Points of interest D Goldsborough See pages 20-21 in the booklet for full Route 2: Baldersdale details. A Hury and Blackton Reservoirs This glorious ride initially follows the banks of Hury and Blackton B Hannah’s Meadow Reservoirs in remote Baldersdale, before striking off over the moors on the Pennine Way. Fact file Goldsborough is a relic of a once extensive horizontal layer of sandstone • Length: 18km (11 miles) E Cup-and-ring marked stones • Off-road: 60% • Ascent: 370m (1,212ft) • Terrain: Varied route with no serious climbs or descents. Moorland sections are unsurfaced Approaching Goldsborough with Baldersdale behind • Start: Northumbrian Water car park on south side of Hury Reservoir (NY 966 192) • OS maps: Explorer You’ll find these cup-and-ring marks OL31/Landranger 92 Hannah’s Meadow has evolved as a result on a big flat stone just after the gate at • This route is of traditional farming practices over direction 15 several centuries promoted as a horse riding and a mountain F The Butterstone C Mining remains biking trail. Please ride carefully and be aware of other users, including walkers Funded by: Cycling on the north shore of Blackton Reservoir This trail has been upgraded by the North Pennines AONB Partnership in collaboration with Durham County Council’s Rights of Way Team. G The ‘Tatty Field’ 10 Cross the bridge, SA through the Key gate & follow the track up the hill 20 to Clove Lodge F L – left â 11 Follow track through farm. SA on 19 R – right 18 road for c. 1.5km ä TL – turn left 12 TR on the Pennine Way SP Levy Cotherstone TR – turn right Pool. At the grassy fork bear L SA – straight ahead 13 Continue across the moor, skirt SP – signposted R of and below the large rock Bowes & the A66 Xrds – crossroads outcrop that is Goldsborough 21 Tj – T-junction 14 Cross bridge over Yawd Sike. Continue ahead bearing L. At the post bear R. 17 Directions (If opting for the short cut 1 TR onto the road (reducing the route by c. 8km) bear 22 L at How Beck Head – marked by 2 SA on the Northumbrian Water a post. Follow to L of Danger Area track – SP Blackton Reservoir wall. Follow this bridleway on Shortcut 3 Bear R through gate, follow track the R side of How Beck for about down, cross footbridge and small 2.5km until you reach the road. TL 23 dam and rejoin the main route) 16 G 1 4 TL along reservoir 15 Go through the gate. SA keeping E the fence/old wall on your L 15 5 Go through gate beside Blackton Reservoir dam. Join the stone 16 At the cross track TL through the 14 ã track and continue ahead with the fieldgate A N reservoir on your L. After a short 17 Pass to the R of Battle Hill Farm 2 distance the stone track turns into Lunedale 18 Miles TL onto the road Km a grassy track D 2 19 3 6 13 Continue SA on the road for Cross the little stone bridge and 4 continue SA another km 1 7 20 At the Butterstone (opposite Scots Go through the gate – SP Blackton 12 Reservoir Nature Reserve. pine shelterbelt) TL onto bridleway 5 Continue SA (SP) across the moor 1 21 8 Go through the gate near the bird Join the road and continue SA A hide. TL on the grassy track 22 Cross the cattle grid. At the Tj TL 6 9 Bear L over the bridge. Bear L at 23 TL at the Tj - SP Hury & Blackton 7 the fork, taking the lower track Reservoir 8 11 Map is © Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. 0 Durham County Council. LA100049055. 2011. c B 10 9.