Teesdale Way

The Teesdale Way / Pennine Way near Middleton

The Teesdale way in the Tees Corridor

The Teesdale Way is a 100-mile long-distance walking route running between the Pennines in Westmorland, down to the North Sea coast of the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Trailheads

• Dufton, Westmorland / Middleton-in-Teesdale, County Durham
• South Gare, Yorkshire

The walk links in with other long-distance walks, such as the Pennine Way and the 'E2 European Walk' between Harwich and Stranraer.

The route

The Teesdale Way starts at Dufton in Westmorland as part of the Pennine Way, and does not become its own path (with waymarkers) until it reaches Middleton-in-Teesdale. The path ends at South Gare in Warrenby near Redcar in the North Riding of Yorkshire, having passed through the heavily industrialised Teesside area, consisting of Middlesbrough, Stockton-on-Tees and Thornaby-on-Tees. Between Middleton-in-Teesdale and Middlesbrough, the way runs for 67 miles jointly with the European E2 path.

Between Yarm and Croft-on-Tees the river goes through the meandering lowland section of the Tees Valley. As the river flows through Upper Teesdale, it passes through the historic settlements of Piercebridge and Barnard Castle.

In Upper Teesdale the walk makes a U-turn at Eggleston Hall, heading down the other side of the dale, back to Barnard Castle.

A four-mile section of the way between Middlesbrough and Redcar was known locally as 'The Black Path' and was used by steelworkers.

Along the route

Industrial Teesside Teesside Steel Works, Lackenby Riverside Stadium, Middlesbrough Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge Tees Corridor Teessaurus Park Tees Newport Bridge A19 Tees Viaduct Tees Barrage and Teesside White Water Course Infinity Bridge Princess of Wales Bridge Teesquay Millennium Bridge Victoria Bridge Nature reserves Maze Park Nature Reserve, Middlesbrough Black Bobbies Field Nature Reserve, Thornaby-on-Tees Bowesfield Nature Reserve, Thornaby-on-Tees Bassleton Wood, Thornaby-on-Tees Gainford Spa Nature Reserve, Gainford Waterfalls High Cup Nick Cauldron Snout High Force Low Force Museums Great Holme Museum, Eaglescliffe Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

Stately homes Rokeby Park, Whorlton Eggleston Hall Ruins Medieval village of Newsham Sockburn Church Ruins Castle Hill, Blackwell Baydale Chapel Ruins Gainforth Mill Piercebridge Roman Fort Piercebridge Roman Bridge Mortham Tower, near Greta Bridge Egglestone Abbey Cotherstone Castle Village churches St John's Church, Low Dinsdale All Saints Church, Girsby All Saints Church, Hurworth-on-Tees St Peter's Church, Croft-on-Tees St Edwin's Church, Coniscliffe St Mary's Church, Piercebridge St Mary's Church, Gainford St Andrew's Church, Winston St Mary's Church, Whorton St Romald's Church, Romaldkirk

Villages and towns

Dufton Middleton-in-Teesdale Eggleston Romaldkirk Startforth Barnard Castle Whorlton Winston Gainford Piercebridge Carlbury High Coniscliffe Merrybent Low Coniscliffe Blackwell Stapleton Croft-on-Tees Hurworth Place Hurworth-on-Tees

Neasham Sockburn Girsby Low Dinsdale Over Dinsdale Middleton St George Middleton One Row Low Worsall Aislaby Yarm Eaglescliffe Preston-on-Tees Thornaby-on-Tees Stockton-on-Tees Middlesbrough North Ormesby Dormanstown Warrenby

Outside links

• The Durham Cow – with maps
• GPS routes