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Four Crags


(Average user rating5 unrated 4.6/5)

About Four Crags

The Four Crags Walk (way-marked Red trail) is perfect for the seasoned rambler as it includes many different points of interest along the way. Bring your sturdy boots and sandwiches as the trail takes roughly 4 hours but what an exciting way to spend an afternoon. This trail is action packed with beautiful and wild areas of open moorland to cross, crags and caves to explore and forest trails. There is even an old sheep stell (enclosures) - a great place to eat your sandwiches - and fantastic panoramas with every step.

How to get there:

Four Crags can be started from Thrunton Wood Car Park in Thrunton which is part of Rothbury. Thrunton and Rothbury are the nearest towns or villages.

Follow Brown Tourist Information signs off the A697, just north of the intersection with the B6341 Rothbury to Alnwick road.

OS Grid Reference: NU 085 097
For details of public transport visit http://www.transportdirect.info

Thrunton Wood Car Park Facilities.
InformationParking
Grade of trail:
Hill-walking boots or similarDemanding
Trail waymarking:
red
Length of trail:
10 miles
Approximate time of trail:
4 hours
Open or closed:
open
Click here to find out what else you can do in this forest.

Contact:
Kielder Castle

01434 250209
e-mail: kieldercastle@forestry.gsi.gov.uk

User Comments

Apparently this walk is closed Nov 2011 - Mar 2012. You'd think with all the blind support FC got from walkers recently that you'd at least update the website to show it is closed before people turn out

Anonymous, 29/Nov/2011
5 Stars 5 Stars

I walked this route in 3:15 and recorded a distance of 15.2 km (9.44 miles). All in all, a good workout with a challenging climb and good view. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Chris, 29/Aug/2011
4 Stars 4 Stars

great walk though its worth mentioning the climb upto the crags is very steep and more of a cliff! we didnt see the features mentioned such as caves or sheep stells. we wondered if the crosses carved in talked by other walkers were signs to detour from path to find these? a good challenging track

Anonymous, 3/Aug/2011
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