Wark & Redesmouth

This village is about 2.5 miles from the route. It has a shop, post office, hotel and a pub. The landlord will direct you via a scenic and traffic free lane back onto the route again. Once a Norman frontier town, you enter it over a bridge. Chipchase Castle can be seen from the road. Welcome facilities in an area otherwise bereft of civilisation.

 

Directions

Road to Delight and beyond ...

Head out of Stamfordham keeping the Bay Horse on your left, passing through the hamlet of Fenwick. You will soon be in Matfen, another immaculate estate village. Here take the right turn signed for Ryal and Capheaton, followed by a right-angled left turn just out of the village. It's a mile or so past the hamlet of Delight until you reach the spendidly named Click 'em In Farm, where you bear right to Ryal.


Just beyond Ryal South Farm there is a track off to the right: if you fancy the off-road option, take it up to Hallington New House, where it joins the road again leading to the cross-roads outside Hallington. Turn right. You can, of course, ignore the off- road section, and continue to Hallington along the road. Half a mile outside Hallington there is another off-road option to the left, taking you across a rough farm track and past the reservoir. Be warned - this track can get pretty muddy. This takes you via Little Swinburn and back onto the main route just before Colt Reservoir.


After a quick left-right shimmy to cross the A68, you will soon pass the edge of Birtley. Off to the left is Wark. You will soon come to a junction, with Heugh to the left. Take the right fork, head to Buteland and left onto the minor road, and so steeply down to Redesmouth.




Accommodation
Battlesteads Hotel, Wark, Hexham, Northumberland NE48 3LS

A converted 17th-c farmhouse carefully modernised to provide
comfortable and eco-friendly surroundings. Very used to having
cyclists and will help with repairs. The owners pride themselves
on superb authentic English cuisine.

Run by: Richard Slade

 

Tel: 01434 230 209
Web: www.battlesteads.com
Email: info@battlesteads.com

Rooms : 7D, 3T, 2F, 1S. Disabled 2T and 2D on ground floor.
B&B: from £47.50 (£40 between Jan 1-May 1 and Sept 1-Dec).
PL: £4.95. Evening meals £18.50
Distance from Reivers: 1 mile (turn left at Birtley)
VisitBritain: 4-star inn
 


The Black Bull, Main St, Wark, Northumberland, NE48 3LG

17th century inn on village green now under the ownership of
Richard Slade, who also runs the Battlesteads Hotel round the
corner. Good, locally sourced food with meals served up at the Battlesteads. The rooms have been comfortably refurbished. New cycle lock-up and beer garden.

Run by: Joanne & Darren Tulley

 

01434 230239
www.blackbullwark.co.uk
info@blackbullwark.co.uk

Rooms : 2D, 2T, 2F.
B&B: £37.50. Single occ. £50. Family room £100.
Eve meal: served at the Battlesteads
Pk lunch: yes, avaialable from the Battlesteads.
Dist from route: 1.25 miles.
Drying facilities & secure lock-up.

 
 




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