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Lartington, BARNARD CASTLE, DL12 9DA

Now a private house, this former Wesleyan Methodist church was built in 1923 and closed in the late 1980s. Constructed of squared, coursed sandstone with ashlar dressings under a slate roof. After crossing the River Tees, the route follows Deepdale Beck for a short distance before branching northwest to Raygill and Osmond Flatt. Then further west on a bridleway before turning north on a footpath to Lartington. After passing through the village, there is a turn to the north at Lartington Hall, then the route heads southeast past Grotto Wood and Pecknell Wood to the west bank of the river Tees, where it joins the long distance Teesdale Way to return to Barnard Castle. Just under 5½ miles.

The parapet of the bridge carrying Lartington Lane over the dismantled railway. The line, known as the Stainmore Line, was built by the South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway, linking the Stockton & Darlington Railway near Bishop Auckland with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway at Tebay. The line opened in 1861 and closed in stages between 1952 and 1962. After crossing the River Tees, the route follows Deepdale Beck for a short distance before branching northwest to Raygill and Osmond Flatt. Then further west on a bridleway before turning north on a footpath to Lartington. After passing through the village, there is a turn to the north at Lartington Hall, then the route heads southeast past Grotto Wood and Pecknell Wood to the west bank of the river Tees, where it joins the long distance Teesdale Way to return to Barnard Castle. Just under 5½ miles.

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Cast iron sign at the side of the road bridge in Lartington.

A large fungus growing near the former railway bridge in Lartington Lane. After crossing the River Tees, the route follows Deepdale Beck for a short distance before branching northwest to Raygill and Osmond Flatt. Then further west on a bridleway before turning north on a footpath to Lartington. After passing through the village, there is a turn to the north at Lartington Hall, then the route heads southeast past Grotto Wood and Pecknell Wood to the west bank of the river Tees, where it joins the long distance Teesdale Way to return to Barnard Castle. Just under 5½ miles.

The railway from Barnard Castle to Middleton-in-Teesdale closed in 1965. The house in the distance was probably the old station.

The former station at Lartington, once served by trains travelling between Barnard castle and Tebay. Sheep now graze where the lines once ran.

This is an aqueduct carrying a small beck over the route of the former railway line at Lartington. On December 8th 1873, George Pearson, the driver of a mineral goods train was, for some strange reason, standing either on his engine or the tender and was knocked off as the train went under the bridge. The 17 laden wagons and guards van then ran over his body, decapitating him and cutting his body in two.

Now a private house, The Woodlands is the former Lartington railway station. The property comprises the station master's house, waiting room and ticket office, dated 1859. Constructed, in a Tudor style, for the South Durham and Lancashire Union Railway Company. Built of dressed sandstone with ashlar dressings, the waiting room is weatherboarded, all the roofs are of Welsh slate. Listed, grade II, with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1121026 After crossing the River Tees, the route follows Deepdale Beck for a short distance before branching northwest to Raygill and Osmond Flatt. Then further west on a bridleway before turning north on a footpath to Lartington. After passing through the village, there is a turn to the north at Lartington Hall, then the route heads southeast past Grotto Wood and Pecknell Wood to the west bank of the river Tees, where it joins the long distance Teesdale Way to return to Barnard Castle. Just under 5½ miles.