This trail is just 500m from Barnard Castle town centre offering more adventurous disabled visitors an opportunity to experience the town’s “green lung” - a beautiful and tranquil woodland through which Percy Beck meanders down to the River Tees. In Winter, Holly & Snowdrops offer colour whilst in Spring, the woods come alive with Wild Garlic, Primroses and Bluebells carpeting the slopes down to the beck. In Summer, beautiful flowers (Red Campion, Wood Anemone, Violet, Marsh Marigold, etc.) and wildlife can be seen (Dipper, Roe Deer, Tawny Owl, Greater Spotted Woodpecker; etc.) whilst in Autumn a blaze of colour awaits with the falling leaves. The route is named after Flatts Wood owner, Lord Barnard whose titles included The Duke of Cleveland. The Cleveland Walk was constructed during the reign of William VI by Dr George Edwards a local philanthropist. He saw the squalid and unhygienic living conditions the townsfolk had endured and wanted to provide a tranquil place with clean air for those working in the town’s mills and factories to escape to. 5 seats are provided along the trail. There are areas of loose stones and some muddy sections when wet, the maximum gradient is 1 in 7.
| OVERALL RATING: BLUE | ||
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| Maximum Climbing Gradient: | 2 - BLUE | 5% |
| Maximum Descending Gradient: | 1 - GREEN | -2% |
| Total Elevation Gain: | 15 metres | |
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