The Grey Panthers
Walks in the COUNTY DURHAM Area

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Locations "B"
Baybridge & Blanchland
Beamish & Causey Arch
Bishop Auckland & Auckland Castle
BIshop Auckland to Spennymoor
Baybridge
to Riddlehamhope and Blanchland
10.3 miles
Beamish & Causey Arch
9.8 miles
Bishop Auckland
& Auckland Castle
(2015)
BIshop Auckland to Spennymoor
10.8 miles
 
Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland & Bellburn Woods
Bishop Auckland, Escomb, & Witton-le-Wear
Bishop Auckland, Hunwick & Willington
Bishop Auckland
to Bellburn Wood, Binchester, and Escomb
(2003)
10.2 miles
Bishop Auckland
& Bellburn Woods
(2023)
6.5 miles
Bishop Auckland, Escomb, & Witton-le-Wear
11.8 miles
Bishop Auckland,
Hunwick & Willington
11.1 miles
 
Bishop Auckland (2019)
Bishop Auckland
10 July 2024 Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland
Bishop Auckland
(2019)
Bishop Auckland
( February 2024)
Bishop Auckland
(July 2024)
Bishop Auckland
(& Escomb)
(2022)
 
Bishop Auckland, Binchester & Bellburn Woods
Bishop Auckland, Byers Green & Willington
Bishop Auckland & Sunny Brow
29 October Brafferton, Barmpton,
Bishop Auckland, Binchester & Bellburn Woods
7.0 miles
Bishop Auckland,
Byers Green & Willington
8.5 miles
Bishop Auckland & Sunny Brow
6 miles
Brafferton
to Barmpton & Ketton Bridge
(2003)
8.6 miles
 
Brafferton & Barmpton (2013)
Brancepeth & Willington 8.0 miles
Brancepeth & Willington
Brierley Woods & the Grindon Loop
Brafferton & Barmpton (2013)
10.1 miles
Brancepeth & Willington
(2023)
8.0 miles
Brancepeth & Willington (2024)
7 miles
Brierley Woods
& the Grindon Loop
7.0 miles
 
16 March Broom Park
Broom Park, Langley Park, Esh and Ushaw Moor
Broompark & Brancepeth (2023)
Broompark & Brancepeth (2024)
Broompark
to Ushaw Moor and Langley Park
9.7 miles
Broompark, Langley Park, Esh and Ushaw Moor
10.5 miles
Broompark & Brancepeth (2023)
7.5 miles
Broompark & Brancepeth (2024)
7.5 miles
 
Broompark & Langley Park
26 May Byers Green & Bellburn Wood
4 May Byers Green & Bellburn Wood
Broompark & Langley Park (2024)
7.0 miles
Byers Green
to Bellburn Wood & Bishop Auckland
10.0 miles
Byers Green
to Todhills, Bishop Auckland, and Bellburn Wood
9.8 miles
Locations "C"
Castle Eden to Seaham Harbour
4 February Castle Eden & Blackhall
Castle Eden & Hurworth Burn Reservoir
Castle Eden & Hurworth Burn Reservoir
Castle Eden
to Seaham Harbour
11.1 miles
Castle Eden to Blackhall
9.7 miles
Castle Eden & Hurworth Burn Reservoir
(2014)
9.8 miles

Castle Eden & Hurworth Burn Reservoir
(2023)
9.0 miles
 
Castle Eden, Shotton Colliery & Haswell
Causey Arch & East Tanfield
Chester-le-Street
Castle Eden, Shotton Colliery & Haswell
 10.8 miles
Causey Arch & East Tanfield
5.0 miles
Chester-le-Street
Riverside Walk
& Heritage Trail
Chopwell Woods
to Lintzford Mill and Blackhall Mill
9.2 miles
 
Consett to Langley Park
Crook, Roddymoor & Billy Row
Cuddy's Corse
18 June Corbridge & Halton
Consett to Langley Park
10.1 miles
Crook, Roddymoor & Billy Row
6.5 miles
Cuddy's Corse
(Chester-le-Street & Durham Cathedral)
8.0 miles
Corbridge to Halton (*)
10.4 miles
Locations "D"
Deerness Valley Walkway
2 July The Derwent Valley Red Kite Trail
Durham City Circular
Durham City Circular (2019)
Deerness Valley Walkway
9.5 miles
Derwent Valley
and the Red Kite Trail (*)
11.3 miles
Durham City Circular
(2014)
8.3 miles
Durham City Circular
(2019)
6.8 miles
Durham Cathedral & Riverside
Durham & Finchale Priory
Durham Cathedral & Riverside
Durham & Finchale Priory
8.0 miles

