Blanchland 1

Location OS Landranger sheet 87 Start point NY 964504

Length 5 Miles

How to get there From A68 south of Corbridge take B6306 west through Edmonbyers (Sharp right in the village take your time) to car park North through village.

A circular walk up onto the moors. Views down into the River Allen valley.

Blanchland is a beautiful village attracting many visitors. You will see very few of them on your walk. Pictures of the village at the end of the walk.

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Start:- Turn right from the car park, cross the road and then take the first lane, left. Follow the waysign immediately left again.
Take the path and follow it uphill, turning left before the cottages
The path is steep here, but is the only steep stretch of the whole walk.

The path joins a grassy track going left and it drops down through the wood and two gates to the road at Shildon
Beyond the mine at Shildon follow the road up to Pennypie House
Take the gate left at the Pennypie House corner.

Beyond the gate take the road going right, to the next corner a few hundred yards on, to where a direction sign points left over Bulbeck Common to Burntshield Haugh.

Take this path.
The path crosses the common to a ladder stile. Take the track left, on the other side of the wall .
As the track comes over the brow of Burntshieldhaugh Fell there are excellent views down and across the valley of the River Allen.

Go through a gate in the wall and follow the track south. This track is a stretch of the ancient "Carrier's Way"
The Carrier's Way
Two views north-west from the Carrier's Way
Take the path going left at the waymarker and follow it across Birkside Fell to a wooden gate.

Before the gate, down to the left on the fell is a superb sheepfold, accessible over a stile. A detour is recommended

Following the track beyond the gate will bring you to another gate and on again to a stone enclosure.

Pass around the enclosure and take the road downhill to a stile leading back to Blanchland.
The path leads to a gate. Follow the road to the right, down through Cote House Farm
Follow the road down and turn right back to the car park in Blanchland.
Some Pictures of Blanchland
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