Teesdale Challenge Walks

Whatever your age or level of fitness there is a walk here that you could manage from a gentle 2.4 mile family walk through woodland to a strenuous 18.8 mile walk over rough moorland. All this through the beautiful Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty of Upper Teesdale.
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High Force Waterfall

The walking challenges are split into 4 categories, Rainbow, Bronze, Silver and Gold and range in difficulty from easy, family orientated walks through to 19 mile hikes, with the Rainbow Award been designed specifically for young families up to the Gold Award, targeted at experienced hill walkers.

Enjoy any of our walks or any combination of walks that suit you, or devise your own routes.. Go to Choose Your Challenge

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gETTING HERE

You can visit Middleton by bus. Arriva buses 75 and 76 and Weardale Travel 84 and 84a travel from Darlington to Barnard Castle and Weardale Travel 95 and 96 make the onward journey to Middleton-in-Teesdale. In addition Hodgsons operate a service from Middleton to Langdon Beck on a Wednesday. Timetables for these routes can be found by clicking the name of the bus company above.

If you are arriving by car please be aware that Middleton is a busy village. If you are staying overnight in the village please park near your accommodation. If you are just visiting for the day please use one of our two free long term car parks. The bigger of these is on Bridge Street with 30 spaces and offers overnight parking. The other car park is at the Sports Club on Rose Terrace which offers around 10 free all day parking spaces. Please click on this link for a Google Map.
For parking elsewhere in the dale for public toilets click here to go to the 'Car Parking' page.

Middleton-in-Teesdale Parish Boundary

TEESDALE WALKERS are a walking group that run guided walks in upper Teesdale and the wider area of the North Pennines eg. Swaledale, The Cross Fell Range and Weardale.
There is no membership, or commitment to come on any specific walks, and no need to register in advance. Walks are free, however, voluntary donations of £1.00 are welcomed to help cover our insurance costs and other overheads. Any under-18s must be accompanied by a responsible adult. To find out more check out our facebook page

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