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Rookhope Village – Rookhope Arch loop from Stanhope

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Rookhope Village – Rookhope Arch loop from Stanhope

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Rookhope Village – Rookhope Arch loop from Stanhope

02:11

30.8km

550m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 16, 2026

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North Pennines National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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5.29 km

View Across the Valley from the Coast to Coast Route

Highlight • Trail

Climb up from Rookhope and you are rewarded with this view

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7.66 km

Rookhope Village

Highlight • Cycleway

This former lead and fluorspar mining village was once described by WH Auden as 'the most wonderfully desolate of all the dales.' Indeed, it is superb walker's territory, surrounded by great trails that explore the North Pennines AONB.

The Rookhope Inn provides food and accommodation, whilst there are a few other private cottage rentals available.

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9.24 km

Rookhope Arch

Highlight • Monument

Remains of the archs that carried the flue from the smelting mill

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10.5 km

Lintzgarth Plantation

Forest

18.7 km

North Pennine Trail Start/Finish

Highlight • Trail

23.9 km

Peacock Crossing

Highlight • Natural

slow down and you will see plenty

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25.1 km

Old Mine Railway Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

From the quarry down to the mine

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27.0 km

Horsley Hall

Highlight • Monument

Horsley Hall is an impressive 17th-century manor house, now used as a 10-bedroom hotel.

It's a Grade II listed building set within 17.5 acres of gardens, woodland and paddocks.

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29.4 km

Abandoned Stanhope Railway Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The old railway under the road

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30.8 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.8 km

3.86 km

125 m

Surfaces

18.6 km

12.1 km

111 m

Elevation

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Highest point (540 m)

Lowest point (200 m)

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Rookhope Village – Rookhope Arch loop from Stanhope

View Across the Valley from the Coast to Coast Route

Rookhope Village

Rookhope Arch

North Pennine Trail Start/Finish

Peacock Crossing

Old Mine Railway Bridge

Horsley Hall

Abandoned Stanhope Railway Bridge

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