Locations "E"
Easington Colliery & Hawthorn
23 September Edmundbyers & Muggleswick
26 November Edmundbyers
9 December Escom & Bishop Auckland
Easington Colliery & Hawthorn
6.0 miles
Edmundbyers
to Muggleswick
10.4 miles
Edmundbyers
to Old Man's Grave
8.0 miles
Escomb to Bishop Auckland
4.7 miles
Escom & Witton-le-Wear
Escomb
& Witton-le-Wear
7.6 miles

Locations "G"
3 June Gaunless Valley Circular
Gaunless Valley, - Cockfield and Butterknowle
9.0 miles
Locations "H"
Hardwick Hall & Bishop Middleham
Hardwick Park & Sedgefield
Hardwick Hall
Hardwick (Muddy) Ramble
Hardwick Hall
& Bishop Middleham
(2017)
7.0 mles
Hardwick Park
& Sedgefield
(2020)
Hardwick Hall
& Bishop Middleham
(2022)
6 .0 mles
Hardwick (Muddy) Ramble (2024)
4.5 miles
 
28 July Hamsterley Forest & the Elephant Trees
Hamsterley Forest
Hamsterley Forest & Pawlaw Pike
Hamsterley Forest (2019)
Hamsterley Forest
to the Elephant Trees
8.5 miles
Hamsterley Forest
to Neighbour Moor
8.5 miles
Hamsterley Forest
& Pawlaw Pike
12.3 miles
Hamsterley Forest
(2019)
 5.5 miles
 
Hart Village Loops
Hart to Hesleden & Monk Hesleden
Hart to Hesleden & Monk Hesleden (2021)
Hartlepool Headland & Crimdon Dene
Hart Village Loops
9.8 miles
Hart to Hesleden & Monk Heslede
(2019)
8.5 miles
Hart to Hesleden & Monk Hesleden
(2021)
8.5 miles
Hartlepool Headland & Crimdon Dene
(2011)
8.8 miles
 
Hartlepool & Crimdon (2020)
Hartlepool Headland & Crimdon Dene (2020)
Hartlepool Headland
Hesleden & Crimdon Dene
Hartlepool Headland & Crimdon Dene
(2020)
7.5 miles
Hartlepool Headland & Crimdon Dene
(2020)
8.0 miles
Hartlepool Headland
(2024)
6.0 miles
Hesleden
& Crimdon Dene
(2013)
 10.7 miles
 
Hesleden and Crimdon Dene
Hesleden & Seaham
Hesleden, Crimdon & Castle Eden Dene (2017)
Hesleden, Crimdon & Monk Hesleden
Hesleden
& Crimdon Dene
(2015)
 9.8 miles
Hesleden & Seaham
(2016)
11.4 miles
Hesleden, Crimdon & Castle Eden Dene
(2017)
10.0 miles
Hesleden, Crimdon & Monk Hesleden
(2023)
8 miles
 
Hesleden & Hurworth Burn (2017)
Hesleden & Castle Eden Dene (2023)
Hetton-le-Hole & Low Pittington
Hesleden & Crimdon Beach (2024)
 7.0 miles
Hesleden & Hurworth Burn (2017)
11.7 miles
Hesleden & Castle Eden Dene
(2023)
6 .0 miles
Hetton-le-Hole & Low Pittington
(2011)
10.6 miles
 
Hetton-le-Hole & Low Pittington (2013)
Hetton-le-Hole & Low Pittington
(2013)
11.5 miles
Locations "L"
24 November Langley Park & Quebec
Langley Park to Esh & Quebec (2017)
Langley Park to Esh
& Quebec (2010)
9.7 miles
Langley Park to Esh
& Quebec (2017)
9.5 miles

Locations "P"
23 November Penshaw Monument Circular
Penshaw Monument,
Penshaw Monument,, Fatfield & Cox Green
Penshaw & Fatfield
Penshaw Monument
to Fatfield and North/South Hylton along the River Wear
9.6 miles
Penshaw Monument,
Fatfield & Cox Green
(2010)
9.6 miles
Penshaw Monument,
Fatfield & Cox Green
(2016)
5.4 miles
Penshaw & Fatfield
(2023)
6 miles
Locations "R"
1 November Rowlands Gill to Causey Arch
Rowlands Gill & Chopwell Woods
Rowlands Gill
to Causey Arch
11.1 miles
Rowlands Gill & Chopwell Woods
10.3 miles

