WALKS AROUND THE MID-TYNE
Walk 2 : Wetland, wildlife and War memorial
Length: 1.25km/3⁄4 mile
Allow: 30 mins
This short walk goes through a small wetland,
then a short uphill stretch takes you back to the
village via the War memorial.
WALKS AROUND THE MID-TYNE
We hope you enjoy these walks from Humshaugh.
This is one of 10 leaflets available, with 18 walks in all,
to help you enjoy exploring Hadrian’s Wall Country in
this lovely part of Northumberland.
Great
Bavington
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9
Birtley
B6342
R.
7 8
8
A6
Wark
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Stonehaugh
A6
Tyne
B6318
8
Simonburn
6
2
Chollerford
Newbrough Wall 1 2
4 5 10 Fourstones
3
Haydon Bridge
Length: 1.5 km/1 mile
Allow: 30 mins
Walk away from the village on a minor road
signed Haughton 1.
1 Follow this road for about 1⁄2 mile, passing
Haughton Mains Farm. Take the footpath on
your left, signed ‘Humshaugh 1⁄2m’. Then
follow directions for Walk 1 from .
Great
Whittington
Humshaugh
Walk 3 : Haughton Mains
As walk 1
A6
96
B6
1 Turn left, over the bridge, at the fingerpost:
‘Permissive footpath to the War Memorial’. Follow
a surfaced path through this wetland area, taking
in another, smaller, bridge.
This short, flat walk takes you around the east
of Humshaugh along a quite lane and back to
the village through pleasant pastures.
Kirkwhelpington
Bellingham
.
2 Go through a gate into a field. Turn right and
follow the field edge up the field to a stone
step stile next to a gate onto the road. Turn left
to the War Memorial and then on to the village:
take care to keep to the side of road and watch
for traffic.
Northumberland
National Park
Mid-Tyne
As walk 1
Follow walk 1 to
6
S.Tyne
1
2
3
4
5
HEXHAM
Wall (2 walks)
Wall & Chollerford (2 walks)
Warden Hill
Newbrough (2 walks)
Newbrough - Carr Edge
6
7
8
9
10
Acomb
A69
R.
Tyne
Humshaugh (3 walks)
Wark (2 walks)
Wark - Warksfield Head
Stonehaugh (2 walks)
Fourstones (2 walks)
Published by the Mid Tyne Community Trust. To find out more
about what we do, contact us at: Women’s Institute House,
Newbrough, Hexham, NE47 5AR. Tel: 01434 674904
www.midtynetrust.ik.com email: [email protected]
Registered charity no. 1095760
This project has been funded by:
Humshaugh
Walk 1: Keepershield - 5.5km/31⁄2 miles
Walk 2: War memorial - 1.25 km/3⁄4 miles
Walk 3: Haughton Mains - 1.5 km/1 mile
Two short but interesting routes exploring
meadows and woodland near the village and a
good stroll further afield through gently
undulating countryside.
Walk 1 : Keepershield
Wester Hall Haughton
Castle
1
Length: 5.5 km/3 ⁄2 miles
Allow: 1 hour 30 mins
4
An easy walk across an old landscape defined
by mature trees, ancient hedgerows and
drystone walls.
Keepershield
Haughton Pasture
3
Bus stop outside Crown Inn
(Tyne Valley Coaches 01434 602217)
The Crown Inn (01434 681231) serves
meals and welcomes walkers.
Near the Crown Inn at Humshaugh.
From the Crown Inn, walk up the road towards
the Post Office for about 150m and turn right
into Burn Lane (signed Keepershield 11⁄4m).
1 Follow the lane between houses and keep
straight on when it becomes a path. Cross a
footbridge and turn left to walk along the edge
of a field, following the Humshaugh Burn on
your left.
2 At the corner of the field cross a stone stile
and straight across this next field to another
stone stile. Now bear half right, aiming just to
the left of the plantation on the skyline. As you
cross this field there are good views of
Barrasford Quarry on your right.
The corner of the field will come into view.
Head towards this and through the small gate.
Bear slightly left, up to the cottage (Haughton
Pasture) at the top of the field.
3 Cross a wooden stile and pass the front of the
cottage. Keep straight ahead with a drystone
wall on your right until you come to a gateway
and stone stile. Cross the stile and follow a
muddy track to the main Bellingham road.
4 Taking care of
Walk 1
the traffic, turn right
and in a few metres turn
right again onto a minor road
signed ‘Haughton 1’. Follow this road
for just over a mile (1.7 km), passing
Haughton Castle on the way.
5
After about 1⁄2 mile (800m), where the road
bears left, look out for a footpath sign
marked Humshaugh 1⁄2 mile . Go through
the kissing gate and follow the direction of
the the sign acros the field to another kissing
gate. Follow the fenceline to go through
another small gate into a small woodland.
Cross a bridge with kissing gate and walk up
the field to another kissing gate. Go through
gate and follow the path between gardens,
through an arch, across a courtyard and out
to the road, back to where you started from.
Walking with wildlife
A group of volunteers from the village of
Humshaugh applied to the Evans Trust to create
the permissive path link around Humshaugh. With
a grant from the Hanson Environment Fund, the
group bought and organised the installation of a
pathway, bridges and gate. The project was
completed in early 2003 and provides an
enjoyable short circuit around the village.
5
Haughton
Mains
2
1
Walk 3
Walk 2
1
2
Start
(Crown Inn)
1
Humshaugh
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Haughton Castle
This privately
owned castle is
one of the great
houses of
Northumbria. It
was originally built in the 14th century but was
sacked and burnt down in the 16th and
remained a ruin until the 1800s when a west
wing was added. In 1816, the settlement of
Haughton was cleared from the estate and the
park enclosed.