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The Mineral Valleys Project: Publications

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Project information

The Mineral Valleys Projects works with a wide variety of partners and supports a range of interesting projects.

  • Final Mineral Valleys Project Information Booklet PDF [4.66 MB]
    This booklet provides a final overview of the Mineral Valleys Project up to May 2008. It looks at each initiative within the project and highlights what has been achieved and what will happen into the future. It is a good summary of the Mineral Valleys Project and its successes.
  • Mineral Valleys Project Information Booklet PDF [370 kB]
    This booklet provides an update of the Mineral Valleys Project as at January 2007. It looks at each initiative within the project and highlights what has been achieved and where work is still to be carried out. It is a snapshot in time of the Mineral Valleys progress.
  • Accessing Wetlands and Beyond PDF [370 kB]
    The Accessing Wetlands and Beyond project was carried out in partnership with the Environment Agency. The project focussed on an 11 hectare site between West Auckland and Ramshaw. Its has improved and created wetland habitats in this areas and provided additional access to these habitats. This report explains the project.

Books

  • Working on the Wear Book PDF [3.4 MB]
    This colourful and fun book was produced by school children from five schools in the River Wear catchment. The children joined in field trips along the River. They produced poems, stories and pictures from these expeditions which form this lovely, bright book.

Self-guided walks leaflets

There are also audits of access to these walks below.

  • Escomb, Witton Park & Etherley PDF document [788 KB]
    This 5 mile (8km) walk passes by one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon Churches in England; Escomb Church. It also explores the iron, steam and coal industries of the region.
  • Wonderful Witton-le-Wear PDF document [813 KB]
    The walk around Witton-le-Wear is a 5.5 mile (or 9km) moderate walk. It meanders in and around the hillside village of Witton-le-Wear and also has a number of alternative routes to be explored.
  • Frosterley PDF document [659 KB]
    These are a series of three walks, leaving from the Frosterley Railway Station, that look at some of the old quarrying remains of Frosterley and their effects on the landscape in Weardale.
  • StanhopePDF document [967 KB]
    Three short walks around Stanhope with an option to walk to Frosterley along a quiet road along the River Wear. They are well waymarked and easy underfoot.
  • WolsinghamPDF document [827 KB]
    There are many interesting walks leaving from the historic town of Wolsingham. These lead to quarries, farms, shafts, mills and mark out an intricate pattern of journeys to work made over hundreds of years by generations of the people working in Weardale.
  • Cowshill to Killhope PDF [490 kB]
    The Cowshill to Killhope walk is approximately 4 miles (6.5 km). It is classified as moderate and starts in Burtreeford Bridge in Cowshill. It finishes at the interesting Killhope North of England Lead Mining Museum.
  • Lanchester Roman Walk PDF [1.6 MB]
    The moderate Lanchester Roman Walk is 5 miles (7.6 km) long. It's a loop walk that starts and ends in a free car park in Newbiggin Lane, Lanchester. In total the walk takes approximately 2.5 hours. An alternative route is also described for times of wet weather.
  • Rookhope self guided walk leaflet PDF [5.7 MB]
    Rookhope was once a lead mining village. There are two walks presented on this leaflet, one moderate and the other strenuous. The shorter route is 3 miles (5 km). The longer route is 5 miles (8 km). They are both circular paths that start and finish at the Village Hall in Rookhope.
  • St John's Chapel self guided walk leaflet PDF [2.8 MB]
    This interesting walk is made up of three loop walks or can be done as one large loop. It is a network of walks off the Weardale Way. The outer route is 7 miles (11 km). Each of the three village loops are approximately 3 miles (5 km). Along the path is the Weardale Museum, a small folk museum with many informative treasures from the past.
  • Tow Law to Harperley PDF [460 kB]
    The Tow Law to Harperley walk is approximately 3 miles (5 km). The route links into the Weardale Way at Low Harperley. It starts in Bridge Street in Tow Law and passes through Thornley and Harperley. The walk passes through fields and pasture and crosses stiles and gates along the way.

  • Bishop Auckland Town trails
    This series of eight maps portray interesting short walks in and around Bishop Auckland. The leaflets highlight a variety of different features throughout the town including buildings, plants, animals and sites of historic interest.
  • Gaunless Valley

Access audits

Interpretation panels

Heritage Lottery Fund