High Pennines Moor Road
B6278 · Eggleston → Stanhope · England
- Length
- 12 miles
- Drive time
- 25 min
- Type
- Mountain pass
- Region
- England
Before you go: Exposed — drifts shut it fast in snow
Teesdale to Weardale over the roof of the North Pennines: cattle grids, 20% dips, huge emptiness — the B-road England forgot, in the best way.
Highlights of the High Pennines Moor Road
- Big-sky moorland
- 20% rollercoaster dips
- Red grouse everywhere
Where to stop on the High Pennines Moor Road
- Bollihope Common viewpoint — Pull-ins by Bollihope Burn on the open moor — red grouse and big Pennine emptiness
- Platform One cafe, Stanhope Station café — Cafe on the Weardale Railway platform at the Stanhope end — Wednesday to Sunday, 10–4
- Weardale Motor Services fuel — The only pumps in upper Weardale and nothing on the moor road — closed Sundays
Drive the High Pennines Moor Road
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