[1] From the car park, cross the road and turn left onto the pavement. This will lead you along the road and to the 'Shepherd & Shepherdess' pub.
Cross the road in front of the pub and walk around the pub and turn left into 'Hammer Square Bank'. Follow this narrow road for a while.

Take care as the road is narrow.

[2] After a distance, the road forks. Bear left here to follow the public footpath and to walk along Hammer Square House. Go through the gate (or over the stile) and follow the public footpath, keeping straight ahead and downhill to a crossroads.
On your left you will see parts of Beamish Museum.

[3] At the crosssroads, the left path leads past a church which belongs to the museum and uphill you can see Pockerley Farm. Turn right here to walk towards Flint Mill past construction work being carried out by Beamish Museum (2020). Look for a small sign on a fence and stile at the top of a small field that appears to be involved in the construction work.
Cross over the stile and go steeply downhill and bear right to get onto a meadow and a footbridge over a beck.

Take great care as the bank is steep and muddy in wet weather.

[4] Cross the bridge and turn right to follow the obvious path through the grass.
This path leads you slightly uphill to a gate. Go through and follow it to another gate. Again go through and walk through a meadow. At the end, you cross over a stile and come to another footpath. Turn right to walk downhill.
After a while, you will reach the road. Turn right here and follow the road down past houses and over a small bridge

[5] Almost immediately turn left to get into Ousbrough Wood Reserve. Follow the footpath leading you down to the river.
Cross the footbridge at the bottom and turn right to follow the river around. Walk along this path for over half a kilometre. The river will be on your right and after a while you will see a Wheel sculpture on your left.

[6] When you see some buildings in front of you and a footbridge on your right, go over the footbridge and turn left when the path forks into different directions. Walk up the steep steps and follow the path uphill. At the end you will end on another footpath in front of a field with a fence.

[7] Turn right here and follow this path uphill for a distance. It will go downhill after a while and uphill again. Exit the footpath through a gate and you may see hens and geese on your right and a bridge on your left.
Turn left here and walk towards the bridge.

[8] Before the bridge turn left and walk downhill to follow the path that will bring you to the Consett & Sunderland Railway path that leads underneath the bridge. At the end of the slope, turn sharp right to follow the railway path.
Follow this path for a distance, walking underneath a blue painted footbridge. After a while, the path forks, bear right here and walk uphill. Exit the railway path through a gate.

[9] Turn right to walk up 'Station Road' along the houses of Beamish. Follow the pavement until you reach the 'Shepherd & Shepherdess' pub at the end of the road.
Cross the road in front of the pub and turn left onto the small footpath which leads you along the road and back to the starting point.