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Lanchester: an easy 1500m walk in the woods

Difficulty Easy

Walking time 30 minutes

Length 1.6km / 1.0mi

Route developer: Dominique Meissner

Route checker: Marianne Patterson

Start location Malton Picnic Area outside of Lanchester
Route Summary An easy circular walk through the woods outside of Lanchester. Enjoy listening to birds on the way and look out for dragon flies! This route is not suitable for pushchairs or wheelchairs.
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Getting there

Parking is available at the Malton Picnic Area Car Park. This route is also accesible via public transport. From Durham or Consett, take Go North East bus no. 15 or 15A to Malton Road End bus stop. 

Description

[1] Walk out of the car park and follow the road around to the right until you reach terraced houses on your right.

[2] Turn into the street in front of the terraced houses and walk along until the end.

[3] Turn left after the houses to follow the path around. Follow the grassy path when it leads you along the industrial estate on your left. Go over a stile and carry on walking. The path will turn off to the right. Don’t go into the woods with the path but turn left along a wide grassy path.

[4] You will reach a stile at the end. Cross over and turn left. Follow this way until you reach a big path (railway path).

[5] Turn left on the railway path and follow it for a distance to return to the car park.

Lanchester has a vibrant community centre and offers a fitness suite which was opened in 2008. In there, you have the choice of treadmills, cycling machines, rowing machines, cross trainers, multi-gyms and much more! The villagers can also take part in Country Dance, Taekwondo, Pilates and Aerobics. A table tennis club is also available. 

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