Allenheads is well worth a diversion:
• 19th century mining village• Hemmel Coffee Shop• Heritage Centre• Armstrong engine• Blacksmith’s shop• Heritage and geology walks• On the C2C cycle route
WELCOMETOISAAC’STEATRAILFLOWERS & WILDLIFE
The heritage may be hidden – the flowers and wildlife
are not. The spring and early summer are when the
hay meadows and moorland buzz most vibrantly with
wildlife, disturbed only by the occasional walker.
However, at anytime of the year you can enjoy the
thrill of seeing something new in the natural world.
NORTH COUNTRY WORDS FROM ISAAC’S TIME
The unique identity of Northern England is evident in local
language and dialect. Although many words and phrases
disappeared with the end of the lead mines, changes in
agriculture, and as people left in search of work, you can
still hear traces of a dialect that hasn’t changed very much
since Isaac Holden roamed the fells.
Allenheads
Allendale
Haltwhistle
Hexham
Alston Coalcleugh
Nenthead
NinebanksSlaggyford
Haydon Bridge
Whitfield
Suggested diversion to Allenheads
Isaac’s Tea Trail route
© Crown copyright. All rights reserved.Northumberland County Council. Licence No. 100049048 (2012).
North Pennines Area ofOutstanding Natural Beauty
New
castle 21mC
arlis
le 1
8mP
enrit
h 13
m
The funding is being made available through the Rural Development Programmefor England, which is jointly funded by Defra and the European Union.
Thanks also to contributions from Allendale Parish Council, Northumberland C.C.Community Chest, Sir James Knott Trust and the CN Group Charitable Trust
Leaflet design by Marcus Byron: [email protected]
a circular walk of 36 miles (58km)Allendale – Nenthead – Alston – NinebanksIncludes an optional diversion to Allenheads
...and some others!clarts(mud)foot-pad(robber)hauft thick(blockhead)gowk(fool)kenspeckled(distinctive)jannock(honest)jimp(narrow)marra(equal)oxters(armpits)thrang(busy)
Domesticbudget(back pack)cats(balls of clay mixedwith coal for fire)cadger(itinerant seller)crowdy(porridge)tommy trot(toffee)maskin(tea leaves)wigs(tea cakes)
Farmingkye(cow)coup cart(low cart without sides)bubbly-jock(turkey–cock)stints(fell grazing rights)dess(a rectangular section of hay)haver(oats)
Mininggreaver(miner)galloway(pony)cracket(low wooden stool)snape bog wood(stolen timber)
Birdscorby(crow)cushat(wood pigeon)tuefit(lapwing)shavey(chaffinch)throssle(thrush)
“...one of the last greatundiscovered treks in England.”(Listed in ‘Top 100 holiday ideas’),The Independent
“...one of the last greatundiscovered treks in England.”(Listed in ‘Top 100 holiday ideas’), The Independent
Isaac’s Tea Trail is a Long Distance Path of justover 36 miles.It was launched in 2002, inspired bythe tale of Isaac Holden, an itinerant tea seller who inVictorian times was a familiar figure on the roughtracks over Allendale Common and Alston Moor.However, anyone expecting to find tea plantations onthe south-facing slopes of the Northumberland andCumbrian hills is likely to be disappointed. In additionto being a tea-seller, Isaac was a celebrated localphilanthropist, perhaps best remembered by Isaac’sWell in Allendale, also the start of the trail.
Since 2007, the trail has been administered byAllenheads Trust Ltd with help from NorthumberlandCounty Council’s Area Rights of Way Officer, and anetwork of organisations, including the Long DistanceWalkers Association and Ramblers, as well as manyhelpful individuals; all vital to the promotion andmaintenance of the trail’s footpaths – although there isalways scope for more support. The publication of ‘AGuide to Isaac’s Tea Trail: Hidden Heritage in England’sNorth Country’ will make following the trail easier, aswell as throwing fresh light on places of historicalinterest seen upon the way.
