday 14 December. The traditional Saturday Walkers Xmas walk with drinks and nibbles at the Elephant Trees (bring something to share if you can). 11 miles. Meet at Wolsingham Market Place.
  • There are no Thursday or Sunday walks this month. See you again in the New Year!





Previous walks

Previous Walks 

2018 Walk Programme

Saturday Walks
Second Saturday of every month. Start Wolsingham market place 10am. 7-12 miles moderate.
  • 13 January: Tunstall Valley - 7 miles
  • 10 February: Pikeston Fell via Doctors Gate and Dryderdale - 8 miles
  • 10 March: Thornley village - 8 miles
  • 14 April: North Moor and Salters Gate - views of spring - 10 miles
  • 12 May: Black Banks, Harperley and Bradley Burn - 9 miles
  • 09 June: Elephant Trees and Hill End - 12 miles
  • 14 July: Tunstall Reservoir - 7 miles
  • 11 August: North Moor and Salters Gate - 12 miles
  • 8 September: walk to Stanhope Show - BRING £ FOR SHOW ENTRY - 9 miles moderate - make your own way back (walk, bus or train)
  • 13 October: Sunny Bank Plantation, Newlands Hall and Ashes Beck - 7 miles moderate
  • 10 November: Salters Gate - 13 miles hard **Change of walk: was originally Doctor's Gate**
  • 8 December: Elephant Trees Xmas special - 10 miles moderate

Thursday Walks
Final Thursday of every month. Meet Wolsingham market place (there may be a bus to the start of the walk). 3.5-7 miles, easy to moderate.
NB: for £ transport walks booking is essential - contact us by email/Facebook or call Gill on 01388 528480
  • 25 January: Bradley Burn via Twelve Oaks and Dunskins. Return by Greenwell Edge (or service bus). 3.5 - 6 miles easy
  • 22 February: Fawnlees, Park Wall, Ladley Woods. 4 miles easy
  • 29 March: Mineral valley - Bollihope to Wolsingham. 5.5 miles easy (£ for community transport)
  • 26 April: Lanchester to Knitsley Farm Shop 6 miles easy (£ community transport)
  • 31 May: Newlands Hall via Ladley Woods, Holebeck and Goosecroft. 6 miles easy
  • 28 June: South Shields - Marston-Whitburn. 6 miles easy. (£ community transport and Fish n Chips!)
  • 26 July: Tunstall. 7 miles moderate
  • 30 August: Teesdale. 6 miles easy (£ community transport - booking essential) **Change of walk: now Wolsingham to Newlands Hall 4.5 miles**
  • 27 September: Thornley Woods. 7 miles easy
  • 25 October: Rowley Station to Parkhead. 7 miles easy (£ community transport - booking essential)
  • 29 November: Salters Gate, Tunstall, Wolsingham. 4.5 miles easy (£ community transport - booking essential) **Change of walk: now Wolsingham to Newlands Hall via Park Wall and Lawson Field, 5 miles**
  • 27 December: Black Bull to Black Bull Frosterley. 7 miles easy (3.5 miles if return by service bus)

Sunday Walks
Final Sunday of every month. Please check the schedule for meeting place. Walks start at 10am. 8-14 miles, moderate, but with a faster pace than our Saturday walks.
  • 28 January: Slitt Wood and Rookhope, 9 miles. Meet at Westgate opposite camp site on main road (roadside parking)
  • 25 February: Bollihope and Hill End, 11 miles. Meet at Bollihope Picnic area (at bottom of Hill End)
  • 25 March: Teesdale waterfalls and Cronkley Fell, 11.5 miles, meet at Bowlees car park (discretionary parking charge)
  • 29 April: Bowlees and Forest-in-Teesdale, 8 miles, meet at Bowlees car park (discretionary parking charge)
  • 27 May: Blanchland Moor, Slaley Forest, Bulbeck Common and Baybridge. 9 miles, meet at Blanchland car park (honesty box £1)
  • 24 June: Hunstanworth and Gibraltar Mines and Chimneys. 10 miles, meet at Baybridge Picnic area
  • 29 July: Mickleton and meadows, 14 miles, meet at Mickleton railway picnic area
  • 26 August: High Cup Nick, 12 miles, meet at Cow Green car park
  • 30 September: Nenthead and Ashgill, 10 miles, meet at Nenthead mine carpark
  • 28 October: Edmundbyers Common, 9 miles. From Stanhope take the B6278 to Edmundbyers. Park on the left side of the road immediately in front of the EDMUNDBYERS sign (Do not enter village).
  • 25 November: Teesdale waterfalls: A walk around Teesdale taking in seven waterfalls, 10 miles, meet at Bowlees
  • (No December walk)





