Grey Carrs

Grey Carrs is a modest fell top in County Durham, rising above the Teesdale landscape just a few miles from Barnard Castle. It's not dramatic - there's no summit monument or café - but that's rather the point. You get up there for the walking itself and the views across the Pennines that open up once you've earned them.

The approach is straightforward moorland walking, the sort that rewards steady legs rather than technical skill. On a clear day you can see properly across the valley, which makes the effort feel worthwhile. It's the kind of place walkers actually visit rather than tourists ticking boxes. If you're staying at one of the caravan parks dotted around Barnard Castle - Hill Top Huts is closest at just over a mile away - this works as a half-day outing or a solid morning's walk depending on which route you take.

There's nothing to do up top except stand about and enjoy it, which suits some people down to the ground and leaves others cold after twenty minutes. Families with older children will manage it fine. The real value here is as part of a broader walking holiday in Teesdale rather than a destination in itself. Pair it with exploring Barnard Castle town itself or the numerous riverside walks that make this corner of County Durham proper walking territory. Go when the weather's decent - there's no shelter, and low cloud renders the whole exercise pointless. Free to access, no facilities, come prepared.