The Grey Panthers

Explorer Map 304, - Darlington & Richmond

The majority of this walk is very straightforward, - especially when following the Teesdale Way and minor roads.
Unfortunately, where the route follows farm footpaths some difficulty may be experienced as these farm footpaths may not be well maintained, - or may even be non-existent.
At times of wet weather, or high levels in the River Tees, the section following the Teesdale Way can become very muddy.
Choose fine weather and the walk is very enjoyable.

For a Memory Map overlay of the walk described, please select the above link.
(Overlay made with Version 5 of Memory Map)

Some new mapping software is now available which you may want to try, - QUO mapping. You can download the software for free from the link below, complete with demonstration maps. Having installed QUO, you can import and export Memory Map overlays. Thus YOU DON'T NEED Memory Map to use any of the overlays provided on the Grey Panthers web site, - just use QUO!!

The Memory Map overlay provided above is for a figure-of-eight circular walk. In the event, only the right hand part of this route was completed, and is described below.

Start from the centre of Middleton One Row, where car parking is along the main street. (NZ35264 12247).
Walk Eastwards along the main street until you see the finger post pointing to the Teesdale Way footpath.
Head down to the River Tees, then follow the footpath beside the river until you pass the old pigeon house on your left.
Just past this point, the footpath turns sharp left.
At the house (situated on the bend in the road), turn sharp right and follow the track up Fatten Hill.
At the top of Fatten Hill, follow the farm track and farm road all the way past Newsham Hall until you reach the minor road.
Here turn sharp left.
About 200 yards along the road is a lane leading to Featherstone House Farm. Theoretically, there is a footpath from this farm that takes you to Church House. However, we found that this footpath was effectively closed and we could make no progress. We therefore retraced our steps to the road, and followed the road until we came to the footpath indicated on the right that led to Church House.
Although the footpath was signed and waymarked, it had not been maintained. In particular, where there was meant to be a stile we had to climb over an unstable wooden fence instead.
From Church House the footpath led to the Church of St. George.
From the church, the road was followed back to Middleton One Row.