Route outline for walk n167:
Hethpool - College Valley - Whitehall - Fleehope - Mounthooly - Birnie Brae - The Pennine Way - Red Cribs - Auchope Cairn - Cairn Hill - The Cheviot - Scald Hill - Goldcleugh - Lambden Burn - Dunsdale - Coldburn - Southernknowe - Whitehall - Hethpool
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
1 English Mountain |
0 Wainwrights |
1 English Nuttall |
1 English Dewey |
0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
1 Marilyn |
0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is The Cheviot at 815m (2674ft). The Cheviot is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (36th highest in England, 67th highest in England & Wales)
The Cheviot is also known as an English Nuttall (43rd highest in England, 80th highest in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (12th highest in England, 360th highest in the UK).
The summit of The Cheviot is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. The Cheviot is the highest point in the county of Northumberland.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Birnie Brae at 508m (1667ft). Birnie Brae is also known as an English Dewey (166th highest in England, 385th in England & Wales)
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.
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