Lead Mining Trail

Lead Mining Trail: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this trek: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Lead Mining Trail

Season: October to February.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Lead Mining Trail — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 54.80097, -2.10378. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Lead Mining Trail

• Westgate Methodist Chapel · church · County Durham · ~10 km · Must-see
• Westerhope Burn Wood SSSI · sanctuary · County Durham · ~10 km · Must-see
• Weardale Museum · museum · County Durham · ~11 km · Must-see
• Weardale Railway · viewpoint · County Durham · ~11 km · Must-see
• Fairy Holes Cave SSSI · cave · County Durham · ~12 km · Must-see
• Killhope Lead Mining Museum · museum · County Durham · ~14 km · Must-see
• Kill Hope · viewpoint · County Durham · ~14 km · Must-see
• Hise Hope · viewpoint · County Durham · ~14 km · Must-see
• Harthope Moss · viewpoint · County Durham · ~16 km · Must-see
• Weardale Way · trek · County Durham · ~17 km · Must-see
• High Force Waterfall · waterfall · County Durham · ~22 km · Must-see
• Blackhill & Consett Park · park · County Durham · ~23 km · Must-see
• Hexham Abbey · church · County Durham · ~24 km · Must-see
• Langley Castle · fort · County Durham · ~25 km · Must-see
• Cow Green Reservoir · lake · County Durham · ~25 km · Must-see
• Bywell Castle · fort · County Durham · ~25 km · Must-see
• Cauldron Snout · waterfall · County Durham · ~25 km · Must-see
• Beaufront Castle · fort · County Durham · ~26 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Lead Mining Trail

Other treks near Lead Mining Trail

• Weardale Way · trek · County Durham · ~17 km · Must-see
• Cassop Vale circular walk · trek · County Durham · ~51 km · Must-see
• Lady Anne's Way · trek · Lancashire · ~53 km · Must-see
• Brafferton & Newton Ketton · trek · Darlington · ~55 km · Must-see
• Dales High Way · trek · Lancashire · ~61 km · Must-see
• Hadrian's Wall Path · trek · Northumberland · ~66 km · Must-see
• The Ullswater Way · trek · Lancashire · ~70 km · Must-see
• Ribble Way · trek · Lancashire · ~79 km · Must-see
• Dales Way · trek · Lancashire · ~80 km · Must-see
• Nidderdale Way · trek · York and North Yorkshire · ~101 km · Must-see

All treks in County Durham

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