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20 Yorkshire Walks with only one map OL21

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20 Walks in the Yorkshire Dales with only one map OL2

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County Durham Walks in Teesdale

County Durham is the only county in England to actually have "County" in its name, which, it is believed, owes its origin to old postal area descriptions and was to distinguish it fro the city of Durham.

Overall, the County owes its historical prosperity to lead and coal mining, remnants of which can still be seen, farming and the heavy railway industry.

The "Durham Dales" include Weardale and Teesdale. Indeed at one time, the River Tees marked the border with Yorkshire, so some of my walks would then have been listed under the Yorkshire Dales!

To date, all my walks in Co. Durham explore Teesdale, which is beautiful and fully deserves to be included as part of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

One thing you might notice in Teesdale is that, perhaps unusually, many of the farm buildings, even if constructed of stone, are painted white. This is because they all belong to the Raby Estate owned by Lord Barnard. Two explanations have been put forward. One is that the white painted buildings indicated places where his Lordship might get hospitality. The other is that it made it easier for his rent collectors to identify where to collect!

County Durham Reading List

Co. Durham Walks With "Traffic Light" Rating

For an explanation of the "traffic light "rating see My Walks page.

Each symbol = 2½ miles

The start point for all walks can be located on Google Maps. Click here.

Barnard Castle to Cotherstone  
Bowlees to Gibson’s Cave and Newbiggin  
Cauldron Snout and Cronkley Scar  
Egglestone Abbey to Whorlton  
Gaunless Valley and Woodland  
High Force    
Hury Reservoir to Goldsborough  
Mickleton to Middleton-in-Teesdale  
Mickleton to Romaldkirk  
Middleton-in-Teesdale to Grassholme Reservoir and Harter Fell    
Romaldkirk to Cotherstone  

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