TOP STRAP
These arebasedaround
an ‘averagely fi t’ person.
Below are loose guidelines s
to what the ratings meana
(N.B. they are assigned by
the author and not verifi ed
by OPPP. Walkdist ances are
one-way only):
1 / 5 Easy access. You
can prett y much get st raight
out of your car and quickly
be at the viewpoint via good
quality paths.
2 /5 Some gentle
walkingis involved
(generally less than a half
mile), which may be on
mixed quality paths.
3 /5 A walk of up to
about two miles, over
quite easy terrain.
4 / 5 Medium length
hike – up to about four
milesover mixed terrain,
possibly with some quite
st eep gradients.
5 / 5 The most diffi cult
access.Long hike over
challenging terrain (e.g.
mountains/summits/st eep
coast al terrain); or involves
travelling over particularly
extreme ground (e.g.
scrambling on rocks/
exposed coast al paths
or mountain ridges) over
any dist ance.
LOCATIONS
GUIDE
54 Viewpoints of the month
1 Forest -in-Teesdale County Durham
2 Branksome Chine beach Dorset
58 Viewpoints
3 Plover Scar lighthouse Lancashire
4 Neumann's Flashes Cheshire
5 Holywell beach Cornwall
6 Penarth Pier Vale of Glamorgan
7 Grisedale Beck Cumbria
8 Creag a' Chalamain Highland
9 Porth Dafarch Gwynedd
10 Loch Arklet Stirlingshire
Map plott ings are approximate
ACCESS RATING
Forest -in-Teesdale, County Durham by David Forst er
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