Hexham to Catton – 9 November 2024
There has been a change of plan for this walk and the next two walks on the programme. Originally, we were going to finish at Wolsingham on November 9th, but finding a place for the coach to park for the day, coupled with the main pub being up for sale, makes it a bit difficult to choose this location as a finish.
Rather than finding somewhere else to go, it is easier to bring the other walks on the programme forward by two weeks. So the Catton routes we planned for the 23rd of November are the ones we will do this coming Saturday, and then we will just bring the other walks forward as well. There will still be a gap for the last walk of the year on the 21st of December, but we have some weeks to plan for that one.
We have three routes planned for Saturday, an 11-mile route, a 10-mile route and a 9.5-mile route. The 11-mile route is going to start in Hexham and head south as far as West Dipton Burn where it turns west to go through West Dipton Wood before turning south and then west to go across Greenrigg Moor. The last part of the route heads south again down the strangely sounding Splitty Lane to finish in Catton.
The coach route from Hexham goes along the B6305 road which goes west and then turns south-west to head towards the Allendale Valley. It’s opposite the farm of West Nubbock on this section of the road where the 9.5-mile route starts. This route goes south and then east through the same section of West Dipton Wood turns south on a minor road and then west at New Dotland Farm. The walk then joins the same section of the route as the 11-mile route at Greenrigg Moor and comes into Catton along Splitty Lane.
The final route to start is the 10-mile route which begins just a mile from Catton. This route goes north passing Langley Dam then heads west before turning south to walk on the east side of the River Allen. The route then crosses the River East Allen at Wide Eals and heads south-east on the south side of the River East Allen joining Isaac’s Tea Trail along the way. At Thornley Gate, the route crosses the bridge to the north side of the river and continues north to Catton.
There are three quite diverse routes to choose from on this day out with the added bonus that we have never finished at Catton before. You can get in touch with us from our Contact Page, you can also download the walk descriptions below and the GPS routes here.
As we do not have any images for Catton the image for this post was taken on our last day out when we did some circular routes out of Leyburn.
