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Blanchland Village – Blanchland Abbey loop from Blanchland

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Blanchland Village – Blanchland Abbey loop from Blanchland

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Blanchland Village – Blanchland Abbey loop from Blanchland

03:14

11.6km

230m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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North Pennines National Landscape

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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167 m

White Monk Tearoom, Blanchland

Highlight • Cafe

Right in the center of Blanchland, the current tearoom is located in the Victorian building you can see, which was once the school but closed in 1980. Also, if you …

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184 m

Blanchland Village

Highlight • Religious Site

Lovely spot, there's a tap round the back of the abbey if you need to fill up with drinking water when the pub and cafe are both closed.

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200 m

Blanchland Abbey

Highlight • Religious Site

Beautiful tranquil place. The abbey used to be a bit bigger. It's great that this part has been preserved so well.

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265 m

The Lord Crewe Arms & Gardens

Highlight • Pub

Great pub for a warming fire, pie and pint and a lovely village with some nice craft shops

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431 m

Abbey Altar Interior

Highlight • Religious Site

4.32 km

Sikehead Lead Smelter Flue

Highlight • Monument

Through this flue, the fumes generated in the nearby lead smelter were conveyed. The flue consists of a drystone arch, 1.7 metres wide by 1.7 metres high, with a paved …

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5.12 km

Sikehead Dam and the Jeffrey Smelt Mill chimney

Highlight • Monument

The moorland where you are has a rich history of lead mining, and right in front, you can observe what used to be the chimney of the Jeffrey Smelt Mill. …

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10.3 km

Bay Bridge over the River Derwent

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beware this bridge leads to Bale Hill a 2.5km climb.

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11.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.94 km

2.45 km

1.06 km

779 m

282 m

Surfaces

5.82 km

1.95 km

1.31 km

1.22 km

695 m

506 m

Elevation

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Highest point (450 m)

Lowest point (240 m)

Weather

Friday 8 May

9°C

2°C

61 %

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Blanchland Village – Blanchland Abbey loop from Blanchland

White Monk Tearoom, Blanchland

Blanchland Village

Blanchland Abbey

The Lord Crewe Arms & Gardens

Abbey Altar Interior

Sikehead Lead Smelter Flue

Sikehead Dam and the Jeffrey Smelt Mill chimney

Bay Bridge over the River Derwent

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