Route outline for walk du118:
Stanhope - River Wear - Weardale - The Weardale Way - River Wear - Eastgate - Rookhope Burn - Rookhope - C2C Cycle Route - Longlaw End - Bolt's Law (Hunstanworth) - Weatherhill Engine - East Whitely Beck - Stanhope Burn - Stanhope
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
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![]() 1 English Dewey |
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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Bolt's Law (Hunstanworth) at 541m (1776ft). Bolt's Law (Hunstanworth) is also known as an English Dewey (91st highest in England, 208th in England & Wales) The summit of Bolt's Law (Hunstanworth) is marked by a grassy hump 650m SW of an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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.
You can find this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Maps (orange/yellow covers):
An Interactive Walk Planning Map for OS Explorer 307 Consett & Derwent Reservoir, Stanhope is not currently available
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (pink/magenta covers):
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