Autumn 2017 Walk Programme

We are trialling a guided walk in Upper Weardale on Sunday 27 August
Meet in the car park by the village hall in Eastgate at 10am.
The walk: Walk up the valley of Rookhope Burn to Rookhope village. Over moor along Stogel Cleugh then east over Bolt’s Law. Return to Rookhope by incline. Back to Eastgate via Dodder Hill and Reahope Moor.
Approx 12 miles, moderate.
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Next Thursday walk: 
  • 31 August: St John’s Chapel to Cowshill/ Burnhope Reservoir. 4/6 miles easy (£ transport - booking essential)​

Saturday Walks
  • 9 September: walk to Stanhope Show - BRING £ FOR SHOW ENTRY - 9 miles moderate - make your own way back (walk, bus or train)
  • 14 October: Baal Hill, Tunstall and Ladley Woods - 7 miles moderate
  • 11 November: Doctors Gate, Dryderdale, Black Banks - 12 miles hard
  • 9 December: Elephant Trees Xmas special - 10 miles moderate

Thursday Walks
NB: for £ transport walks booking is essential - contact us by email/Facebook or call Gill on 01388 528480
  • 28 September: Thornley Woods via Bradley Burn 3.5/ 7 miles easy (optional return from Bradley Burn or Thornley)
  • 26 October: Teesdale 5 miles easy (£ transport)
  • 30 November: Tunstall to High Stoop, return via the Dam. 4 miles easy
  • 28 December: Frosterley Black Bull (option to return via service bus) 3.5 or 7 miles easy

Spring/Summer 2017 Walk Programme

Saturday Walks
  • 11 March: Thornley village - 8 miles moderate
  • 8 April: Doctors Gate, Dryderdale, Black Banks - 12 miles hard
  • 13 May: North Moor and Salters Gate  - 10 miles moderate
  • 10 June: Thornley - Helme Park - Bradley Burn. 8 miles easy
  • 8 July: Elephant Trees and Hill End - 12 miles hard
  • 12 August: Salters gate - the long way. Route: Miles of Stiles, Ladley, Park Wall, Tunstall, Salters Gate, High Stoop, Baal Hill - 12 miles moderate

Thursday Walks
NB: for £ transport walks booking is essential - contact us by email/Facebook or call Gill on 01388 528480
  • 30 March: Doctor’s Gate - trig point- home via High Wiserley or Black Banks. 6.5 miles easy
  • 27 April: Rowley Station to Park Head. 7.5miles easy (£ transport - booking essential)
  • 25 May: Towdy Potts/ Rushylea Lane home via High Wiserley. 5 miles easy.
  • 29 June: Coastal walk - South Tyneside. 5/6 miles easy (£ transport - booking essential)
  • 27 July: Ladley Woods to Newlands Hall. Return via Lasson Field. 4miles easy
  • 31 August: St John’s Chapel to Cowshill/ Burnhope Reservoir. 4/6 miles easy (£ transport - booking essential)​

