Rothbury Railway – May 2025

£17.00

Date: Saturday 24 May 2025
Start time: 10.00 am
Distance: 8 miles
Difficulty: Moderate (Distance)

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Description

Rothbury Railway

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The Rothbury Railway walk is a lovely walk starting in the heart of Rothbury.  We walk out of Rothbury and join the railway path, where the old station used to be.  We follow this path all the way up to Pauperhaugh.

Details

Hills: General - AscentKey1-98x27 Path is along disused railway and in fields by the river.
Distance: General - DistanceKey1-98x27 Medium distance
Grade: General - GradeKey1-98x27 Easy
Map: General - 332-AlnwickAmble-Map-thumb General - OL42-KielderWaterForest-Map-thumb
This walk is on OS maps 332 Alnwick & Amble and OL42 Kielder Water & Forest.  Click on map image to buy this map.
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The start

We follow the River Coquet on the south side and folllow St Oswalds Way. This route follows the old railway track for a while.

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Away from the Railway

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We stay on St Oswalds Way, which deviates from the old railway (which turns south), into fields.

Pauperhaugh

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The path heads past Butterknowes and Gleadheugh Wood, to Pauperhaugh. This is where we will sit for lunch.

We follow a different path back to Rothbury, where we will visit Bewicks

We hope to see you there.

Julie and Martin x

Gallery – Rothbury Railway


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Location

This shows the start location for this walk.
Nearest postcode: NE65 7SH
OS Grid Reference: NU 05709 01514
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Parking: We will park in Haugh Car Park.  This is just across the footbridge, over the River Coquet, from Rothbury.  This car park is free.
Toilets: There are public toilets on Bridge Street, which is a short walk from the car park.