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Looking SW towards Dipton. The path runs along the route of an 18th century colliery waggonway. The Fell was once lowland heath, but is now much overgrown with scrub. The flowers are Rosebay Willowherb.

Lintzhall Dene is the shallow groove beyond the foreground crop. Chopwell Woods are seen in the middle distance beyond the Derwent Valley.

The Bowes Railway was one of the oldest railways in the world, sections of which were constructed by George Stephenson in 1826, and extended from Pontop to the Tyne at Jarrow. In 1842 it was bought and restored by John Bowes and Partners... (more)

A view looking west up the Derwent Valley from the path along Mountsett Fell. This is on the top of the southern slope of the valley, hence the good views. Hamsterley Hall can be seen on the extreme left. The farm in the woods to the right... (more)

This road was the former main road, until a bypass was built to the right to cut off the steep hill climb.

This path forms part of Regional Route 11 of the National Cycle Network, which for the most part follows the trackbed of the old Bowes Railway. Over this section it appears to have diverged from the line of the railway and runs behind... (more)

This country lane runs from Upper Lintz farm to Lintz estate in Burnopfield. This was originally the site of Lntz Colliery.