Durham Dale & Coast

80+ miles based on Durham via Wolsingham; Bishop Auckland; Newton Aycliffe; Billingham; Seaham and Chester-le-Street. Route devised for a tandem and includes a variety of roads some of which are quite busy.

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  • Road biking
    Activity: Road biking
  • ↔
    Distance: 133.21 km
  • ◔
    Author’s time: Duration unknown 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 961 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 959 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 306 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 4 m
  • ⚐
    District: County Durham 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 54.798084° / W 1.575785°
  • ⚑
    End: N 54.799136° / W 1.577053°
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    Path proportions: Not specified
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 94 m - Start on Langley Road
  2. 2 : km 0.09 - alt. 96 m - Turn left onto Carr House Drive
  3. 3 : km 0.38 - alt. 93 m - Turn right onto Bek Road
  4. 4 : km 0.41 - alt. 92 m - Keep left onto Bek Road
  5. 5 : km 0.44 - alt. 91 m - Turn slight left onto Pit Lane
  6. 6 : km 1.54 - alt. 103 m - Turn slight left onto Front Street
  7. 7 : km 1.6 - alt. 102 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Dryburn Park
  8. 8 : km 1.9 - alt. 109 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 1.95 - alt. 109 m - Keep right
  10. 10 : km 2.07 - alt. 107 m - Turn right onto Whitesmocks
  11. 11 : km 2.08 - alt. 107 m - Turn left onto Whitesmocks
  12. 12 : km 2.48 - alt. 93 m - Turn left onto Springwell Road
  13. 13 : km 2.48 - alt. 92 m - Turn right
  14. 14 : km 3.08 - alt. 104 m - Turn right
  15. 15 : km 3.3 - alt. 98 m - Turn right onto Redhills Lane
  16. 16 : km 3.3 - alt. 97 m - Turn left onto Newcastle Road
  17. 17 : km 3.36 - alt. 97 m - Turn sharp right onto Toll House Road and drive toward Bearpark, Ushaw College
  18. 18 : km 14.51 - alt. 245 m - Keep left onto Front Street
  19. 19 : km 21.37 - alt. 306 m - Turn right onto A68
  20. 20 : km 21.42 - alt. 305 m - Turn left and drive toward Wolsingham
  21. 21 : km 22.75 - alt. 232 m - Turn slight left onto B6296
  22. 22 : km 26.12 - alt. 139 m - Keep left onto B6296
  23. 23 : km 26.17 - alt. 138 m - Turn left onto A689
  24. 24 : km 32.33 - alt. 204 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Harperley Roundabout
  25. 25 : km 33.77 - alt. 180 m - Turn left
  26. 26 : km 35.48 - alt. 133 m - Keep right
  27. 27 : km 36.59 - alt. 112 m - Turn right onto A689 and drive toward Bishop Auckland
  28. 28 : km 40.1 - alt. 128 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Addison Road
  29. 29 : km 42.23 - alt. 104 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto A689
  30. 30 : km 42.31 - alt. 102 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A689
  31. 31 : km 42.66 - alt. 96 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Prince's Street
  32. 32 : km 43.88 - alt. 90 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto South Church Road
  33. 33 : km 44.38 - alt. 86 m - Turn left onto Main Street and drive toward Eldon, Shildon
  34. 34 : km 45.01 - alt. 97 m - Turn left onto High Street
  35. 35 : km 50.06 - alt. 119 m - Turn right onto Middridge Road
  36. 36 : km 50.43 - alt. 112 m - Turn left onto Burn Lane
  37. 37 : km 51.04 - alt. 102 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Burn Lane
  38. 38 : km 51.98 - alt. 91 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Burn Lane
