Dufton to Warrenby, Redcar
161km/100 miles
Signed
Along the Tees from its source in the Cumbrian Pennines through wild and remote moorland and gentler countryside to the industrial cityscapes of Teesside and on to the North Sea.
The Way dates from the 1980s, when both Durham council and the former Cleveland council began developing the riverside walkway within their boundaries independently. The two sections still have different logos: a dipper bird (above) in Durham, a salmon in former Cleveland (Darlington, Middlesbrough, Redcar, Stockton). The westernmost section between Dufton and Middleton-in-Teesdale shares its route with the Pennine Way National Trail.
The Durham section has 10 connecting circular routes:
- Langdon Beck, Cauldron Snout and Cow Green 15km/9.5 miles
- Cow Green, Herdship Fell and Harwood 15km/9.5 miles
- Bowlees, Holwick, High Force and Low Force 20km/12.5 miles
- Cotherstone and Eggleston Bridge 10.5km/6.5 miles
- Cotherstone, Barnard Castle and East Holme 11.5km/6 miles
- Greta Bridge, Brignall Banks and Crooks House 13km/8 miles
- Barnard Castle, Abbey Bridge and Whorlton 14km/8.5 miles
- Winston, Gainford, Piercebridge and St Lawrence's Chapel 20km/12.5 miles
- Middleton One Row, Dinsdale Manor and Dinsdale Park 7km/4.5 miles
- Yarm Bridge and Tanners Bank or Eaglescliffe Village 8km/5 miles
The route of the Way through Teesdale District Council's area, between Middleton and Piercebridge, is marked by distinctive iron boundary markers designed by artist Richard Wentworth, installed in 1996.
The 107km/67-mile section between Middleton-in-Teesdale and Middlesbrough forms part of European path E2.
From Middlesbrough, the E2 turns south along the Tees Link linking Middlesbrough Dock to High Cliff Nab, Guisborough (17km/10.5 miles) via Guisborough Forest and Flatts Lane Woodland Country Park.
Public Transport
For details of public transport between Middleton and Dufton see
Pennine Way. Rail services are concentrated near the eastern end with stations on or near the route at Darlington, Dinsdale, Middlesbrough, South Bank and Redcar. Various buses serve principle towns and villages. For more on finding out about public transport, see
Public Transport for Walkers.
Publications
- The Teesdale Way from Dufton to the North Sea (2nd edn) by Martin Collins and Paddy Dillon, ISBN 1 85284 461 2. Cicerone £10.
Description of main Teesdale Way route and all ten circular walks with OS 1:50 000 map extracts, background and practical information [07/05] - Teesdale Way leaflet, free from local TICs and Darlington council
- Teesdale Way Parish Boundary Walks, four walks connecting the boundary markers along the Way. Middleton to Cotherstone; Cotherstone to Abbey Bridge (north and south banks), Barnard Castle; Abbey Bridge to Winston; Winston to Piercebridge. All include routes on both north and south banks of the river and can be walked as circular walks, except the first which has a return portion along a disused railway line. Leaflets 20p each from Barnard Castle or Middleton TICs (see right).
- Tees Link, free leaflet from Tees Forest. A very basic map and directions with notes on points of interest including some on the Teesdale Way and Cleveland Way; the route itself is thoroughly signed.
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