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Rookhope Arch – Groverake Mine Headframes loop from Stanhope

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Rookhope Arch – Groverake Mine Headframes loop from Stanhope

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Rookhope Arch – Groverake Mine Headframes loop from Stanhope

04:07

56.7km

1,240m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 6, 2026

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North Pennines National Landscape

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Start point

Parking

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5.29 km

View Across the Valley from the Coast to Coast Route

Highlight • Trail

Climb up from Rookhope and you are rewarded with this view

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7.66 km

Rookhope Village

Highlight • Cycleway

This former lead and fluorspar mining village was once described by WH Auden as 'the most wonderfully desolate of all the dales.' Indeed, it is superb walker's territory, surrounded by …

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9.24 km

Rookhope Arch

Highlight • Monument

Remains of the archs that carried the flue from the smelting mill

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12.6 km

Groverake Mine Headframes

Highlight • Historical Site

Groverake (or Grove Rake) mine is an area of abandoned headframes from what was once the largest mining operation in the region.

The mine originally produced ironstone between 1819 and …

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16.2 km

Allenheads to County Durham Border Climb

Highlight • Mountain Pass

Nice road climb out of Allenheads through a small forest. Ends at Durham/Northumberland border

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28.8 km

Killhope Cross

Mountain Pass

32.7 km

Isaac's Tea Trail and Scenic Road near Nenthead

Highlight • Cycleway

Scenic minor road between Nenthead & Allenheads - shorter option fewer cars than main A road.

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39.5 km

Gin Hill Mine Shaft

Highlight • Historical Site

There is little of the old mine itself, other than the narrow entrance to the mine shaft. Easy to confuse with a well, but the information board prevents that.

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41.2 km

Stone Cairn on Hexham–Allenheads Road

Highlight • Summit

Clear marking of the top

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56.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

47.1 km

9.54 km

125 m

Surfaces

45.3 km

11.3 km

111 m

Elevation

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Highest point (620 m)

Lowest point (200 m)

Weather

Sunday 21 June

21°C

12°C

30 %

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Rookhope Arch – Groverake Mine Headframes loop from Stanhope

View Across the Valley from the Coast to Coast Route

Rookhope Village

Rookhope Arch

Groverake Mine Headframes

Allenheads to County Durham Border Climb

Isaac's Tea Trail and Scenic Road near Nenthead

Gin Hill Mine Shaft

Stone Cairn on Hexham–Allenheads Road

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