Locations "S"
7 January Seaham & Hawthorn
Seaham Harbour to Hawthorn
7 July Seaham and Hawthorn Dene
Seaham and Hwathorn
Seaham Harbour
to Hawthorn
(2009)
9.2 miles
Seaham Harbour
to Hawthorn
(2014)
9.6 miles
Seaham Harbour
to Hawthorn Dene
(2010)
11.1 miles
Seaham Harbour
& Hawthorn
(2022)
8.5 miles
 
Seaham Harbour & Ryhope
Seaham Harbour & Ryhope
Seaham Harbour & Ryhope
Seaham & Blast Beach
Seaham Harbour & Ryhope
2013
8.3 miles
Seaham Harbour & Ryhope
2019
7.6 miles
Seaham Harbour & Ryhope
2022
7.0 miles
Seaham & Blast Beach
2023
5.0 miles
 
Seaham (Nose's Point) & Hawthorn
Seaton Carew & Seaton Snooks
Sedgefield & Bishop Middleham
28 November Sedgefield & Thorpe Thewles
Seaham (Nose's Point) & Hawthorn
2024
6.0 miles
Seaton Carew
& Seaton Snooks
(6.5 miles)
Sedgefield
& Bishop Middleham
8.45 miles
Sedgefield
to Thorpe Thewles
12.0 miles
 
Sedgefield and Hardwick Hall Park
Sherburn
Shildon & "The Great Farewell"
Shildon & the National Railway Museum
Sedgefield and Hardwick Hall Park
Sherburn
to Littletown and
Hetton le Hill
9.9 miles
Shildon
& "The Great Farewell"
7.0 miles
Shildon & the National Railway Museum
2023- (Part 1)
 
Shildon & the National Railway Museum
Shildon & the National Railway Museum
The Sockburn Loop from Neasham to Lower Dinsdale
South Shields & Whitburn
Shildon & the National Railway Museum
2023 -(Part 2)
Shildon & the National Railway Museum
2024
The Sockburn Loop from Neasham to Lower Dinsdale
8.6 miles
South Shields & Whitburn 10.7 miles
 
8 February Staindrop and Winston
26 November Sunderland Bridge
Sunderland Bridge to Shincliffe
Sunderland Bridge, Shincliffe, & Houghall
Staindrop
to Winston and Little Newsham
13.0 miles
Sunderland Bridge
to Tudhoe Village and Byers Green
11.8 miles
Sunderland Bridge & Shincliffe (2012)
10.2 miles
Sunderland Bridge, Shincliffe, & Houghall (2013)
7.84 miles
 
Sunderland Bridge, Shincliffe, & Houghall (2022)
Sunderland Bridge & Brancepeth (2015)
Sunderland Bridge to Brancepeth
Sunderland Bridge, Shincliffe, & Houghall (2021)
8.0 miles
Sunderland Bridge, Shincliffe, & Houghall (2022)
7.0 miles
Sunderland Bridge
& Brancepeth (2015)
10.8 miles
Sunderland Bridge
to Brancepeth (2016)
8.5 miles
 
Sunderland Bridge to Brancepeth (2020)
Sunderland Bridge
Sunderland Bridge
to Brancepeth (2020)
8.5 miles
Sunderland Bridge
to Brancepeth (2022)
8.5 miles
Locations "T"
Tilery Wood (Wynyard) & the Hurworth Burn Reservoir
Thorpe Thewles & Hurworth Burn
Thorpe Thewles (2022) 5/0 miles
Thorpe Thewles (2024)
Tilery Wood (Wynyard) & the Hurworth Burn Reservoir
(2021)
7.5 miles
Thorpe Thewles
& Hurworth Burn
(2016)
11.2 miles
Thorpe Thewles (2022)
5.0 miles
Thorpe Thewles (2024)
5.0 miles
Locations "T"
Tow Law & Hedley Hope Fell

Locations "W"
7 December Wingate to Hurworth Burn
Wynyard & the Hurworth Burn Reservoir
Wynyard & the Hurworth Burn Reservoir
Wynyard-Stillington-Whitton
Wingate
to Station Town, Hurworth Burn, and Trimdon Colliery
9.9 miles
Wynyard & the Hurworth Burn Reservoir
(2014)
9.1 miles
Wynyard & the Hurworth Burn Reservoir
(2020)
8.0 miles
Wynyard-Stillington-Whitton
6.0 miles

(*) Although these walks are in Northumberland, they are just over the river from County Durham so have been included here.

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