•     Introduction
•     Tees Estuary to Yarm
  •     Transporter Bridge
  •     Newport Vertical Lift Bridge
  •     A19 Tees Viaduct
  •     Tees Barrage
  •     Infinity Bridge
  •     Princess of Wales Bridge
  •     Teesquay Millenium Bridge
  •     Victoria Bridge
  •     Stockton Railway Bridges
  •     A66 Surtees Bridge
  •     Jubilee Bridge
  •     Preston Pipe Bridge
  •     Yarm Road Bridge
  •     Yarm Railway Viaduct
•     Yarm to   Piercebridge
  •     Over Dinsdale Bridge
  •     Fishlocks Bridge
  •     Girsby Bridge
  •     Neasham Hall Bridge
  •     Low Hail, Hurworth Bridge
  •     Croft Railway Bridge
  •     Croft Road Bridge
  •     Blackwell Bridge
  •     A1M Bridge Low Coniscliffe
  •     Piercebridge Bridge
  •     Piercebridge Pipe Bridge
•     Piercebridge to   Barnard Castle
  •     Barforth Hall Bridge
  •     Gainford Railway Bridge
  •     West Tees Railway Bridge
  •     Winston Bridge
  •     Whorlton Bridge
  •     Abbey Bridge, Egglestone
  •     Thorngate Footbridge
  •     Barnard Castle Bridge
  •     Deepdale Footbridge
•     Barnard Castle to   Tees Source
  •     Cotherstone Footbridge
  •     Eggleston Bridge
  •     Beckstones Wath Footbridge
  •      Middleton in Teesdale Bridge
  •     Scoberry Footbridge
  •     Winch Footbridge
  •     Low Force
  •     Holwick Head Footbridge
  •     High Force
  •     Cronkley Bridge
  •     Cauldron Snout
  •     Birkdale Footbridge
  •     Cow Green Reservoir
  •     Moor House Bridge
  •     Tees Source
•     Former Bridges and   Fords
•     Reference
•     Links
•     Bridges On The Tyne
•     Bridges on the   Derwent
•     Bridges on the   Coquet
•     Bridges on the   Wansbeck
•     Bridges on the Blyth
•     Bridges on the Aln
•     Bridges on the Wear
•     Bridges on the Tweed

BARNARD CASTLE TO TEES SOURCE

"The North Pennine Dales contain some of this country's most spectacular scenery, and it is here on the eastern slopes of Cross Fell that the Tees begins its ninety-eight mile journey to the North Sea. "

The River Tees. A North Country River. R Woodhouse. 1991

The river moves along Teesdale past several attractive small villages, the main road high on the hill to the north, the former railway to the south, before reaching the stone-built town of Middleton-in Teesdale with its old stone bridge. This is former lead-mining country, but the river banks are tree-lined and the valley increasingly remote, with farms scattered along the dale.

Eventually the gorge crossed by the Winch Bridge followed by the falls at Low Force are reached, and soon come the much more spectacular falls at High Force, England's biggest waterfall. Then to Cronkley Scar, a high cliff face before reaching the spectacular Cauldron Snout, a series of steps forming a cataract cascading through 8 falls and dropping over a length of 1200 feet (300 metres). A short distance up river is Cow Green Reservoir with its massive dam and then Moor House, a wild and remote area with the first Tees bridge, and eventually comes the river's source high up in the North Pennines near Cross Fell.

The bridges from Middleton west are all footbridges, though some are wide enough and strong enough to be driven over by farm vehicles. Much of the area is part of Upper Teesdale National Nature Reserve and there are footpaths and nature trails enabling exploration of the geology, plant, animal and birdlife around. The Pennine Way passes by here on its way to Middleton from where the Teesdale Way commences, running all the way to Middlesbrough and the Tees Estuary.

 Winch Bridge