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Derwent Walk Railway Path
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7-day forecast
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)Best time to hike
Best months: May–Oct · highs 11–18 °C (52–64 °F)
- J5°1°77
- F5°0°66
- M7°1°68
- A10°3°69
- M13°6°60
- J16°9°73
- J18°11°77
- A17°11°77
- S15°9°79
- O11°6°84
- N8°3°97
- D5°1°83
Average high °C · low °C · precipitation mm per month. Highlighted: best months.
How we pick months
Best months are those where the 1981–2010 average daily high is 10–27 °C (50–81 °F), the average overnight low is 0 °C (32 °F) or warmer, and average precipitation is 200 mm (7.9 in) or less. Values are long-term monthly averages for the ~1 km cell at the trail point on the map, from CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al., CC0), not a forecast. Higher or more exposed parts of a route can be colder, wetter or snowier.
About this trail
Follows route of former Derwent Valley Railway
OpenStreetMap (ODbL).
Trail facts
- Length (signed)
- 19 km · 12 mi (OSM distance tag)
- Mapped length
- 19 km · 12 mi (OSM route, Waymarked Trails)
- Nearest town
- 1.9 km SW of Consett (County Durham, England) · GeoNames
- Best months
- May–Oct
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Region
- Durham
- Continent
- Europe
- Route type
- Local route
- Operator (OSM)
- Durham County Council
- Route centre
- 54.8958, -1.7719
- Route start
- 54.8395, -1.8466
- OpenStreetMap
- relation 9413606
- Wikidata
- Q116159136
How it’s scored
Hikers can rate difficulty from 1 to 10 (1 = flat, short, easy walk for anyone; 3 = gentle hills, a little effort; 5 = moderate climbs, some fitness needed; 7 = steep or long, solid fitness required; 10 = extremely strenuous or technical; long steep climbing; experienced hikers only). The community average is shown once at least 3 people have rated the trail; until then the official or computed score is used when we have one.
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