Weekly walks all year round, highly regarded footpath maintenance work and a great way to make new friends – three good reasons to join Hexham Ramblers!
This walk from Colwell visits several historic sites and old villages, and two reservoirs built to supply Newcastle and Gateshead. We pass the site of an Iron Age settlement and a castle near Great Swinburne. We see a magnificent 18th-century tithe barn before coming to the site of the old TB sanatorium at Barrasford Park which was in use from 1907 to 1960. Our route then takes us to Colt Crag reservoir and Thockrington (with the 11th-century church of St Aidan) and returns to Colwell past Hallington and its reservoirs.
Advance booking is required for this walk. To reserve your place, please e-mail the walk leader, Carol, through the contact box above - and remember to include your mobile number in the mail.
Booking opens on Monday, 30th September.
Park and meet in Colwell village. Colwell is on the B6342, two thirds of a mile from the junction with the A68.