DISCOVER ENGLAND’S HIDDEN NORTH COUNTRY
Red squirrel©northeastwildlife.co.uk
Lapwing©northeastwildlife.co.uk
Grass of Parnassus
Harebell
Thinking of walking Isaac’s Tea Trail? ‘A Guide toIsaac’s Tea Trail: Hidden Heritage in England’sNorth Country’ is the ideal companion. Written bythe trail’s creator, Roger Morris, it includes:
• Clear, especially drawn maps • 100 people and places of heritage interest • An insert with accommodation and service
providers
The 32 page guide can be purchased inAllenheads at the Hemmel Shop for only £4.95 orby mail order for £6.00 to cover P&P. Please makepayment by cheque to ‘Allenheads Trust Ltd’,including your name and address, to:
Allenheads Trust LtdAllenheadsHEXHAMNE47 9HN
Alternatively look out for the guide in TouristInformation Centres and bookshops.ISBN 978-0-9560122-1-0
A small (1m x 2m x 4) free-standing display aboutIsaac Holden is available free of charge on request.
Walkers from Allendale WI on Isaac’s Tea Trail at Clarghyllon the border between Cumbria and Northumberland
Allenheads is well worth a diversion:
• 19th century mining village• Hemmel Coffee Shop• Heritage Centre• Armstrong engine• Blacksmith’s shop• Heritage and geology walks• On the C2C cycle route
WELCOME TO ISAAC’S TEA TRAILFLOWERS & WILDLIFE
The heritage may be hidden – the flowers and wildlife
are not. The spring and early summer are when the
hay meadows and moorland buzz most vibrantly with
wildlife, disturbed only by the occasional walker.
However, at anytime of the year you can enjoy the
thrill of seeing something new in the natural world.
NORTH COUNTRY WORDS FROM ISAAC’S TIME
The unique identity of Northern England is evident in local
language and dialect. Although many words and phrases
disappeared with the end of the lead mines, changes in
agriculture, and as people left in search of work, you can
still hear traces of a dialect that hasn’t changed very much
since Isaac Holden roamed the fells.
Allenheads
Allendale
Haltwhistle
Hexham
AlstonCoalcleugh
Nenthead
Ninebanks Slaggyford
Haydon Bridge
Whitfield
Suggested diversion to Allenheads
Isaac’s Tea Trail route
© Crown copyright. All rights reserved.Northumberland County Council. Licence No. 100049048 (2012).
North Pennines Area ofOutstanding Natural Beauty
New
cast
le 2
1m Carlisle 18m
Penrith 13m
The funding is being made available through the Rural Development Programmefor England, which is jointly funded by Defra and the European Union.
Thanks also to contributions from Allendale Parish Council, Northumberland C.C.Community Chest, Sir James Knott Trust and the CN Group Charitable Trust
Leaflet design by Marcus Byron: [email protected]
a circular walk of 36 miles (58km)Allendale –Nenthead –Alston –NinebanksIncludes an optional diversion to Allenheads
...and some others!clarts (mud)foot-pad (robber)hauft thick (blockhead)gowk (fool)kenspeckled (distinctive)jannock (honest)jimp (narrow)marra (equal)oxters (armpits)thrang (busy)
Domesticbudget (back pack)cats (balls of clay mixedwith coal for fire)cadger (itinerant seller)crowdy (porridge)tommy trot (toffee)maskin (tea leaves)wigs (tea cakes)
Farmingkye (cow)coup cart (low cart without sides)bubbly-jock (turkey–cock)stints (fell grazing rights)dess (a rectangular section of hay)haver (oats)
Mininggreaver (miner)galloway (pony)cracket (low wooden stool)snape bog wood (stolen timber)
Birdscorby (crow)cushat (wood pigeon)tuefit (lapwing)shavey (chaffinch)throssle (thrush)
“...one of the last greatundiscovered treks in England.”(Listed in ‘Top 100 holiday ideas’),The Independent
“...one of the last greatundiscovered treks in England.”(Listed in ‘Top 100 holiday ideas’), The Independent
Isaac’s Tea Trail is a Long Distance Path of justover 36 miles. It was launched in 2002, inspired bythe tale of Isaac Holden, an itinerant tea seller who inVictorian times was a familiar figure on the roughtracks over Allendale Common and Alston Moor.However, anyone expecting to find tea plantations onthe south-facing slopes of the Northumberland andCumbrian hills is likely to be disappointed. In additionto being a tea-seller, Isaac was a celebrated localphilanthropist, perhaps best remembered by Isaac’sWell in Allendale, also the start of the trail.
Since 2007, the trail has been administered byAllenheads Trust Ltd with help from NorthumberlandCounty Council’s Area Rights of Way Officer, and anetwork of organisations, including the Long DistanceWalkers Association and Ramblers, as well as manyhelpful individuals; all vital to the promotion andmaintenance of the trail’s footpaths – although there isalways scope for more support. The publication of ‘AGuide to Isaac’s Tea Trail: Hidden Heritage in England’sNorth Country’ will make following the trail easier, aswell as throwing fresh light on places of historicalinterest seen upon the way.
