Barningham - Stang Forest - Thwaite - Barningham
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Barningham is an attractive little village lying at the edge of Barningham Moor near the southern boundary of County Durham. From the village the route leads you up onto the open moor on a wide track to intersect the county boundary line with North Yorkshire.
The walk then clings closely to the county boundary wall for almost two miles as it rises gently up the moor past the How Tallon trig point, the highest point of the walk. Shortly after, the route takes a change of direction north-west across the flat, grassy moorland with outstanding views north to what seems to be the entire southern area of County Durham, from the Pennines to the sea.
A sharp descent off the moor delivers you to the large man-made Stang Forest with a walk through a corner of the forest on the route of an ancient pack-horse way. The walk emerges from the forest into arable countryside. Pleasant field-walking follows, taking you through the tiny hamlet of Thwaite before entering into the wild, wooded River Greta gorge in the area known as Brignall Banks.
The steep-sided gorge offers challenging walking on narrow paths and across small boulders that at times pass close to the river and other times rise high above it, with steep drops. The walk emerges from the gorge into farming land for a short walk back to Barningham Village.
England - North England - Durham - Countryside
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Birds, Butterflies, Flowers, Great Views, Hills or Fells, Moor, Pub, River, Wildlife, Woodland
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