It became clear from speaking to local people that to walk along the main road from here to Wark would not be safe. I therefore decided to search out a new route Warhex two....

Philip Le Marquand

We walked this route by starting at Corbridge train station and followed the river out towards Hexham. This is a very pleasant walk, which passes the wonderful Dilston Physic Garden https://dilstonphysicgarden.com/. We stopped for one of their delicious herbal teas and soaked up the medicinal gardens - it is such a tranquil space, well worth a visit if you have time!...

Gemma

We walked this route as part of our Carlisle-Newcastle journey, but we ended up splittling it over two days, walking from Haltwhistle to Haydon Bridge and then Haydon Bridge to Corbridge. Overall route was generally good and pleasant to walk, but there were a few sections on the smaller footpaths where it was quite overgrown in places. There aren't many places to stop along the way, but Haydon Bridge has a great fish and chip shop and a Co Op if you need to stock up on supplies!...

Gemma

There are no places to stop between Haltwhistle and Haydon Bridge, however the route does pass by a National Trust car park with a toilet....

Polly

We ended up completing the section over two days, walking Haltwhistle-Haydon Bridge and then Haydon Bridge-Corbridge. The route was generally good but there are sections on the lesser used footpaths where it’s quite overgrown, especially in July. A couple of muddier sections through woodland but generally good conditions underfoot. No cafes between Haltwhistle and Haydon Bridge but there is a toilet at the National Trust’s Allen Banks site, which you pass right by. At Haydon Bridge there’s a good coffee shop and fish n’ chips....

Emerald

The Slow Ways route passes right by the entrance to this two-acre botanical garden. The remainder of the trail to Hexham was pretty straightforward walking through woodland, fields and suburb....

Emerald

The highlight was stopping at Dilston Physic Garden, about a third of the way in, we had a delicious herbal tea and viewed the lovely medicinal gardens....

Polly

Gradually moving uphill, we turn onto a narrow road past Plenmeller. From here, it's a tarmac drive, then more unpaved road, broken by a brief walk through a small wood, where we rejoin the road through a gate by an info board. More tarmac drive, more unpaved road, until we enter Haydon Bridge, where we now reach paving. Leaving Haydon Bridge, we take a short unpaved residential road, where we access a footpath that leads us through Gee's Wood. Under a A69 viaduct, we hit a road, but we continue ahead on another unpaved road, but we're soon on a footpath running through fields towards Elrington Wood. Past the farm, and back onto another unpaved road, passing an old railway station and fields and fields of wheat speckled with poppies for as far as the eyes can see....

Hiking Historian

Hexham looked a lovely place with some interesting buildings, although it was a bit of a walk up from the station....

Mary Oz

Once past the baronial mansion, the drive becomes more like a muddy farmtrack, until it transforms into an equally muddy footpath through the woods. Past the cottages, and once over the bridge, we're down some steps to a footpath running alongside the Devil's Water....

Hiking Historian

Points of Interest on this walk apart from the views are the Dilston Physic Garden in Dilston and the remains of the Roman Bridge as you near Corbridge....

Philip Le Marquand

As others have noted, this is a nice walk which is very easily navigable and accurately plotted. If you’re walking from Hexham, it begins with a bit of a climb (not good if you have mobility issues). Once up, it’s a steady downhill walk through woodlands and riverside into Corbridge....

Bill Vincent

The path then goes up the other side of the valley and out on to the road which goes to Dilston College....

Andy Spencer

Once out of Hexham (or before entering Hexham on reverse route) the route is entirely traffic free. Care is needed when the crossing of A695 at Dilston, but otherwise very easy to follow the route, and good underfoot all the way....

JDCrew

The route goes east along the road but in a short distance there is a discreet Woodland Trust sign on the right leading to steps that take you down into Letah Wood. You can continue on a path beside the Letah Burn (could be muddy) to the car park at Newbiggin where the route is regained. Once across the footbridge over Devil's Water at Peth Foot the route follows a narrow track that climbs steeply upwards. Note that the route goes through several fields where there may be cattle...

grussell

Definitely the best route between the two, although it might be easier navigation-wise to just follow the main Eastgate road out of town and up the hill....

Andyhoth

Definitely the best route between the two, although it might be easier navigation-wise to just follow the main Eastgate road out of town and up the hill, until you reach Tyneview Terrace....

Andyhoth

The first stretch out of the village of Wark on the B6320 is not walkable and we would advise that no routes follow any section of this road. We are looking at alternative routes but there is currently no direct route from the village of Wark to Hexham....

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