Autumn/Winter 2016-17 Walk Programme

Saturday Walks
  • 10 September: walk to Stanhope Show - BRING £ FOR SHOW ENTRY - 6 miles easy - make your own way back (walk, bus or train)
  • 8 October: Baal Hill, Tunstall and Ladley Woods - 7 miles moderate
  • 12 November: Doctors Gate, Dryderdale, Black Banks - 12 miles hard
  • 10 December: Elephant Trees Xmas special - 10 miles moderate
  • 14 January: Tunstall Valley - 7 miles moderate
  • 11 February: Pikeston Fell via Doctors Gate and Dryderdale - 8 miles moderate

Thursday Walks
  • 29 September: Community Transport £ Salters Gate to Wolsingham via Tunstall Reservoir. 4 miles 
  • 27 October: Community Transport £ Middleton-Mickleton-Middleton. 5miles 
  • 24 November: Community Transport £ Parkhead to Stanhope. 4.5 miles
  • 29 December: Black Bull Wolsingham to Black Bull Frosterley. Option to return by bus £. 3.5 or 7 miles
  • 26 January: Bradley Burn via Twelve Oaks. Option to return by bus £. 3 or 6 miles
  • 23 February: Fawnlees-Park Wall-Ladley Woods. 4 miles​


Spring/Summer 2016 Walk Programme

Saturday Walks
  • 12 March: Thornley village - 8 miles moderate
  • 9 April: North Moor and Salters Gate - views of spring - 10 miles moderate
  • 14 May: NAVIGATION SPECIAL - Doctor’s Gate/Knitsley Fell 10-12 miles hard
  • 11 June: Elephant Trees and Hill End - 12 miles hard
  • 9 July: CHANGE OF ROUTE Tunstall Reservoir - 7 miles moderate
  • 13 August: North Moor and Salters Gate - 12 miles hard

Thursday Walks
  • 31 March: Around Tunstall. Community Transport to the reservoir, option to walk or bus back - 2-5 miles easy (£ contribution)
  • 28 April: Thornley Woods and Bradley Burn. Service bus to Bull Park. Walk or bus back - 3-6 miles easy (£ bus fare)
  • 26 May: Waskerley Way. Community Transport. We will follow the Coast to Coast path to Park Head - 4.5 miles easy (£ contribution)
  • 30 June: Harehope Quarry and Frosterley. Option to walk or bus back - 4-7 miles easy/moderate (£ bus fare - optional)
  • 28 July: Carrs Farm and High Wiserley - 5 miles moderate
  • 25 August: St John's Chapel to Cowshill. Community Transport - 4-6 easy (£ contribution)


Autumn/Winter 2015-16 Walk Programme

Saturday Walks

  • 12 September: Thornley - Helme Park - Bradley Burn. 8 miles easy. Fields, woods and river. Bus option from Bradley Burn where we will be stopping for refreshments at the cafe
  • 10 October: Tunstall Valley. 7 miles easy. Fields and tracks, with some hill work. Enjoy autumn colours and far-reaching views
  • 14 November: Pikeston Fell via Doctor’s Gate. 8 miles moderate, with steep climbs and some stoney moorland tracks. The views more than make up for the hard work
  • 12 December: Elephant Trees to Frosterley. 10 miles moderate with bus option at Frosterley. Fields, tracks and hills. Our traditional Xmas walk with mulled wine at the Elephant Trees and an optional tipple in one of Frosterley’s pubs. *Update: due to recent flooding, we are now doing the Tunstall Reservoir walk instead - 7-8 miles moderate*
  • 9 January: Winter Tree ramble. 7 miles easy. We’ll be easing into the New Year with a gentle stroll around the fields and lanes of Wolsingham, brushing up on our winter tree ID skills along the way
  • 13 February: Towdy Potts - West Biggins - Harehope Quarry. 8 miles moderate. Tracks and fields, some hillwork. We will follow the Weardale Way past Towdy Potts and West Biggins Farm, picking up the river path back to Wolsingham at Harehope Quarry. Option to leave the walk to catch the bus at Harehope

