
Walk and Talk Trust, a non-profit
organisation dedicated to promoting
physical and mental wellbeing
through outdoor activities, has
launched its latest project, The
Heritage 100.
This ambitious initiative aims to
create 100 waymarked walking
routes throughout County Durham,
encouraging residents to embrace
the benefits of walking, while
discovering the rich heritage of their
local communities.
Sedgefield is one
of the first places where a Heritage
100 walk has been installed.
Each of the routes will be mapped on
the popular navigation app Komoot,
and physically waymarked. Every
walk will be accompanied by a
captivating story that brings to life
the heritage of the locations along
the way. By connecting communities
with their past and present, the
project intends to foster a sense of
pride and belonging among the
residents, and encourage more
people to get out and explore their
local area.
The Sedgefield Heritage 100 walk
offers residents a picturesque threemile
figure-of-eight route, starting
and ending on the village green
outside St. Edmund’s Church. The
walk showcases Sedgefield’s unique
historical landmarks and the natural
beauty of the nearby countryside.
The start is easy to find on the village
green at our grandfather clock
shaped marker post, which features
the Heritage 100 logo and a fantastic
etching of Neptune, the statue of
which the route later passes in
Hardwick Park.
Looking ahead to the new year, the
Walk and Talk Trust is actively
seeking volunteers to collaborate
with renowned author David Willem,
who will be writing the story of the
Sedgefield walk, which will be used
to promote the initiative. The Trust is
particularly interested in hearing
from local residents who can provide
oral accounts of Sedgefield's past,
preserving and immortalising tales of
local heroes, myths, and legends.
Residents will also be able to join the
Walk and Talk Trust on an organised
community walk around the
Sedgefield Heritage 100 route in the
near future, so look out for news of
that.