Walk du104 Elephant Trees from Wolsingham

This 10½ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Wolsingham & will take about 4½ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:10½mls (17km)
Ascent:853ft (260m)
Time:4½hrs
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Route outline for walk du104:

Wolsingham  -  River Wear  -  Weardale  -  The Weardale Way  -  Ashes House  -  Towdy Potts  -  Spence Hill  -  Harthope  -  Sunnyside Edge  -  Elephant Trees  -  Pikestone Fell  -  Allotment House  -  Folly Plantation  -  Harehope Farm  -  White Kirkley Farm  -  Bolihope Burn  -  Lower Bishopley Farm  -  Miln House Farm  -  Bridge End  -  Frosterley  -  Weardale  -  Wolsingham

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Weardale Way, a 117km (73 miles) linear footpath connecting Roker in Tyne and Wear, England with Wearhead in County Durham, England. The Weardale Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Weardale Way.


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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (orange/yellow covers):

OS Explorer OL31 North Pennines - Teesdale & Weardale


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 92 Barnard Castle & surrounding area



Some Photos and Pictures from Walk du104 Elephant Trees from Wolsingham

In no particular order . . .

Frosterley Marble, Frosterley

Frosterley Marble, Frosterley

Photo: Mike Knipe (139)

The River Wear in Weardale

The River Wear in Weardale

Photo: John Bragg (3)

Weardale

Weardale

Photo: Matt Porter (3)

Upper Weardale

Upper Weardale

Photo: Mike Knipe (88)

The River Wear in Weardale

The River Wear in Weardale

Photo: Matt Porter (18)

The River Wear in Weardale

The River Wear in Weardale

Photo: Matt Porter (14)

On The Weardale Way looking towards Elephant Trees

On The Weardale Way looking towards Elephant Trees

Photo: David Wright (187)

The River Wear in Weardale

The River Wear in Weardale

Photo: Matt Porter (15)

The River Wear in Weardale

The River Wear in Weardale

Photo: Matt Porter (13)

Weardale

Weardale

Photo: Mike Knipe (194)


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