Things to Do
Outside your front door
Beckleshele is surrounded by the high moorlands of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding 
Natural Beauty and you may enjoy:--
- Walking - from riverside strolls to tough demanding hill walking
- Cycling - quiet roads and byways with challenging hills
- Birdwatching - a wide variety with spectacular flights and calls
- Geological exploration - visit the Burtreeford disturbance, watch out for fluorospar
- Stargazing - no light pollution here!
- Sheep / rabbit counting - best enjoyed with a glass of wine on the swing
Outdoor Activities
- Visit the Explore North Pennines portal for an interactive map covering bird watching, walking, cycling, horse riding, canoeing, fishing, sailing, orienteering.
Local Events
- For a calendar of local Weardale events visit the WVN website.
Local Attractions
- Killhope - visit the award winning Killhope Lead Mining Museum shop and café. Take a guided tour deep underground and learn how the lead was mined, processed and transported.
- Ireshopeburn - The Weardale Museum and High House Chapel, the worlds oldest Methodist Chapel still in continuous weekly use. Wesley preached here and the adjoining small folk museum includes a Wesley room, local history and mineral displays as well as family history research.
- Stanhope - the "gateway" to Weardale, visit the Durham Dales Centre for information on local events, craft shopping and a coffee break.
- Auckland Castle and Park - historic residence of the Prince Bishops of Durham and home to the world famous Zurbaran paintings.
- Hamsterley Forest 200 hectares of forest adventure or a tranquil getaway.
- Durham City - the small, historic and beautiful university city of Durham has a castle, shops and a famous Cathedral
- Hexham - a market town with an Abbey dating from 674AD and a market held in its shadow every Tuesday
- Alston - the highest market town in England and the start of the South Tyne Railway
- Bowlees Visitor Centre and High Force waterfall café, information centre and varied walks
Our guests also like to visit
- Beamish Museum a living, open air museum
- Bowes Museum a stunning French Chateau with the famous silver swan
- Hall Hill Farm
- Raby Castle one of the finest medieval castles in England
- Locomotion, national railway museum
- Hadrians Wall
- Bamburgh Castle
- Alnwick Gardens
- Alnwick Castle
- The Lake District
- York