2016
NZ3355 : Steps on the Weardale Way near Washington
taken 7 years ago, near to Washington, Sunderland, England
Steps on the Weardale Way near Washington
Weardale Way
A 77 mile route following the River Wear from the sea at the Lindesfarne Memorial, Sunderland to the headwaters in the east Pennines, keeping as close as is possible to the river. It visits Lumley Castle, Durham (where the Castle and Cathedral forms a World Heritage Site), Bishop Auckland and Stanhope. After Stanhope the Way makes a northward loop to Rookhope to take in part of a tributary, Rookhope Burn.