DISCOVERENGLAND’SHIDDENNORTHCOUNTRY
Red squirrel©northeastwildlife.co.uk
Lapwing©northeastwildlife.co.uk
Grass of Parnassus
Harebell
Thinking of walking Isaac’s Tea Trail? ‘A Guide toIsaac’s Tea Trail: Hidden Heritage in England’sNorth Country’ is the ideal companion. Written bythe trail’s creator, Roger Morris, it includes:
•Clear, especially drawn maps •100 people and places of heritage interest •An insert with accommodation and service
providers
The 32 page guide can be purchased inAllenheads at the Hemmel Shop for only £4.95 orby mail order for £6.00 to cover P&P. Please makepayment by cheque to ‘Allenheads Trust Ltd’,including your name and address, to:
Allenheads Trust LtdAllenheadsHEXHAMNE47 9HN
Alternatively look out for the guide in TouristInformation Centres and bookshops.ISBN 978-0-9560122-1-0
A small (1m x 2m x 4) free-standing display aboutIsaac Holden is available free of charge on request.
Walkers from Allendale WI on Isaac’s Tea Trail at Clarghyllon the border between Cumbria and Northumberland
15
161
2
3
4
5
67
8
9
10
1112
1314
AL
LE
NH
EA
DS
to Rookhop
e
to Cow
shill
to Cow
shill
to Penrith
& M
6
to Bram
pton
to Hexham
to Hexham
AL
LE
ND
AL
E
AL
ST
ON
Co
alcleu
gh
Ne
nth
ead
Blagill
Kirkh
augh
Nin
eb
anks
Wh
itfield
AyleC
larghyll
Ke
en
ley
B6295
B6295
A686
A686
A686
A689
A689
Blacke
tt Le
vel
Ro
ugh
side
16
Walke
rs on
the
Black W
ay3
Ro
wan
tree
Sto
bb
bastle
2
Ru
shym
ea an
d T
he
State
s 4
Nin
eb
anks C
hu
rch
Whitley C
astle Rom
an Fort (Ep
iacum)
15
Pe
el To
we
r14
9K
irkhau
gh C
hu
rch10
He
arse H
ou
se11
Brid
ge o
ver D
ry Bu
rn
13
6
We
sleyan
Ch
ape
l,N
en
the
ad7
Gre
en
en
ds
8
12
Co
alcleu
gh in
win
ter
5
Follo
w Isa
ac’s T
ea T
rail an
d d
iscove
r the
hid
de
n h
eritage
of th
e
No
rth P
en
nin
es. A
trail base
d o
n th
e life
and
travels o
f the
itine
rant te
a se
ller an
d fu
nd
raiser Isaac H
old
en
(1804 – 1857). You
will fo
llow
river sid
e
path
s, thro
ugh
farmlan
d to
the
op
en
mo
orlan
d w
ith fe
ll top
view
s. Th
e
trail usu
ally takes b
etw
ee
n 2 to
4 days fro
m start to
finish
. Th
ere
is a wid
e
cho
ice o
f accom
mo
datio
n an
d fle
xibility o
f wh
ere
to stay.
Th
e trail is in sectio
ns an
d th
e times g
iven are o
nly a ro
ug
h g
uid
e and
vary w
ith th
e weath
er, fitness an
d th
e nu
mb
er of sto
ps taken
.S
ection
1, Allen
dale to
Nen
thead
. D
istance 11¼ m
iles or 18 km A
llow: 6 hours
Sectio
n 2 ,N
enth
ead to
Alsto
n.
Distance 5½
miles or 8.9 km
Allow
: 3 hoursS
ection
3, Alsto
n to
Nin
eban
ks.D
istance 11¾ m
iles or 19.1 km A
llow: 6½
hoursS
ection
4, Nin
eban
ks to A
llend
ale. D
istance 7¾ m
iles or 12.6 km A
llow: 5 hours
© C
rown copyright. A
ll rights reserved.N
orthumberland C
ounty Council.
Licence No. 100049048 (2012).
We
sleyan
Ch
ape
l, Ke
en
ley
Ord
na
nce
Su
rve
y M
ap
s
I saac’s Tea Trail is printed on the OS
maps
OL series 43 H
adrian’s Wall and 31 N
orth P
ennines and Landranger 87 Hexham
and H
altwhistle.
Further information is on the w
ebsite w
ww
.no
rthu
mb
erland
life.org
/teatrail
Alle
nd
ale
Savings B
ank
Holden M
emorial
Isaac Holden’s tap
Library (former
chapel)
Isaac’s Well
Trinity Methodist
Chapel
Tea Room
s (former
Post O
ffice andstationer)
Isaac’s home tow
n of Allendale is the suggested start and finish
point for walking the trail. There is lots to look out for here relating to
Isaac and his fundraising work:
1
aa
b
bc
c
ef
g
d
defg
15
161
2
3
4
5
67
8
9
10
1112
1314
AL
LE
NH
EA
DS
to Rookhop
e
to Cow
shill
to Cow
shill
to Penrith
& M
6
to Bram
pton
to Hexham
to Hexham
AL
LE
ND
AL
E
AL
ST
ON
Co
alcleu
gh
Ne
nth
ead
Blagill
Kirkh
augh
Nin
eb
anks
Wh
itfield
AyleC
larghyll
Ke
en
ley
B6295
B6295
A686
A686
A686
A689
A689
Blacke
tt Le
vel
Ro
ugh
side
16
Walke
rs on
the
Black W
ay3
Ro
wan
tree
Sto
bb
bastle
2
Ru
shym
ea an
d T
he
State
s 4
Nin
eb
anks C
hu
rch
Whitley C
astle Rom
an Fort (Ep
iacum)
15
Pe
el To
we
r14
9K
irkhau
gh C
hu
rch10
He
arse H
ou
se11
Brid
ge o
ver D
ry Bu
rn
13
6
We
sleyan
Ch
ape
l,N
en
the
ad7
Gre
en
en
ds
8
12
Co
alcleu
gh in
win
ter
5
Follo
w Isa
ac’s T
ea T
rail an
d d
iscove
r the
hid
de
n h
eritage
of th
e
No
rth P
en
nin
es. A
trail base
d o
n th
e life
and
travels o
f the
itine
rant te
a se
ller an
d fu
nd
raiser Isaac H
old
en
(1804 – 1857). You
will fo
llow
river sid
e
path
s, thro
ugh
farmlan
d to
the
op
en
mo
orlan
d w
ith fe
ll top
view
s. Th
e
trail usu
ally takes b
etw
ee
n 2 to
4 days fro
m start to
finish
. Th
ere
is a wid
e
cho
ice o
f accom
mo
datio
n an
d fle
xibility o
f wh
ere
to stay.
Th
e trail is in sectio
ns an
d th
e times g
iven are o
nly a ro
ug
h g
uid
e and
vary w
ith th
e weath
er, fitness an
d th
e nu
mb
er of sto
ps taken
.S
ection
1, Allen
dale to
Nen
thead
. D
istance 11¼ m
iles or 18 km A
llow: 6 hours
Sectio
n 2 ,N
enth
ead to
Alsto
n.
Distance 5½
miles or 8.9 km
Allow
: 3 hoursS
ection
3, Alsto
n to
Nin
eban
ks.D
istance 11¾ m
iles or 19.1 km A
llow: 6½
hoursS
ection
4, Nin
eban
ks to A
llend
ale. D
istance 7¾ m
iles or 12.6 km A
llow: 5 hours
© C
rown copyright. A
ll rights reserved.N
orthumberland C
ounty Council.
Licence No. 100049048 (2012).
We
sleyan
Ch
ape
l, Ke
en
ley
Ord
na
nce
Su
rve
y M
ap
s
I saac’s Tea Trail is printed on the OS
maps
OL series 43 H
adrian’s Wall and 31 N
orth P
ennines and Landranger 87 Hexham
and H
altwhistle.
Further information is on the w
ebsite w
ww
.no
rthu
mb
erland
life.org
/teatrail
Alle
nd
ale
Savings B
ank
Holden M
emorial
Isaac Holden’s tap
Library (former
chapel)
Isaac’s Well
Trinity Methodist
Chapel
Tea Room
s (former
Post O
ffice andstationer)
Isaac’s home tow
n of Allendale is the suggested start and finish
point for walking the trail. There is lots to look out for here relating to
Isaac and his fundraising work:
1
aa
b
bc
c
ef
g
d
defg
Top Related