Weardale Way is a footpath that follows the River Wear in the North East of England.
It is 73 miles long, starting at the Lindesfarne Memorial on the sea wall at Roker (a part of the City of Sunderland).54°55′01″N 1°21′54″W / 54.917°N 1.365°W / 54.917; -1.365 It then passes through Chester-le-Street, Durham, Bishop Auckland, Wolsingham and Stanhope.
The path ends outside the Post Office in the village of Wearhead in County Durham.
Once the route goes into the area administered by the Durham County Council, it is waymarked to some extent by plastic disks attached to wooden and metal posts, trees and street furniture.
This path is marked on the latest series of Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps, Explorer sheets 305, 307, 308 and OL31 cover the walk.