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About Riverside Footpath (Bedburn)
This walk starts from the main forest car park at the notice board and runs for nearly a mile beside the Bedburn Beck to Low Redford. It has been especially designed as an easy going trail for wheelchairs and pushchairs with a level stone surface. Look out for a glimpse of a dipper or kingfisher. The meadows, which were once the forest's own nurseries, are now classified as Special Sites of Scientific Interest for their botanical value. From Low Redford you can return by retracing your steps, or you can continue on the trail across the Forest Drive and return through a tranquil oak wood. Please note, the terrain here becomes steeper and the path surface rougher.
How to get there:
Riverside Footpath (Bedburn) can be started from Hamsterley Forest Visitor Centre in Hamsterley. Hamsterley, Witton-le Wear, Wolsingham, Bishop Auckland, and Durham are the nearest towns or villages.
Turn right in Hamsterley village following the brown tourist signs, turn left in hamlet of Bedburn to enter the forest and access the forest drive and car parks (£3 toll fee).
OS Grid Reference: NZ092312
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info
What's on in Hamsterley
April
- Easter Trail Thursday 1 April 2010 to Sunday 18 April 2010
- Den Building Saturday 10 April 2010
Saturday 10 July 2010
Wednesday 4 August 2010
Tuesday 24 August 2010 - Spring forager Sunday 25 April 2010
May
- Bat Walk Sunday 30 May 2010
| Hamsterley Forest Visitor Centre Facilities. |
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Trail waymarking:
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| Length of trail: 1 miles |
| Approximate time of trail: 1/2 hour |
| Open or closed: open |
| Click here to find out what else you can do in this forest. |
Contact: |
| Neil Taylor Ranger 01388 488312 e-mail: neil.taylor@forestry.gsi.gov.uk |
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