Flatts Wood & Percy Beck, King's Walk

Description

This trail is a short distance from Barnard Castle town centre offering the more adventurous disabled visitor 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 carpets of Wild Garlic, Primroses and Bluebells carpeting the banks leading down to the beck. In Summer beautiful flowers (Red Campion, Wood Anemone, Violet, Marsh Marigold, etc.) and an array of 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 known as “The King’s Walk” because it was constructed during the reign of William VI by local Doctor and philanthropist, Dr George Edwards. He saw the squalid and unhygienic living conditions the townsfolk had to endure 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 17% (1 in 6).

OVERALL RATING: ORANGE
Path Surfaces:
Maximum Climbing Gradient: 3 - ORANGE 9%
Maximum Descending Gradient: 1 - GREEN -1%
Total Elevation Gain: 29 metres
Distance:
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