North Pennines WalksWalking Routes & Hiking Trails
Find North Pennines walks from the list below which features the best walking routes in the area. Most are circular walks and are listed from the shortest and easiest to the longest more challenging routes.
Listed below are the best places to walk in the North Pennines. The hikes range from easy circular walks to moderate fell walks. The walks visit Cross Fell, the highest summit in the Pennines, dramatic High Cup Nick, beautiful Teesdale with High Force waterfall and cross some wild moors. All walks are free to download and print and all routes have GPX files.
Walk | Description | Grade | Miles |
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1488★ | Middleton-in-Teesdale Railway Walk | easy | 2.50 |
1484★ | Kirkcarrion from Middleton-in-Teesdale | easy | 3.50 |
3336★ | Cauldron Snout from Cow Green Reservoir | easy | 3.60 |
2815★ | Pennypie and Blanchland from Baybridge | easy/mod | 3.75 |
1715★ | Dufton Pike & Dufton from Knock | easy | 5.00 |
3011★ | Dufton Pike from Dufton | easy/mod | 5.50 |
3634★ | Catterick Moss & Bollihope Carrs | moderate | 5.60 |
1659★ | Race Head & Sedling Rake from Wearhead | easy/mod | 6.00 |
2393★ | Weardale Circular from Westgate | easy/mod | 6.40 |
3424★ | Cronkley Fell from Hanging Shaw | easy/mod | 7.00 |
3099★ | High Force, Low Force and the River Tees from Bowlees | easy/mod | 7.50 |
2228★ | Romaldkirk Moor from Mickleton | easy/mod | 7.60 |
2089★ | College Edge & Cuthbert's Currick from Edmundbyers | easy/mod | 8.00 |
1553★ | Hannah's Meadow, Baldersdale & Brown Rigg Moss | easy/mod | 8.00 |
1005★ | Harter Fell & Grassholme from Middleton-in-Teesdale | moderate | 8.00 |
3315★ | Warlaw Pike & Birkside Fell from Blanchland | moderate | 8.00 |
3274★ | Cronkley Scar & Cauldron Snout from Cow Green | moderate | 8.00 |
3758★ | Tynehead and Ashgill Force from near Garrigill | easy/mod | 8.20 |
2258★ | Grassholme Reservoir from Middleton-in-Teesdale | moderate | 8.20 |
2195★ | Alston & Garrigill | easy/mod | 8.70 |
3593★☩ | Meldon Hill from Cow Green Reservoir | moderate | 9.20 |
3421★ | High Cup Nick via Middle Tongue from Dufton | moderate | 9.30 |
1482★ | Crossthwaite Common from Middleton-in-Teesdale | moderate | 9.75 |
1483★ | Eggleston & Romaldkirk from Middleton-in-Teesdale | easy/mod | 9.75 |
2469★ | Great Allotment & God's Bridge from Bowes | moderate | 10.20 |
1339★ | High Cup Nick from Dufton | moderate | 10.50 |
3071★ | Cross Fell & Great Dun Fell from Kirkland | mod/hard | 12.00 |
3070★ | Knock Fell & High Cup Nick from Dufton | mod/hard | 12.00 |
3526★ | Hanging Shaw, Cronkley Scar, Low Force & High Force | moderate | 12.70 |
1683★ | High Cup Nick & Cow Green Reservoir | moderate | 12.80 |
1084★ | Garrigill, Alston & Nenthead | moderate | 13.10 |
1485★ | Hamsterley & Middleton-in-Teesdale | mod/hard | 16.50 |
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North Pennines Guide
This National Landscape (formerly AONB), the second largest in area, covers some wild and remote landscapes in northern England. The area is dominated by the Pennine hills and includes large areas of undulating heather moors and peat.
North-Pennines Walking Guide
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