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About Whisky Gill Walk
This walk starts in Blackling Hole car park, situated at the western end of the forest drive. A short but diverse walk with steep climbs and descents. The first section climbs steeply up the side of the gill before joining the forest road, which is eventually left behind to drop down to cross the forest drive and the Spurlswood beck. Now the route follows another forest track before it gives access to Greenless Hole, a hidden little cascade, and then returning to the forest drive and the start. Wild life to be seen along this walk include wood ant nests, leaping salmon and roe deer.
How to get there:
Whisky Gill Walk 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: 1.5 miles |
| Approximate time of trail: 1 hr |
| Open or closed: open .PLEASE NOTE THIS TRAIL WILL BE CLOSED ON SUNDAY 10TH MAY DUE TO A CAR RALLY. |
| 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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