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Connect Wearhead with Slow Ways

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Wearhead

Durham


Slow Ways linking Wearhead and Alston, Blanchland, Dufton, Langdon Beck, Stanhope

England / Durham / Wearhead

Wearhead’s five Slow Ways are 30% checked

Drawn: 5/5
reviewed: 1/5
verified: 0/5
and surveyed: 0/5

Help connect Wearhead

Many Slow Ways have several route options. Some will be better than others, or good for different reasons.

Our goal is for each Slow Way to have at least one route that is verified and surveyed. To be verified – and get its snail badge – a route needs at least three positive reviews.

Give a hike and help get a for every one of Wearhead’s Slow Ways.

Walk to Wearhead from further afield

Route Slow Way Distance To do Pledge Ascent Descent
Alswea one
Alston—Wearhead
Distance 19km/12mi Pioneer me Ascent 534m Descent 487m
Dufwea one
Dufton—Wearhead
Distance 33km/20mi Pioneer me Ascent 951m Descent 799m
Lanwea one
Langdon Beck—Wearhead
Distance 11km/7mi Pioneer me Ascent 307m Descent 361m
Weabla one
Wearhead—Blanchland
Distance 19km/12mi Pioneer me Ascent 646m Descent 748m
Weasta one
Wearhead—Stanhope

Distance 16km/10mi Double check Ascent 231m Descent 105m

Fancy stretching your legs a bit more?

If you’ve polished off all of the routes between Wearhead and its neighbours, how about walking its whole web?

This includes the great ring of routes that join its neighbours to each other!

Collective progress

30% of Wearhead’s five route options are drawn, reviewed, surveyed and/or verified

5/5

drawn

1/5

reviewed

0/5

surveyed

0/5

verified

1 people have contributed to Wearhead’s Slow Ways

1 people have pledged to walk and review a route

0 people have surveyed a route in Wearhead

16km out of 98km have been walked and reviewed

16km of reviews have been shared in Wearhead

Latest Updates

Alastair Poole took this photo on Weasta one

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Proceeding through the gate, the path condition is good, with views of the river to the left and the flooded Greenfoot quarry to the right, a site of special scientific interest. Following the fence line for approximately 5 minutes, a public gate behind a private property is reached entering a more uneven wooded area, but still a path in good condition, reconnecting the walk back to the riverbank. Continuing the walk through the wooded area, the path diverges slightly from the river bank and meets the train tracks again, this time separated by a wire fence. For those looking for a short walk when in the area I can recommend this until the point where my outbound walk ended however until a more adventurous reviewer ventures through the thistles or this section of the walk improves, I cannot provide a more substantive comment....

Alastair Poole

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Alston—Wearhead

Slow Ways added Alswea one, a new walk from Alston to Wearhead

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Dufton—Wearhead

Slow Ways added Dufwea one, a new walk from Dufton to Wearhead

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Langdon Beck—Wearhead

Slow Ways added Lanwea one, a new walk from Langdon Beck to Wearhead

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Wearhead—Blanchland

Slow Ways added Weabla one, a new walk from Wearhead to Blanchland

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Wearhead—Stanhope

Slow Ways added Weasta one, a new walk from Wearhead to Stanhope

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Wearhead’s Slow Ways starting point

Grid ref

NY8583839507

Lat / Lon

54.75032° / -2.22155°

Easting / Northing

385,838E / 539,507N

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