Once at Low Way Farm, park your car and leave it. All these activities can start here.
This leaflet is reproduced courtesy of the North Pennines AONB Partnership
"click here" for a pdf document from this direct link
The area is internationally renowned for its hay meadows and rare wild flowers. At the appropriate times of year this walk embraces beautiful hayfields and varieties of orchids and other native wild flowers.
Other links to great local walks - download free
Cow Green Geological Trail (Landscapes for Life - AONB)
Cow Green Reservoir & the Tees (AA)
Holwick / Middleton-in-Teesdale (Northern Dales)
Langdon Beck walk (Telegraph)
For a calender of events "click" here. (AONB)
Fishing
We are an ideal centre to three of the finest upland reservoirs of Selset, Grassholme and Hury. click on each reservoir for details. The Upper Tees is renowned for its fly fishing, - brown trout, salmon, and sea trout, and day permits are available. "click here" for details.
Cycling
around Middleton-in-Teesdale. "Click here" for a direct Link to the North Pennines AONB Partnership brochure which incorporates a map with 4 routes.
Route 3 passes Low Way Farm and all routes are accessible from route 3.
The Whin Sill around Holwick and the stones used in Low Way Farm and cottages.Visit the expanses of rock formations of Whin Sill. The rock which forms the spectacular Holwick Scars, and both High Force and Low Force.
"Click here" for a link to the North Pennines AONB Partnership brochure packed with information on the geology of this volcanic rock formed about 295 million years ago.
Climbing on Holwick Scars
"Click here" for a pdf document produced by www.climbingonline.co.uk for details and controls in this protected area
Canoeing at and near Low Force
"Click here" for a link to Canoe & Kayak Uk Magazine article on this stretch of the River. -including YouTube clips. Whether canoeing or watching, this is a regular activity a walking distance away. (see map on find us page)
Fell Running & The Cronkley Fell Race
The annual Cronkley Fell Race usually in June starts and finishes in Holwick. A popular event organised by the Durham Fell Runners. "Click here" for the OS route map
"click here" for a pdf document from this direct link
The area is internationally renowned for its hay meadows and rare wild flowers. At the appropriate times of year this walk embraces beautiful hayfields and varieties of orchids and other native wild flowers.
Other links to great local walks - download free
Cow Green Geological Trail (Landscapes for Life - AONB)
Cow Green Reservoir & the Tees (AA)
Holwick / Middleton-in-Teesdale (Northern Dales)
Langdon Beck walk (Telegraph)
For a calender of events "click" here. (AONB)
Fishing
We are an ideal centre to three of the finest upland reservoirs of Selset, Grassholme and Hury. click on each reservoir for details. The Upper Tees is renowned for its fly fishing, - brown trout, salmon, and sea trout, and day permits are available. "click here" for details.
Cycling
around Middleton-in-Teesdale. "Click here" for a direct Link to the North Pennines AONB Partnership brochure which incorporates a map with 4 routes.
Route 3 passes Low Way Farm and all routes are accessible from route 3.
The Whin Sill around Holwick and the stones used in Low Way Farm and cottages.Visit the expanses of rock formations of Whin Sill. The rock which forms the spectacular Holwick Scars, and both High Force and Low Force.
"Click here" for a link to the North Pennines AONB Partnership brochure packed with information on the geology of this volcanic rock formed about 295 million years ago.
Climbing on Holwick Scars
"Click here" for a pdf document produced by www.climbingonline.co.uk for details and controls in this protected area
Canoeing at and near Low Force
"Click here" for a link to Canoe & Kayak Uk Magazine article on this stretch of the River. -including YouTube clips. Whether canoeing or watching, this is a regular activity a walking distance away. (see map on find us page)
Fell Running & The Cronkley Fell Race
The annual Cronkley Fell Race usually in June starts and finishes in Holwick. A popular event organised by the Durham Fell Runners. "Click here" for the OS route map