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'Beech
and Burn'
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‘Just a country walk’ An easy 6-mile walk, mainly through pleasant farmland with good views over to the surrounding countryside and moors and passing Blenkinsopp Hall.
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‘The Lovers Walk
– Gentle, Beautiful and Lots of Kissing Gates’ This 6-mile walk, which takes you through the heavily wooded valley alongside the Haltwhistle Burn, is both very beautiful and extremely interesting. The stretch along Hadrian’s Wall provides spectacular views both of the Wall and the wild open country and forests to the north. When the walk strikes south the way is over semi-moorland with fine views of the moors to the south and of Haltwhistle and the South Tyne Valley below. Watch out for salmon and sea trout up the Burn as well as red squirrels, dippers and heron.
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‘Reivers, Ghosts and Celts’ Much of the first half of this 6-mile walk is through attractive woodland. Look out for a lovely display of bluebells in May and orchids in July. There are fine views of the river down below the Woodland Way, and a number of seats at special vantage points. The walk continues via a picturesque burn and across moorland from where there are good views of the Pennines to the south and Hadrian’s Wall to the north.
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‘The Roman Wall … and the vast solitude to the north’ A fairly long
walk of 8 miles, but not very demanding, apart from two steep, but
short slopes. The countryside varies from pastureland to moorland
with great
views of the rugged landscape on Hadrian’s Wall.
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‘Bastles and Burn, Railways and Reivers’ An easy stroll around the sights of this historic border town for those without walking boots and a preference for tarmac. A leaflet entitled ‘Haltwhistle’s Reiver Trail’ from the Tourist Information Centre will enhance much of the information accompanying this walk.
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‘From Old Dames to Clay Pipes’ A short, easy 3-mile walk, mainly through farmland, with some fine views over the high ground to the south of Haltwhistle, finishing with a short stretch along the well wooded banks of the lovely Haltwhistle Burn.
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‘A Unique Bridge, a family Memory and Fine
Site’ A beautifully varied 9-mile walk in the outstanding South Tyne Valley along the banks of the river, through woods and farmland, with views of old castles. Though easy walking it is fairly long, but alternatives are suggested for those desiring a shorter walk.
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‘Coal Mines and Prison Camps!’ A pleasant and varied 71/2-mile
walk beside the Hartley Burn and its mining legacy from its source
to the South Tyne with good views, changing vistas
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‘The
Battling Prioress and an Historical Soap!’ A
6-mile walk using part of the Pennine Way, down the picturesque
valley of the Hartleyburn to the landscaped valley by
the South Tyne through Featherstone Park and return by the old
Alston to Haltwhistle railway and the suberb Lambley Viaduct.
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‘Water
Meadow Where the Green Sandpiper Plays’ A 7-mile walk along the Pennine Way over Lambley Common with great views, over the magnificent Viaduct and back through the wooded valley side to the charming riverside by Eals.
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‘This sweet solitude
is difficult of access...’ An amazingly varied 9 or 6-mile walk up the beautiful valley of the Knar from the old village of Slaggyford, and on to Kirkhaugh by pastures and the old railway and return by the landscaped park of Barhaugh.
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‘Del Boy and Rodney’ Rodney Makepeace has farmed in this beautiful valley since he wore short trousers and is the current master of Knarsdale Hall. His dog, Del Boy, tends to get lost on a regular basis chasing rabbits. Should you see him while walking the 7 miles in this outstandingly varied valley, tell him to use his mobile to phone home!
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‘A
Roman Pile and a Black Forest Honeymoon!’ A 7-mile walk south on the Pennine Way and over Gilderdale to the Roman Fort at Whitley. Then down to the bottom of the valley, over the wide South Tyne River at Kirkhaugh Bridge and back on the eastern side of the valley, with great views and a riverside walk.
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‘Quakers – a Walk
for Friends’ An amazingly varied 8-mile walk with outstanding views, open moorland, waterfalls, a wooded railway walk and much of interest.
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‘The
Queen Mother and Dicky of Kingswood’ An 8-mile walk through the charming village of Beltingham, by Ridley Hall and up the spectacular gorge walk of Allen Banks by Plankey Mill to the site of a fairy tale castle, Staward Pele.
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‘The
Most Uncommon Common’ A 5-mile walk across the heather, fern and rock-clad Thorngrafton Common to the magnificent views and history on Barcombe Hill, down to the Roman fort at Vindolanda and along the secluded wooded valley of Chainley Burn.
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‘Legions,
Legends and Lawlessness’ A 6-mile walk with the dramatic scenery and architecture of Hadrian’s Wall, the openness of the land beyond and the legends of other times.
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‘The
Roman Wall – Before, During and After’ An outstandingly scenic 6-mile walk along the Wall to Crag Lough, down to visit Vindolanda, through rolling fields and up to the highest point of the Wall at Winshields.
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‘The
Moss, the Missionary and the Mason’ An 8 1/2 mile walk north of the Wall from Cawfields with the opportunity to view the Wall from the undulating, varied and expansive land on the ‘Barbarian’ side and return along the Wall from Walltown Gap over Mucklebank Crags and Aesica Fort.
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‘A
Castle Full of Treasure and Treasure from the Earth’ A figure-of-eight, 7-mile walk steeply up to wonderful views from the Roman Wall at Walltown, north to the upper reaches of the Tippalt Burn, down to spectacular remains of Thirlwall Castle and up to the views and early industrial heritage of Blenkinsopp Common.
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‘Gorges,
Ghosts, Flames and Fortune’ An 8-mile walk from the Spa village of Gilsland, along Hadrian’s Wall and up to the picturesque Spa Gorge, its famous hotel and ‘Popping Stone’ and on to the magnificent waterfalls of Crammel Linn.
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