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What to Do In Weardale, The Durham Dales and Northumbria

This page just gives a personal view of a few of the many, many ways to enjoy yourself in Weardale, The Durham Dales and Northumbria.  We hope you find it useful; do email us or call us with your ideas and experiences as to what should be on here.

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Tourist Information Sites

• Discover Weardale - a specialist directory website  focussing on Weardale - just fascinating. It's run by the Weardale Visitors' Network  
• The Durham Dales Directory
• The Durham Dales Centre, Stanhope
• The Official Tourism Website for County Durham Lots of ideas and some special offers
• Visit the Northeast 
• Northumbria Tourist Board

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For Walkers, Cyclists & even Motorists...

• Walking & Cycling in the Durham Dales 
• Dale Bike Hire
• Popular walking routes from the Rambler's Association
• Coast 2 Coast (C2C) Cycle route's official site
• Walney to Wear & Whitby Cycle Route
• Hamsterley Trailblazers
• Car Hire UK Car Hire in the UK from Nova, including one-way rentals from many pick up locations around the United Kingdom.

What to do in Weardale

• Weardale Outdoor Centre is the newest centre in the North East offering access to 400 acres of Weardale countryside for outdoor pursuits. Activities cover from archery, quad bike trails and mountain biking to Nature Safari.

• Andrew Hall Hats No, not a milliner, but a woodworker and turner who does commissions, gives demonstrations and runs training courses in wood turning - and he makes hats entirely in wood!  What fun!

• The Weardale Railway NOW linked to the national railway network, running steam and diesel trains through IMMACULATE stations in Weardale.

• www.triketours.co.uk Chauffeured Motorcycle and Trike tours
• Under Siege Paintball for the more violent among us

• Bird Watching events from the RSPB

• The Weardale Museum - they'll help you research your ancestors in Weardale
• Killhope Lead Mining Museum - a GREAT day out!

What to do in County Durham and Northumbria

• Durham Choral Society - a magnificent Choral Society that puts on memorable Concerts in the Cathedral, typically twice a year.  (Rupert is a member, but he's not biased...)

• Northumberland National Park Authority

• North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

• Events in County Durham

• Birkheads Secret Gardens, Newcastle

• Alnwick Castle, Alnwick Northumberland

• Alnwick Gardens, Alnwick Northumberland

• Lindisfarne Holy Island (remember to check the tides!)

• Hall Hill Farm - come and meet the animals, up close & personal

• The Barn at Beal - Discover the connections between the Seasons, Farming and Food

• Top Gear Indoor Kart track

• NEW!! The Track Day Club is a new venture formed to run track days at Teesside Autodrome near Middlesbrough.

• Eggleston Hall Gardens, Teesdale

• High Force Waterfall, Teesdale - England's BIGGEST waterfall

• Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle

• Washington Wetland Centre, Washington

• Auckland Castle

• Raby Castle, Nr Barnard Castle

• Bamburgh Castle

• The Beamish Museum and Village

• Horseracing [Redcar Racecourse][Sedgefield Racecourse][Newcastle Racecourse]

IF you have any ideas and suggestions as to what else might be on these pages, please do let us know, by emailing us HERE.  We're grateful for any ideas.

Note that these links are to external websites.  We at Dowfold House can take no responsibility for their content, or even their existence, although we do try to make sure they are good links that do work.  You visit them at your own risk

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