Walk du125 Lunedale from Middleton-in-Teesdale

This 8¼ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Middleton-in-Teesdale & will take about 4¼ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:8¼mls (13km)
Ascent:1,172ft (357m)
Time:4¼hrs
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Route outline for walk du125:

Middleton-in-Teesdale  -  River Tees  -  River Lune  -  Eller Brook  -  Grassholme Reservoir  -  Lunedale  -  The Pennine Way  -  Crossthwaite Common  -  Harter Fell (Crossthwaite Common)  -  River Tees  -  Middleton-in-Teesdale

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

Grassholme Reservoir was completed in 1915, covers 140 acres & is 120ft deep. It was opened to the public in 1993.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Mountains
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Wainwrights
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Nuttalls
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Deweys
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Outlying Fells
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Marilyns
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Bridgets

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 this walk and other nearby walks on these unique Interactive Walk Planning Maps:

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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 Maps (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 91 Appleby-in-Westmorland


OS Landranger 92 Barnard Castle & surrounding area



Some Photos and Pictures from Walk du125 Lunedale from Middleton-in-Teesdale

In no particular order . . .

Path leading to the River Lune Viaduct

Path leading to the River Lune Viaduct

Photo: David Wright (194)

View SE from Crossthwaite Common

View SE from Crossthwaite Common

Photo: David Wright (200)

Currick on Crossthwaite Common

Currick on Crossthwaite Common

Photo: David Wright (201)

The River Lune Viaduct

The River Lune Viaduct

Photo: David Wright (196)

The North end of Grassholme Reservoir

The North end of Grassholme Reservoir

Photo: David Wright (197)

Grassholme Bridge

Grassholme Bridge

Photo: David Wright (198)

On the River Lune Viaduct

On the River Lune Viaduct

Photo: David Wright (195)

View SW from Grassholme Bridge

View SW from Grassholme Bridge

Photo: David Wright (199)


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