North Yorkshire · 2 places checked
2 places on our list here — walks from the village, somewhere to stay. Every verdict below was checked by a human — the stamp shows when.
Seven and a half miles and 350 metres of climbing in around four hours, upstream from the bridge at Wark, over to Birtley and back along the flank of the valley with Chipchase Castle in view. Park on the green at Wark or in the small free car park by the bridge, both free and both no more than a dozen spaces, which is ample for how few walkers come here. The riverbank offers safe off-lead stretches and easy access to the North Tyne, but this is working farmland with sheep and cattle in most fields, hand gates and two stiles, and a mile of quiet lane at the Birtley end.
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ADD A WALKAn old farmstead turned green-minded hotel in Wark, with a walled garden feeding the kitchen and a dark sky observatory in the grounds. Dogs share ground-floor rooms or the luxury lodges, at a small nightly charge, and guests are asked to bring their own dog bedding. The North Tyne and the Wark forest tracks are on the doorstep.
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