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Attractions in and around Weardale
Firstly visit The Weardale Museum, you won’t be disappointed.
Explore the lead-mining heritage of the North Pennines at Killhope and Nenthead.
Enjoy a ride on one of our tourist railways at Stanhope or Alston.
Pop into Teesdale to view waterfalls at ‘High Force’, ‘Low Force’, and Cauldron Snout then have tea at Durham Wildlife Trusts’ Bowlees Visitor Centre.
Seek out our Christian Heritage at Escomb Saxon Church, Blanchland Abbey, Auckland Castle, and Newbiggin Methodist Chapel.
All of these and many more attractions and events are listed in the excellent
Discover Weardale website.
Walking
If you enjoy walking this is definitely your kind of countryside. Below are links to eight websites which provide either publications of walks in Weardale or downloadable files.
N
o 8 is a walk around the hills near to the Museum - it was designed by our volunteers.
Cycling
The area has some of the country's best cycling. Quiet country roads, a range of traffic-free routes, unequalled scenery and a wide choice of places to stay make it a great destination! Find out more about it from this AONB web page
For fishing, horse riding, water sports and other outdoor activities look at this excellent AONB web page.
Visit County Durham web page - Durham Tourist Information - Find things to do in Durham City & County, hotels & accommodation, what's on, restaurants, special offers and itineraries.
These are external links to other websites over which I have no control. However if you find that they don’t work please let me know and I will try to correct them or delete them.
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