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Walking in Teesdale: Bowes East Circular

Start: Car Park opposite Village Hall
Bowes
Barnard Castle
County Hall
DL12 9HR

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A leisurely walk along lanes and across fields in the valley of the River Greta. In the churchyard of St. Giles, up the hill on the left, is the grave of William Shaw, headmaster of the old school in the village known as Shaw’s Academy. This became Dotheboys Hall in Dickens’ ‘Nicholas Nickleby’.

2.75 hours, 4.3 miles

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2025 (1 Jan 2025 - 31 Dec 2025)

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