Hindhope Linn – Aug 2024

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£16.00

Date: Saturday 17 August 2024
Time: 10:00 am
Distance: 8 miles
Difficulty: Moderate (hills)

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Description

Hindhope Linn

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Hindhope Linn is a lovely waterfall in the north of Kielder Forest. This walk will visit the Three Kings Stone Circle and the village of Byrness, before finally seeing the waterfall.

Details

Hills: General - AscentKey1-98x27 Small hills
Distance: General - DistanceKey1-98x27 Medium distance
Grade: General - GradeKey1-98x27 Moderate
Map: General - OL16-Front-Map-thumb
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The start

We start at Blakehopeburnhaugh, which is quite close to Hindhope Linn. However, on this walk we will take a walk around the area before returning to Blakehopeburnhaugh and then going onto Hindhope Linn.

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The Three Kings

We leave Blakehopeburnhaugh and head north, along the forest roads and paths, to an almost hidden path up to the stone circle. The Three Kings Stone Circle marks the grave of three kings of Denmark, who were killed in battle. We can take a look at the stones and admire the view from this elevated position.

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Byrness and St Francis Church

Walking back towards the River Rede, we head towards Byrness. Byrness is a small village but it does have an inn. It’s for resdents only, so no chance for a tipple.  The Forest View Walkers Inn services the northern section of the Pennine Way between Bellingham, Byreness and Windy Gyle.

From Byrness Village we take a path, alongside the A68, to Byrness St Francis of Assisi Church. The cemetery adjacent to the church predates the church. This is interesting as Byrness means “place of burial”.

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When we leave Byrness, we will take the Pennine Way back to where we started.

Hindhope Linn

At Blakehopeburnhaugh we can dump our bags and head towards Hindhope Linn. the walk from here isn’t too far and a little way through the woods we will hear the Blakehope Burn and soon reach Hindhope Linn.

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Refreshments

On returning to the cars, we will take a short trip to Rochester, where we will visit Rochester Relish.

Hope to see you there,

Julie and Martin x

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Location

This shows the start location for this walk.

Nearest postcode: NE19 1SW (Note: This is a rural area, so the postcode covers a large area)
OS Grid Reference: NT 78459 00218
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Toilets: There are public toilets at the parking area.
Parking: Parking is at Blakehopeburnhaugh picnic area. Take the A68 North and turn off at Cottonhopeburnfoot (Signposted “Forest Drive”. Follow the road towards the Forest Drive.