Walking in County Durham

Paddy Dillon is a prolific outdoor writer with over thirty guidebooks to his name, as well as more than a dozen booklets and brochures. He writes for outdoor magazines and other publications, as well as for tourism organisations. Paddy lives near the Lake District and has walked in every county in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales; writing about walks in every one of them. Paddy enjoys simple day walks, challenging long-distance walks, and is a dedicated island-hopper. He has led guided walks and walked extensively in Europe, as well as in Nepal, Tibet, Africa and the Rocky Mountains of Canada and the USA. While researching routes, Paddy works directly onto a palmtop computer, so that his descriptions are precise, having been written at the very point at which the reader uses them. Paddy takes his own photographs, has appeared on radio and TV, and is a member of the Outdoor Writers' Guild.

INTRODUCTION TO WALKING IN COUNTY DURHAM Geology Flora Scenery Mining Railways Public Transport Access to the Countryside Maps Tourist Information and Visitor Centres THE WALKS Durham City and the River Wear Bearpark, Broompark and Brandon Dipton and Hamsterley Mill Beamish Lumley Castle and Great Lumley The Durham Coast Path Castle Eden Dene Wingate and Station Town Cassop and Quarrington Sedgefield and Hardwick Hall Middleton One Row and Girsby Low and High Coniscliffe Cockfield Fell and Butterknowle Staindrop and Cleatlam Greta Bridge and Brignall Banks Tan Hill and Sleightholme Moor Bowes and Bowes Moor Barnard Castle and the Tees Cotherstone and Romaldkirk Middleton and Monk's Moor Middleton and Grassholme Low Force and High Force Holwick and Hagworm Hill Mickle Fell via the Boundary Route Cow Green and Widdybank Fell Cow Green and Herdship Fell Wolsingham and Frosterley Wolsingham and Tunstall Reservoir Stanhope and Stanhope Dene Westgate, Middlehope and Rookhope Chapelfell Top and Noon Hill Allenheads, Cowshill and Killhope Edmundbyers and Edmundbyers Common THE CYCLEWAYS The Waskerley Way The Derwent Walk Consett & Sunderland Railway Path The Lanchester Valley Walk The Deerness Valley Walk Brandon to Bishop Auckland Walk The Auckland Walk LONGER ROUTES The Pennine Way The Teesdale Way The Weardale Way The Lead Mining Trail Sea to Sea Cycle Route