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Dufton Pike: the walk concludes along the track across its base

WALK FIVE

Cauldron Snout and Widdybank Fell

Start pointCow Green Reservoir NY811309Distance13km (8 miles)Height gain145m (475ft)GrademoderateTime4–5hrsMapsOrdnance Survey OL31 (North Pennines: Teesdale and Weardale)Getting thereWeelhead Sike car parkAfter-walk refreshmentPub at Langdon Beck and along the B6277 to Middleton-in-Teesdale, where there are also cafés

Anyone who visualises the Pennines as dark, gritstone-bound uplands of peat bog and bleakness will be heartily surprised by this circuit of Widdybank Fell. It lies within a spectacular National Nature Reserve, one of great importance, and is a delight to explore. The walk takes in the powerful falls at Cauldron Snout, and then uses the Pennine Way alongside the River Tees, and these treats offset the hard-surface walking that concludes the walk.

Cauldron Snout

The Route

Once a remote corner of the North Riding of Yorkshire and part of the ancient Forest of Teesdale in which deer roamed freely, the landscape this walk crosses is now embraced within the Moor House–Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve. Apart from a little awkwardness scrambling down beside Cauldron Snout and a few short sections crossing boulders, the walking is easy throughout.