Explore County Durham on foot
County Durham offers far more walking variety than its old industrial image suggests. These twenty short routes take in the high dales of Weardale and Teesdale, waterfalls, reservoirs, woodland, historic villages, Durham City and the dramatically restored Durham coast.
Highlights include High Force and Low Force, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Barnard Castle and Egglestone Abbey, Hamsterley Forest, Bishop Auckland and Durham City. The guide also explores landscapes reshaped after coal mining and follows routes influenced by the county’s pioneering railway history. Distances are deliberately modest, making this a useful introduction to both the famous sights and quieter corners of the county.
Each walk provides clear route directions together with mapping, photographs and practical information covering distance, gradient, difficulty, approximate walking time, parking, paths, facilities and places for refreshments.