Thursday Walks
  • 24 September: Lason Field - Newlands Hall - riverside path. 5.5 miles easy. Fields and tracks, with some roadwork
  • 29 October: Black Banks and Towdy Potts. 6.5 miles easy. Fields and tracks, with some hilly sections
  • 26 November: Riverside walk to Frosterley. 6 miles easy, bus option from Frosterley. Fields and tracks. We’ll be stopping off at the Black Bull for a Xmas tipple
  • 31 December: a short walk around Wolsingham. We will finish at a local establishment to celebrate the New Year
  • 28 January: Greenwell Edge and Bradley Burn. 6.5 miles easy. Fields and tracks, with some hill work. Bus option from Bradley Burn where we will stop for refreshments
  • 25 February: Ladley - Newlands Hall - Lason Field. 5.5 miles easy. Fields, tracks and woodland


Spring/Summer 2015 Walk Programme

Saturday walks

Our first four walks will follow our revamped self-guided walk leaflets, so come along if you want a bit of company the first time around!

14 March - Miles of Stiles - 4 miles easy. As it's a short walk, Neil will be giving us navigation tips along the way
11 April - Memorial Walk to Thornley Village - 7 miles moderate
9 May - Black Banks and the river Wear - 5.5 miles moderate
13 June - Tunstall Reservoir and summer picnic - 7.5 miles moderate
11 July - North Moor - 9 miles moderate/hard
8 August - Elephant Trees - 10 miles moderate/hard

Thursday Walks

28 May - Holebeck and Towdy Potts. 5.5 miles easy
25 June - Carrs Farm flower meadows. 4.5 miles easy
30 July - St John's Chapel to Cowshill (drop off and pick up via Weardale Community Transport, cost £5). 4 miles easy
27 August - Bollihope to Wolsingham. There is a £2.50 charge for transport so walkers must be booked. Please see 'Wayfaring News' section for more info
Autumn/Winter Walk 2014/15 Programme
  • 13 September 2014: miles of stiles - 5 miles easy
  • 11 October 2014: walk to Stanhope moderate - bus/train back - 6+ miles
  • 8 November 2014: Fawnlees & Tunstall - easy - autumn leaves - 6+ miles
  • 13 December 2014 - Elephant trees & Xmas mead - moderate - 9 miles or bus back
  • 10 January 2015: winter trees (Ladley via High Fawnlees) - easy - 6-7 miles
  • 14 February 2015: Bradley Burn and Thornley-Harperley circular - moderate  - 8-9 miles (bus option)

Spring/summer 2014 Walk Programme
  • 8 March 2014 - Tunstall reservoir - 8 miles moderate - fields, tracks, wood, moor
  • 12 April 2014- Newlands Hall and Fawnlees - 5.5 miles moderate - fields, tracks and woods
  • 10 May 2014 - Black Banks, Harperley and Bradley Burn - 9 miles moderate - option to get bus after 6 miles - river, fields and woods
  • 14 June 2014 - Flower meadow walk - 5 miles easy - we'll choose the route nearer the time to see the best flowers
  • 12 July 2014 - Frosterley via Bollihope burn and Hill End - 10 miles easy/moderate - option to get bus after 6 miles - fields, tracks, river, moor
  • 9 August 2014 - Wolsingham North Moor - 7 miles moderate - blooming heather and moorland track










Saturday 12 October 2013 - Bradley Burn via Greenwell Edge. Expansive views of the dale, returning after a stop at the Farm Shop via one of the best stretches of the river Wear. Moderate, with some high stiles. 5.5 miles or return by bus after 3 miles.
Saturday 09 November 2013 - Wolsingham North Moor. A high level walk along open moorland, with far-reaching views.
Moderate, with some hill walking and rough terrain. 7 miles.
Saturday 14 December 2013 - Xmas Walk - Frosterley via the Elephant Trees. Climb up to the Elephant Trees, then downhill along fields and footpaths. Xmas drinks at the Black Bull Frosterley. Moderate to hard. 9 miles or return by bus after 6 miles.