  39. 39 : km 52.15 - alt. 93 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Central Avenue
  40. 40 : km 52.45 - alt. 90 m - Turn sharp right
  41. 41 : km 52.46 - alt. 90 m - Turn right
  42. 42 : km 52.67 - alt. 90 m - Turn left
  43. 43 : km 52.68 - alt. 90 m - Turn right onto Central Avenue
  44. 44 : km 53.22 - alt. 94 m - Turn sharp right onto A167
  45. 45 : km 54.27 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Ricknall Lane
  46. 46 : km 57.44 - alt. 99 m - Turn left onto Lodge Lane
  47. 47 : km 60.15 - alt. 95 m - Turn right onto Elstob Lane
  48. 48 : km 60.21 - alt. 95 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 63.34 - alt. 51 m - Keep right onto High Street
  50. 50 : km 67.01 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto Thorpe Road
  51. 51 : km 67.54 - alt. 48 m - Keep right onto Wynyard Road
  52. 52 : km 68.9 - alt. 34 m - Turn slight right onto Durham Road
  53. 53 : km 68.93 - alt. 34 m - Turn slight left onto Wynyard Road
  54. 54 : km 69.17 - alt. 34 m - Turn right onto A177
  55. 55 : km 69.23 - alt. 33 m - Turn slight left onto Wynyard Road
  56. 56 : km 73.17 - alt. 36 m - Turn slight right onto Sandy Lane West
  57. 57 : km 74.95 - alt. 21 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Warkworth Road
  58. 58 : km 75.47 - alt. 20 m - Turn left onto Rievaulx Avenue
  59. 59 : km 76.25 - alt. 15 m - Turn right onto Marsh House Avenue
  60. 60 : km 76.29 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Low Grange Avenue
  61. 61 : km 77.98 - alt. 13 m - Turn sharp right
  62. 62 : km 78.36 - alt. 8 m - Keep right
  63. 63 : km 78.99 - alt. 7 m - Turn left
  64. 64 : km 79.3 - alt. 4 m - Keep left
  65. 65 : km 81.76 - alt. 15 m - Turn right onto Greatham Village Link Road
  66. 66 : km 82.32 - alt. 18 m - Turn slight left onto High Street
  67. 67 : km 83.03 - alt. 23 m - Keep right
  68. 68 : km 83.12 - alt. 24 m - Keep left
  69. 69 : km 83.33 - alt. 26 m - Turn right onto Thetford Road
  70. 70 : km 83.58 - alt. 20 m - Turn left onto Holland Road
  71. 71 : km 83.73 - alt. 21 m - Turn right onto Mowbray Road
  72. 72 : km 83.85 - alt. 19 m - Turn left onto Kesteven Road
  73. 73 : km 83.85 - alt. 19 m - Turn right
  74. 74 : km 83.85 - alt. 19 m - Turn left onto Kesteven Road
  75. 75 : km 83.86 - alt. 19 m - Turn left onto Mowbray Road
  76. 76 : km 83.99 - alt. 18 m - Turn left
  77. 77 : km 84 - alt. 18 m - Turn right
  78. 78 : km 84.33 - alt. 18 m - Turn right
  79. 79 : km 84.34 - alt. 18 m - Turn left onto Catcote Road
  80. 80 : km 87.03 - alt. 20 m - Turn slight left onto Elwick Road
  81. 81 : km 87.35 - alt. 29 m - Turn slight right onto Wooler Road
  82. 82 : km 87.69 - alt. 28 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Wooler Road
  83. 83 : km 88.29 - alt. 23 m - Turn right onto Hart Lane
  84. 84 : km 88.33 - alt. 21 m - Turn left onto Thornhill Gardens
  85. 85 : km 88.48 - alt. 21 m - Turn right onto Chester Road
  86. 86 : km 88.9 - alt. 16 m - Turn left onto Jesmond Gardens
  87. 87 : km 89.71 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto Easington Road
  88. 88 : km 89.75 - alt. 14 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Easington Road
  89. 89 : km 90.76 - alt. 19 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Easington Road
  90. 90 : km 91.9 - alt. 34 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Easington Road
  91. 91 : km 96.47 - alt. 59 m - Turn left onto Second Street
  92. 92 : km 96.47 - alt. 59 m - Turn left onto Middle Street
  93. 93 : km 96.61 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto Fifth Street
