# Weardale Way > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Weardale_Way > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Weardale_Way.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weardale_Way > Source revision: 1318235343 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Long-distance footpath in north east England}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} thumb | right | alt=A wooden bench located on the footpath | Wooden bench on the Weardale Way '''Weardale Way''' is a [footpath](/source/trail) that follows the River Wear in the North East of England. It is 73 miles long, starting at the Lindisfarne Memorial on the sea wall at [Roker](/source/Roker) (a part of the City of [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland%2C_Tyne_and_Wear)).{{Coord|54.917|-1.365|display=title|region:GB_scale:5000}} It then passes through [Chester-le-Street](/source/Chester-le-Street), [Durham](/source/Durham%2C_England), [Bishop Auckland](/source/Bishop_Auckland), [Wolsingham](/source/Wolsingham) and [Stanhope](/source/Stanhope%2C_County_Durham). The path ends outside the Post Office in the village of [Wearhead](/source/Wearhead) in [County Durham](/source/County_Durham).{{Coord|54.752|-2.223|display=inline|region:GB_scale:5000}} Within the area administered by the City of Sunderland local authority, the route is meant to follow that marked as the [River Wear Trail](/source/River_Wear_Trail); unfortunately, many of the markers for this route have been removed by vandals. Once the route goes into the area administered by the Durham County Council, it is [waymarked](/source/waymarking) to some extent by plastic disks attached to wooden and metal posts, trees and [street furniture](/source/street_furniture). There are several wooden 'finger' signs along the route that countdown the distance along the [footpath](/source/trail) in both directions. This path is marked on the latest series of Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps, Explorer sheets 305, 307, 308 and OL31 cover the walk. A guide to the walk is available: The Weardale Way, A Pictorial Walking Guide by Alistair Wallace (Jema Publications, 1997). ==Points of interest on or near the route== * [Roker Pier](/source/Roker_Pier) * [Penshaw Monument](/source/Penshaw_Monument) * [Lumley Castle](/source/Lumley_Castle) * [Chester-le-Street Riverside Cricket Ground](/source/Durham_County_Cricket_Club) * [Finchale Priory](/source/Finchale_Priory) * [Durham Cathedral](/source/Durham_Cathedral) * [Durham Castle](/source/Durham_Castle) * [Croxdale Hall](/source/Croxdale_Hall) * [Escomb Church](/source/Escomb_Church) ==See also== * [Long-distance footpaths in the UK](/source/Long-distance_footpaths_in_the_UK) ==References== {{Reflist}} Category:Geography of County Durham Category:Geography of Tyne and Wear Category:Tourist attractions in County Durham Category:Tourist attractions in Tyne and Wear Category:Long-distance footpaths in England {{Durham-geo-stub}} {{TyneandWear-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Weardale Way](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weardale_Way) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weardale_Way?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.