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Northumbria Short Circuits Group

We are the Northumbria Short Circuit Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking
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Overview

Please meet in the Low House Wood car park at the South corner of the lake (see map).  Bolam Lake is just over two miles north of Belsay off the A696.  Car park charges apply (£4 for the day in coins). 

Toilets can be found a short walk from our car park at Boat House Wood car park.

This is a lovely varied walk through woods, over fields and tracks and an incline up to the Crags where we will have lunch.  There will be short sections of uneven paths between grain fields and possible muddy rocky areas in one wood and behind the crags and up an incline at Salters Nick. 

Boots and sticks are suggested. 

After Salters Nick we walk across the moor, track, short section on the road before returning to our car park via the lake and woods. 

At the end of the walk a coffee shop can be found in Boat House car park or you could try the Blacksmith's Coffee Shop in Belsay. 

 

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Postcode NE20 0HE

 

 

 

 

Saturday, 5 August 2023
Start time:
10:30 am
Estimated finish time:
2:00 pm
Difficulty:
Leisurely
Distance:
9.7km / 6.0mi
Ascent:
N/A
Type:
circular

Features

  • Refreshments available (Pub/cafe)
  • Toilets available
  • Car parking available

Starting point

Grid reference:
NZ 08324 81686
Nearest postcode:
NE20 0HE
what3words:
carefully.lace.conquest
Start time:
10:30 am

Low House Wood Car Park

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking