Pennine Way: Alston to Slaggyford
From the bridge at the southern edge of the town, the Pennine Way turns right, off the A686 and along the A689 for a few yards, then right along a track and through a gate beside a house. There are good views east, over the river towards the town as the path heads north to Harbut Lodge. The route is signposted to the left of the house, then around the edge of the pasture to a stile on to a track.
After crossing the A689 the path heads westwards, past a byre and uphill over rough pasture. Kissing-gates and stiles then mark the route northwest across marshy ground, inhabited by snipe and redshank, to a little footbridge over a burn. After crossing the burn, the path climbs up to the shoulder of the open fell, bearing to the left of the knoll encircled by shallow grassy ridges. This is Whitley Castle, the site of a Roman fort which once protected an important link-road known as the Maiden Way.
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