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South Tynedale Railway

Alston · CA9 3JB
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A narrow-gauge line running north out of Alston up the South Tyne valley, worked by steam and diesel on a former branch line. The railway states plainly that it is dog friendly, so a dog can travel with you rather than wait in the car. Combine it with the riverside path back for a there-and-walk-home outing.

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REGION · NORTHUMBERLAND
GRID · 54.8146, -2.4420
SOURCE · HTTPS://SOUTH-TYNEDALE-RAILWAY.ORG.UK/
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Alston House Hotel is a place to stay on Townfoot, Alston. It is listed here so you know it is there, but we have not yet established whether dogs are welcome — so there is no verdict on this page and no stamp. If it is your business, claim the page and tell us, and we will stamp it.

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Alston to Garrigill on the South Tyne Trail

Alston
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5.4MILES
2:35TIME
130mCLIMB
90%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

Five and a half miles there and back in around two and a half hours, upstream from England’s highest market town on riverside path and old trackbed to the green at Garrigill. Start from the station car park at Alston, beside the South Tynedale Railway, which is free and the largest parking in the town; the cobbled market place has only a handful of spaces. The South Tyne is alongside almost the whole way with plenty of places for a dog to get in, and much of it is safely off the lead, but riverside meadows are grazed by sheep and there are stiles and gates to negotiate at the field boundaries.

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1 MILE © OpenStreetMap contributors 5 MI · LINEAR — PLAN THE RETURN
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Alston to Slaggyford on the South Tyne Trail

Alston
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5MILES
2:30TIME
90mCLIMB
94%OFF-ROAD
Off-lead allowed Livestock — leads on

Five miles of nearly level linear walking in two and a half hours, north down the South Tyne valley on the old Haltwhistle branch railway past Kirkhaugh and Lintley to Slaggyford. Start at Alston station car park, which is free and the largest in the town, and take the narrow-gauge South Tynedale Railway back from Slaggyford rather than walking it twice, since the trail and the line run side by side. Traffic-free trackbed makes this the safest long off-lead walk in the North Pennines, with the South Tyne close by for a drink, but the viaducts have open parapets, sheep graze the adjoining fields, and dogs must be on a lead on the train.

VERIFIED 29 JUL 2026 VIEW WALK ›
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