W21: Barnard Castle, The River Tees and the Tees Railway Path
The Station Richmond, North Yorkshire, DL10 4LD
Friday 25th September 2026
Leave Station car park 9.15am. Park at Demesnes in Barnard Castle (free car park, accessed via Gray Lane off Thorngate) (GR: NZ 050 160, What3Words: ///beeline.bring.speedily) at 10.00am. 9 Miles. Moderate. £7
In some ways a companion piece to our Wednesday walk W15, today covers further sections of the Teesdale Way and the Railway Path to the south. Starting in Barnard Castle, we follow the Teesdale Way for the first part of our walk, passing the Castle which gives the town its name. We cross the Tees and walk to Pecknell Wood and on to Cotherstone. Here, we pick up the southern section of the Tees Railway Path and into the lovely grounds of the Grade II* listed Lartington Hall. Reaching the village of Lartington, we follow the course of a further dismantled railway. An impressive bridge abutment marks the line’s crossing of Deepdale Beck. We follow the Beck back to its confluence with the Tees, and then back into Barnard Castle.
In some ways a companion piece to our Wednesday walk W15, today covers further sections of the Teesdale Way and the Railway Path to the south. Starting in Barnard Castle, we follow the Teesdale Way for the first part of our walk, passing the Castle which gives the town its name. We cross the Tees and walk to Pecknell Wood and on to Cotherstone. Here, we pick up the southern section of the Tees Railway Path and into the lovely grounds of the Grade II* listed Lartington Hall. Reaching the village of Lartington, we follow the course of a further dismantled railway. An impressive bridge abutment marks the line’s crossing of Deepdale Beck. We follow the Beck back to its confluence with the Tees, and then back into Barnard Castle.
