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About Kershope Horse
The Kershope Horse trail starts from Cuddy's Hall picnic area, working uphill through grasslands to the Long Cairn. The cairn is a Neolithic funerary monument built about 5000 years ago by the first people to farm in the British Isles. Riding downhill through a conifer woodland past Blacklyne House, a typical example of a hill farmstead. The route continues uphill then winds it's way to Davidson's Monument, an engraved stone pillar erected in 1852 in memory of a gamekeeper murdered by poachers on that spot in 1849. The horse route can be shortened to 8 miles by following the short route sign between Long cairn and Blacklyne house. The horse trail can also be access from Saughtree, by using the Saughtree Link Horse Route, created to enable riders to avoid the narrow local roads with poor visability.
How to get there:
Kershope Horse can be started from Cuddys Hall picnic place in Kielder which is part of Kielder. Kershopefoot, Newcastleton, Bewcastle, and Carlisle are the nearest towns or villages.
From Newcastleton (B6357 NE of Carlisle) follow the road signs toward Roadhead and cross over the Border at Kershope Bridge and up steep tarmac bends. Take left fork at telephone box. Cuddys Hall picnic site is sign posted less than a mile on the left.
OS Grid Reference: NY520808
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info
Wildlife
Mammals: We have information about Red squirrel, Roe deer and Badger
What's on in Kielder
February
- Nordic Walk Sunday 12 February 2012
Sunday 18 March 2012
Monday 2 April 2012
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Sunday 20 May 2012
Sunday 17 June 2012
Sunday 8 July 2012 - 4 x 4 Safari Saturday 18 February 2012
Saturday 31 March 2012
Saturday 12 May 2012
Saturday 26 May 2012
March
- Introduction to Nordic Pole Walking Sunday 5 February 2012
Sunday 4 March 2012
Sunday 1 April 2012
Monday 9 April 2012
Sunday 15 April 2012
Sunday 13 May 2012
Sunday 10 June 2012
Sunday 1 July 2012 - Nordic Walk Sunday 12 February 2012
Sunday 18 March 2012
Monday 2 April 2012
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Sunday 20 May 2012
Sunday 17 June 2012
Sunday 8 July 2012 - 4 x 4 Safari Saturday 18 February 2012
Saturday 31 March 2012
Saturday 12 May 2012
Saturday 26 May 2012 - Goshawk Walk Saturday 10 March 2012
Saturday 24 March 2012
April
- Introduction to Nordic Pole Walking Sunday 5 February 2012
Sunday 4 March 2012
Sunday 1 April 2012
Monday 9 April 2012
Sunday 15 April 2012
Sunday 13 May 2012
Sunday 10 June 2012
Sunday 1 July 2012 - Nightwatch with Gary Fildes Friday 10 February 2012
Friday 27 April 2012 - Nordic Walk Sunday 12 February 2012
Sunday 18 March 2012
Monday 2 April 2012
Tuesday 10 April 2012
Sunday 20 May 2012
Sunday 17 June 2012
Sunday 8 July 2012 - Evening Deer Safari Thursday 12 April 2012
- Deer Safari Saturday 21 April 2012
| Cuddys Hall picnic place Facilities. |
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| Length of trail: 13.4 miles |
| Approximate time of trail: 2.5 |
| Open or closed: open |
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Contact: |
| Kielder Castle 01434 250209 e-mail: kieldercastle@forestry.gsi.gov.uk |
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