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Boost to green tourism
12th September 2011
Categories: Visitor News
An environmentally friendly transport link for tourists has taken to the road in Upper Weardale.
The 16 seater mini bus isfully accessible and will offer people arriving in this beautiful area a new opportunity to tour the sites on offer across Upper Weardale and Alston at weekends. The pilot scheme offers visitors arriving in the area via rail, coach, bike or foot, the chance to visit attractions throughout this very rural area, without bringing a car, giving a boost to local attractions and the area’s economy.
The bus has a cycle rack which will appeal to the many people who like to explore the area on two wheels and will run a return service every weekend until October 2 from Stanhope Station over to the South Tynedale Railway at Alston in Cumbria.
Click here to view the timetable.
Stanhope, the green and tranquil market town at the heart of the Durham Dales and home to the Durham Dales Centre, where you will find an award-winning tea room plus a number of craft shops. On the route visitors can discover High House Chapel, the world’s oldest Methodist Chapel still in continuous weekly use, and the Weardale Museum – a small independent folk museum where visitors can discover what life was like in Weardale in the 19th Century.
Also Killhope, the North of England Lead Mining Museum, which is the most complete lead mining site in Great Britain and features a huge working water wheel. Here visitors can experience the life and work of lead mining families and put on hard hats to descend into the mine to take a tour underground - an unforgettable experience!
The area is also home to the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
The Tourism Transport Project is a partnership between Durham County Council, North Pennines AONB, Weardale Railway, Killhope: North of England Lead Mining Museum and Weardale Community Transport.
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