This is an odd one, Romaldkirk is between Barnard Castle and Middleton-in-Teesdale, it's also not far from Eggleston and we have recently been to all three of these places. But for some reason we haven't been to Romaldkirk since January 2012, that's over 14 years ago. How have we missed this one off the walk programmes for so many years? On what was probably a cold day in January we started from Frosterly which is to the north of Romaldkirk but this time we are starting from Barnard Castle which is to the east.

There are only two routes to choose from this time because some members are away on a holiday to Austria. Both of the routes start from Barnard Castle. The longest route of 10-miles starts by going directly west through Deepdale Wood. as the wood ends a bridleway goes north towards Lartington. The route is now heading towards the village of Cotherstone where a bridge will take them across the River Tees and onto the Teesdale Way. The route then heads north on the east bank of the River Tees and crosses back over the river at Eggleston Bridge. From the bridge it is then just under a mile into Romaldkirk.

The second route is 7.5 miles and from the drop-off in Barnard Castle it heads north along the River Tees on the Teesdale Way. At Cotherstone Crags the route crosses a bridge and heads south-west towards the Tees Railway Path. The Railway Path goes north and passes Romaldkirk just to the west where a minor road takes the route into Romaldkirk.

Both of the routes walk along some very nice sections of the Teesdale Way on their way to Romaldkirk so if you fancy a scenic walk along the River Tees you can get in touch with us from our Contact Page, you can also download the walk descriptions here and the GPS route here.

We do not have any images for the walk in 2012 so this image was in Romaldkirk while a group was on thier way to Eggleston in March 2025.