Welcome to Heritage Trails
In 2022, Northern Heartlands was awarded funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund to deliver a heritage and wellbeing project in Willington and surrounding villages.
We met with community members who have a passion for the local history and heritage of the area and as a result, the four Heritage Trails based around Hunwick have been developed. These Trails are a lasting legacy of the Hidden Heritage project and focus on the rich heritage of the area, spanning the Roman era through to the modern day.
You can view this interactive Heritage Trail web based app on your mobile phone; it has been designed to offer you a deep dive into the local history of the area; it will highlight points of interest you will encounter on each walk so that you can discover more about the area and its fascinating past.
The walks are suitable for most levels of fitness and experience, but some sections of each walk are not fully accessible. They range in length from between 1 and 7 miles (2 to 11 kilometres) covering disused railway lines, fields and roads using established and maintained footpaths, cycle routes and bridle paths.
NOT suitable for wheelchairs and walking aids.
NOT suitable for wheelchairs and walking aids.
Suitable for wheelchairs and walking aids.
Acknowledgements
These Trails could not have been created without the enthusiasm and commitment of the following people:
- John Pallister, Hunwick resident
for his extensive research on the history of Hunwick - Olive Linge, local historian, and resident,
for her books on Willington – “Willington” and “Willington Remembered”. - Tim Wellock
for writing the Heritage Information Point summaries.
- Mike Knipe, Steve Musgrove and Dennis Ebdon of Crook and Weardale Ramblers
for devising and testing the Trails. - Members of the Hunwick Community Social and Environmental Group
- Curious12
for developing the Interactive Heritage Trail.
Additional thanks go to Three Towns Area Action Partnership and Councillors Fraser Tinsley and Olwyn Gunn for their generous funding.
