W16: Discovering Industrial And Artistic Spennymoor And Ecclesiastical Bishop Auckland

Leave Station car park 9.15am. Start outside Spennymoor Town Hall (car parking to the rear) DL16 6DG (What3Words: ///tender.spoke.paths) at 10.00am. A special interest day with a walk of around 6 Miles. Easy. 7This walk is steeped in the rich artistic, historical and industrial heritage of County Durham. Taking the Town Trail around Spennymoor we will visit many of the scenes that the acclaimed local artist, Norman Cornish, painted and made famous. His son-in-law, Mike Thornton, author of the definitive book on the artist, will be our guide for the first part of the walk. From Spennymoor, we will walk back through time along a disused rail bed to Bishop Auckland, and through the Deer Park of the Bishop's Palace. We can appreciate the enormous restoration that has taken place in creating a world class visitor attraction in Bishop Auckland. Our walk concludes at the Town Hall in Bishop Auckland where we will see the Cornish mural depicting the famous Durham Miners Gala. We will take the local bus back to Spennymoor to conclude the walk. Bring your bus pass if you have one.