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North East England

Forest And Frith

Cow Green Reservoir and Dam – Cauldron Snout Waterfall loop from Cow Green Reservoir

Hiking trails & Routes

North East England

Forest And Frith

Cow Green Reservoir and Dam – Cauldron Snout Waterfall loop from Cow Green Reservoir

Hard

4.2

(5)

24

hikers

Cow Green Reservoir and Dam – Cauldron Snout Waterfall loop from Cow Green Reservoir

07:12

26.5km

320m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Sure-footedness, sturdy shoes and alpine experience required. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 10, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that may be dangerous

Parts of this route comprise highly technical, difficult, or hazardous terrain. Specialist equipment and prior experience is required.

After 2.76 km for 204 m

After 23.6 km for 204 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

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1

2.13 km

Cow Green Reservoir and Dam

Highlight • Structure

Cow Green reservoir is 3km long and was completed in 1971 to supply water to Teesside. It controls the flow in the river Tees keeping the supply to industry downstream …

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2

2.91 km

Cauldron Snout Waterfall

Highlight • Natural Monument

Cauldron Snout is a rocky ravine below Cow Green Reservoir that the infant River Tees descends through spectacularly. The falls, which nestle within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural …

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3

4.32 km

River Tees

Highlight • Natural

4

7.87 km

Stone Wall with Bird in North Pennines National Landscape

Highlight • Natural

12.9 km

High Force

Viewpoint

14.5 km

High Hag Plantation

Forest

7

19.7 km

View of the River from the Stone Bench

Highlight • Viewpoint

8

23.1 km

Caldron Snout

Highlight • Waterfall

B

26.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

8.49 km

5.85 km

1.00 km

406 m

398 m

Surfaces

11.2 km

5.23 km

4.67 km

4.63 km

768 m

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Highest point (510 m)

Lowest point (290 m)

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