Temple Sowerby Walk. 🥾

Today’s walk is one from the weekend. A gentle saunter starting at NT Acorn Bank and taking in the pretty village of Temple Sowerby in the Eden Valley district of Cumbria. The route can be found on the Acorn Bank Website. Because we are members of the National Trust we parked on the car park at Acorn Bank. Non members may have to adapt the walk a little.

Shepherds Hut at Acorn Bank entrance.

Walk Map.

Beautiful Bluebells.

Pear Blossom and Daffodils.

Walking through Wild Garlic.

Crowdundle Beck, a tributary of the River Eden.

We passed under a railway viaduct.

What Ewe Looking At?

Bridge over the Beck.

We passed through a small village called Newbiggin , one of several Newbiggins in Cumbria. I love the rosie coloured sandstone that the buildings are made of. Here it was taken from Crowdundle Beck.

St Edmunds Church, Newbiggin.

A farmhouse at the crossroads built in 1695.

And curious cattle.

A bit of road walking. Very peaceful though.

Lots of stitchwort out in the hedgerows.

Distant Hare.

Heading through Borough Fields and on to Temple Sowerby.

Temple Sowerby through a ginnel.

The houses are set around a village green.

St James Church, Temple Sowerby.

Temple Sowerby is an attractive village , once known as the Queen Of Westmorland villages. It was named after the Knights Templar who briefly owned the settlement and nearby Acorn Bank. Temple Sowerby was once a tanning village and other industries in the area included the mini ng of gypsum. There is still a gypsum plant at Kirkby Thore.

Victory Hall.

The House at Temple Sowerby B & B. Cafe for residents and non residents called Temple Velo.

Lunch at Temple Velo.

Heading out of the village.

A short country lane walk and then we are back in Acorn Banks parkland.

Parkland.

Acorn Bank.

Mellow yellow.

Flowers galore.

A peek in the orchard.

Clock Tower.

After a look in the second hand book shop at Acorn Bank it was time to head home. What a lovely walk. 😘