W7: The Changing Nature Of Farming In Swaledale: Hazel Brow Farm Discovery Walk - The Station

Leave Station car park 9.15am. Start at pull in parking overlooking Surrender Bridge (GR: SD 989 998, What3Words: ///districts.veered.manliness) at 10.00am. 7.5 Miles. Moderate. 7

Recent years have brought major changes to farming in Swaledale that affect the food we eat, the environment and the landscape in which we live. Hazel Brow Farm in Low Row is a farm that has constantly sought to adapt and diversify. We will visit the farm, and you will hear how they have coped with ever-changing demands. In 2024 the farm won a Tees-Swale gold award for Public Engagement. Starting and finishing at the ruins of the smelting mill of Surrender Bridge the walk will take us over rough moorland and along valley paths to illustrate the landscape in which the local farmers work as well as the important industrial past through which we pass. There are great views of Swaledale throughout and plenty of opportunities to hear and see the wide variety of moorland birds.
Supported by: Hazel Brow Farm