Walk Route Map du131 Cronkley Scar and High Force from Bowlees

Walk du131 Cronkley Scar and High Force from Bowlees

Good views and the stunning River Tees

Vital Statistics:

Length:	12½mls (20km)
Ascent:	1,279ft (390m)
Time:	5¾hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk du131 Cronkley Scar and High Force from Bowlees pdf

Route outline for walk du131:

Bowlees - Wynch Bridge - River Tees - Holwick - Low Currick Rigg - Blea Beck - Whiteholm Bank - Dry Beck - Skyer Beck - Birk Rigg - Thistle Green - White Well Green - River Tees - Fox Earths - Raven Scar - Cronkley Scar - Green Hill - Cronkley Pasture - High House - The Pennine Way - Cronkley Farm - Bracken Rigg - Bleabeck Force - High Force - Saur Hill Bridge - Low Force - Wynch Bridge - Bowlees

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Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

At High Force, the River Tees plunges 21m (70ft) over a near vertical cliff edge in two stages. After heavy rainfall the River Tees will also flow over the dry right-hand side channel creating two falls. The falls have been known to freeze in harsh winters , creating spectacular ice formations.

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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.

You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

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

OL31 North Pennines - Teesdale & Weardale

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

91 Appleby-in-Westmorland

92 Barnard Castle & surrounding area

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk du131 Cronkley Scar and High Force from Bowlees

In no particular order . . .

Cronkley Scar from The Pennine Way in Upper Teesdale near High Force

Photo: Mike Knipe (193)

High Force on the River Tees

Photo: George Cummins (1)

Jakie and Emma trekking up Noon Hill (Cronkley Fell)

Photo: Keith Norman (2)

Forest-in-Teesdale from Cronkley Scar

Photo: Keith Norman (1)

Sign on a door of a farm house at Holwick Scars, Holwick

Photo: Danny Fox (1)

Falcom Clints and The Rever Tees from near White Well Green on Moor House (Cronkley Fell)

Photo: Rob Barklamb (63)

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