Walk du118 Bolt's Law from Stanhope

Vital Statistics:

Length:	14½mls (23km)
Ascent:	1,805ft (550m)
Time:	7¼hrs
Grade:

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:

0 English Mountains

0 Wainwrights

0 English Nuttalls

1 English Dewey

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Marilyns

0 Bridgets

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.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk du118 Bolt's Law from Stanhope

In no particular order . . .

The River Wear in Weardale

Photo: Matt Porter (16)

Icy dismantled railway at Redgate Head on Bolt's Law (also C2C cycle path)

Photo: Mike Knipe (2)

Weardale

Photo: Matt Porter (3)

The River Wear in Weardale

Photo: Matt Porter (13)

The River Wear in Weardale

Photo: John Bragg (2)

Upper Weardale

Photo: Mike Knipe (88)

Currick on Bolt's Law

Photo: Mike Knipe (1)

The River Wear in Weardale

Photo: Matt Porter (17)

The River Wear in Weardale

Photo: Matt Porter (14)

Cutting at the top of Bolt's Law incline

Photo: Mike Knipe (5)

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