Sitting on a ridge, Tow Law certainly encourages cold, lazy winds, but the surrounding countryside offers fine walking with broad views.
Start from the New Market Pub turn left through Tow Law, following the A68 south. On reaching a monument turn left along Bridge Street.
Just past the houses on the right turn right, as waymarked, along a track which soon turns left, briefly, then right, descending to Thornley Grove.
Where the track turns left, keep straight ahead, passing a gable end on the left.
Cross a facing stile into a field. Edge the field alongside a wall on your left.
Exit over a left-hand corner stile alongside a facing gate and continue alongside a fence on your left to cross a facing left-hand corner stile.
Edge the next lied alongside a wall on your left, passing a narrow plantation on your right.
Leave the field over a facing left-hand corner low stone stile and edge the next field alongside a wall on the left.
Leave over a facing waymarked left-hand corner stile and turn right along Broomhead Farm road.
Where the road turns right, turn left, over a waymarked stile, descend a field alongside a wall on the right, leave through a facing right-hand corner gap stile and descend the next field .alongside a mix of wall and hedge on the right, leaving through a facing right-hand corner gate into Thornley.
Immediately turn left, as waymarked, clung a service road, front a house on he left and keep straight ahead, through a facing gate in a step in the once on the right. continue alongside a fence on the left, on through a facing kissing gate and keep straight ahead, as waymarked edging a field alongside a fence on the left.
Leave through a facing left-hand corner gate and cross the field towards Thornley Gill.
Cross a facing waymarked stile into woodland, follow a descending, partly stepped path, bridge Thornley Beek and climb the far hank, still on the steed path.
From its top, go through a fading gate and keep straight ahead along; ide a fence on the right.
Leave through a facing waymarked wicket and follow a broad track between conifers, left of Helme Park outbuildings.
Go through a waymarked gap stile, aright of a facing gate, and turn left along the original A68, to its junction with It new A68. Cross the road to go over waymarked stile alongside a gate.
Go diagonally right, between conifers, along a track that soon curves left to a facing gate.
Cross a stile left of it an continue alongside a fence on the Ic leaving the field over a facing left-hand corner stile.
Edge a newly planted I plantation, still alongside the fence on your left, leaving over a facing left-hat-id corner stile.
Cross a narrow plantation on a clear path and immediately turn right along a fenced lane diversion, between opencast mining on the left and the plantation.
Soon a white arrow confirms your route.
At the lane end, turn left over a stile, cross a short section of field, climb a facing stile and follow a fenced lane.
Cross a waymarked stile in it and continue to General's Plantation, a deciduous wood, ahead.
Turn right here along another stiled, fenced lane, skirting the woodland, to cross a facing wall on a waymarked ladder stile.
Immediately turn left along a lane, soon to cross a stile alongside a gate.
Continue along the lane that curves right, through another gate.
In a few yards turn left, as waymarked, over a stile alongside a gate and cross the field ahead on a clear track.
Go through a waymarked gate and continue past Park Wall Farm on the left on a tarmac farm road.
Soon after crossing a cattle grid, where the road forks, turn right along a fenced lane for half a mile.
From its end, turn right along the B6299.
On approaching Sunniside, turn left along a road that curves right between terraces, continuing past Gladstone Terrace on the left on the minor road.
When, after half a mile it turns left, go straight ahead, through a kissing gate.
Cross a short field, go through another kissing gate and go forward, briefly, to turn left, as waymarked, on another detour.
Follow a fenced lane that curves right to a thin, conifer wood.
Here turn right, still on the fenced lane.
At the wood's end, turn left, through a gate, cross a paddock the width of the wood and cross a waymarked right hand corner stile.
Edge a wall on the right, ignoring a stile in it, soon to edge woodland on the right, leaving over a stile alongside a gate near the right-hand corner of a facing fence.
Bear left over the field ahead, leaving over a stile in a facing wall.
Go straight across the next field on a clear path, aiming for the right-hand side of Stanley Hall Farm.
Front the farmhouse and turn left along a farm road, through the farmyard.
Continue past the farm buildings along a lane.
Cross a stile, right of a facing gate.
Follow the lane which curves left, descending between conifers, then turn right, descending, alongside the plantation on the right, continuing along a farm road to a T-junction at East Hedleyhope.
Turn left along a minor road, briefly, and where it turns right, keep straight ahead, passing what was the Deerness Valley Hotel on the right.
Go through a facing metal gate, crossing a camping area, leaving through another facing gate and follow a green track alongside the river Deerness on the left.
Soon the track goes through a gateway and climbs, leaving the river which curves left.
Soon after passing a plantation on your right, climb a facing gate and follow the track alongside a hedge on your right, going through another facing gate and continuing along the track to Low West House Farm.
Pass the farmhouse on the right and continue along the farm road, descending. Where it forks, go right, along a climbing road that in about a mile reaches Tow Law.
On reaching the B6301 in the village, turn left along it. At its end, turn left along the A68, back to a welcome at the New Market Pub.

While every effort is made to ensure that walks are accessible and are rights of way, it must be noted that fields, and paths cannot guaranteed to be open.