Walk · Northumberland

The Haltwhistle Burn to Cawfields

Haltwhistle

4.4MILES

2h 15mON FOOT

160mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 82% 18% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 58%Lane & track 24%Road with traffic 18%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Market Place, Haltwhistle, by the Black Bull

Parking

Free short-stay car parks at Haltwhistle station and behind Market Place; the station one is the larger and takes walkers all day

Directions to the start →

Four and a half miles in a little over two hours up a wooded ravine of old industrial workings to Cawfields Quarry, returning on lanes and the old railway line. Start in Haltwhistle itself, where the station and Market Place car parks are both free for up to three hours and rarely full outside market day. The burn runs alongside for the first mile and a half, so there is water and shade the whole climb and stretches where a dog can be off the lead, but the upper fields are grazed and the last section joins a quiet road.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · NORTHUMBERLAND

GRID · 54.9740, -2.4590

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The Haltwhistle Burn to Cawfields

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