Middleton-in-Teesdale

Middleton-in-Teesdale is a small market town in County Durham.

Understand

Get in

An hourly bus links Middleton with Barnard Castle, which has buses to Darlington. Beyond that, you need your own wheels.

Get around

You need a car.

See

• 🌍 High Force (via B6277). April-Oct 10:00-17:00, Nov-March 10:00-16:00. Impressive waterfall, where the River Tees plunges 71 feet over Whin Sill, the layer of hard rock that elsewhere underpins Hadrian's Wall. A mile downstream is its junior brother, the 18 foot Low Force.
  Details here are for the usual north bank access by road. On foot along the south bank path, you can see it anytime for free. Parking £3, gate adults £1.50, child 50p. (updated Jul 2018)
• 🌍 Kirkcarrion (Off B6276). This tumulus is believed to be a Bronze Age burial site. It's nowadays topped by a copse of pine trees. (updated Jul 2018)

Do

Buy

Eat

Drink

Sleep

• 🌍 Brunswick House, 55 Market Pl Middleton DL12 0QH, ☎ [phone]. 4-star hotel in 18th C edifice. B&B doubles from £85. (updated Jul 2018)

Connect

Go next

• Follow the valley north, over the moors to Alston, then explore Hadrian's Wall.
• Going downstream leads to Barnard Castle, with the Bowes Museum, then you join A66: either west to the Lake District or south along A1(M).