(S/E) Leave the car park at Hexham Leisure Centre at the southern end, via steps to the town centre between Wentworth Café and the public toilets onto Hallgate.
Bear right at Hexham Old Gaol.
Continue through the narrow arch at Moat Hall and cross the market square towards the Abbey. Bear right around Hexham Abbey, following the path under the stone arch, and continue along the road with a bowling green on the right-hand side.
(1) Bear right at Sele Play Area. Follow the path into woodland and downhill; bear left at the stream, walking uphill on a path with a picket fence on the right. At the end of path/wood proceed down stone steps onto Seal Terrace.
Turn left at the end of Seal Terrace on reaching Temperley Place. Walk 100m downhill on Temperley Place, then cross the road to follow St Cuthbert’s Lane uphill, passing a postbox.
(2) Continue uphill passing St Luke’s shops on the right on St John’s Road. As St John’s Road bears right, go straight ahead towards Wydon Grange.
Walk up Wydon Grange to the public footpath and interpretation board for Wydon Water.
At Wydon Water, follow the tarmac path to the right around the pool and over a footbridge. Take the right fork 100m beyond the waterfall, and follow the path through a hairpin. At the gate, turn left uphill at the Wydon Burn sign.
(3) Turn right after 50m and follow a stony path uphill past Willowbrook House. The path joins a tarmac lane and as it reaches the end of the houses, go through a kissing gate into a field on the right-hand side signposted ‘Causey Hill’.
(4) Keep to the bottom of the field and go through a second kissing gate in the field corner into the wood. Follow the path to the left over a fallen tree and up a bank (muddy after rain). Cross the stile at the end of wood and continue to follow a muddy path above the burn.
Cross over a stile in the wall and turn left uphill on the lane passing Benson's Hill Farm (left) and the entrance to Causey Hill Holiday Park (right).
(5) At the top of the lane, go straight ahead over steps following the public footpath sign for West Dipton Burn. Cross through three fields using gate and stile beside overhead wires. At the end of the third field cross a stile between oak and ash trees onto a lane and follow the lane towards the farm buildings.
(6) Follow the path to the right side of West Peterel Field Farm to a metal gate/stile. Follow the path along the field edge for two fields, then cross between trees and deer fence into a wood and through a metal gate.
Continue along the path downhill to the valley floor, then turn left through a gate into a meadow.
At the end of the meadow, follow a path through a gap in the double fence and above the burn through the wood for 1km.
(7) At the end of the wood, turn right and walk 50m over the bridge to the Dipton Mill Inn. On leaving the Dipton Mill Inn, head down to the stream, cross the bridge and turn right immediately after Dipton Mill Cottage. After 200m, take a path to the right at a field gate and follow along the stream to a footbridge.
(8) As you approach the footbridge, bear left through a gate towards Hole House; follow the path around the right side of the house and over a footbridge into a wood. Walk up through the wood to a stile; cross and continue through two fields, crossing stiles.
In the north-east corner of the third field beside a derelict brick building, go through the gate to the other side of the hedge and walk towards a memorial bench. Pass through a gate beside the Rambler's Association Memorial Bench and continue to a stile.
(9) Cross the lane and over a stile following the path signed ‘Hexham’ through two fields and down a steep hill to a gate/stile to the left of a white cottage at the bottom of the hill.
Cross the stile and turn right down Dipton Mill Road; continue to a T-junction beyond Greenbank Cottage then bear left.
(10) At a T-junction, cross the main road (B6306) into a pedestrianised shopping area in the town centre and follow it through to the market square. To return to the car park, bear right to Moot Hall and pass through the arch towards Hexham Old Gaol. Walk around the Gaol and downhill to the stone steps at the bottom of Hallgate. (S/E)