  94. 94 : km 96.62 - alt. 57 m - Make a U-turn onto Fifth Street
  95. 95 : km 96.62 - alt. 57 m - Turn right onto Middle Street
  96. 96 : km 98.77 - alt. 74 m - Turn slight left onto Cotsford Lane
  97. 97 : km 99.74 - alt. 79 m - Turn right
  98. 98 : km 99.74 - alt. 79 m - Turn right onto Sunderland Road
  99. 99 : km 100.17 - alt. 73 m - Turn left onto Thorpe Road
  100. 100 : km 100.48 - alt. 88 m - Turn right
  101. 101 : km 100.5 - alt. 86 m - Turn left onto Thorpe Road
  102. 102 : km 102.11 - alt. 101 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Thorpe Road
  103. 103 : km 102.29 - alt. 105 m - Turn slight left onto Thorpe Road
  104. 104 : km 102.78 - alt. 118 m - Turn left onto South Side
  105. 105 : km 102.86 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Low Row
  106. 106 : km 103.04 - alt. 123 m - Turn right onto Rosemary Lane
  107. 107 : km 103.05 - alt. 123 m - Turn left onto Sunderland Road
  108. 108 : km 103.33 - alt. 113 m - Keep left
  109. 109 : km 103.36 - alt. 111 m - Turn left onto Sunderland Road
  110. 110 : km 107.11 - alt. 85 m - Turn right onto B1285
  111. 111 : km 108.21 - alt. 97 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto B1285
  112. 112 : km 108.79 - alt. 87 m - Turn right onto Eastdene Road
  113. 113 : km 108.8 - alt. 87 m - Turn left onto Evesham Road
  114. 114 : km 109.1 - alt. 83 m - Turn left
  115. 115 : km 109.11 - alt. 83 m - Turn right onto Westlea Road
  116. 116 : km 109.74 - alt. 63 m - Turn left onto Ambleside Avenue
  117. 117 : km 109.79 - alt. 63 m - Turn right onto Gregson Terrace
  118. 118 : km 110.02 - alt. 66 m - Turn left onto Seaton Lane and drive toward Houghton-le-Spring, Tyne Tunnel
  119. 119 : km 110.97 - alt. 94 m - Turn left onto Hillrise Crescent
  120. 120 : km 111.98 - alt. 120 m - Keep right
  121. 121 : km 113.48 - alt. 141 m - Turn right onto Salter's Lane
  122. 122 : km 114.78 - alt. 148 m - Turn sharp left
  123. 123 : km 116.86 - alt. 121 m - Turn slight left onto Gillas Lane
  124. 124 : km 117.04 - alt. 110 m - Turn left onto Gillas Lane
  125. 125 : km 118.53 - alt. 54 m - Turn right
  126. 126 : km 118.54 - alt. 54 m - Turn left
  127. 127 : km 118.76 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto B1284
  128. 128 : km 118.89 - alt. 52 m - Keep left
  129. 129 : km 118.93 - alt. 52 m - Turn right
  130. 130 : km 119.16 - alt. 50 m - Turn left onto Mercantile Road
  131. 131 : km 119.18 - alt. 50 m - Turn right onto B1284
  132. 132 : km 119.7 - alt. 45 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto B1284
  133. 133 : km 122.05 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Lumley New Road
  134. 134 : km 122.6 - alt. 51 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Lumley New Road
  135. 135 : km 123.68 - alt. 51 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Lumley New Road
  136. 136 : km 125.34 - alt. 12 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Ropery Lane
  137. 137 : km 125.55 - alt. 12 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Park Road South
  138. 138 : km 126.04 - alt. 19 m - Keep left
  139. 139 : km 126.04 - alt. 19 m - Keep right
  140. 140 : km 126.95 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  141. 141 : km 126.96 - alt. 35 m - Turn sharp left
  142. 142 : km 128.7 - alt. 80 m - Keep right
  143. 143 : km 131.39 - alt. 86 m - Keep right
  144. 144 : km 131.4 - alt. 87 m - Turn left
  145. 145 : km 131.44 - alt. 87 m - Turn right
  146. 146 : km 131.45 - alt. 87 m - Keep right
  147. 147 : km 131.48 - alt. 89 m - Turn right
  148. 148 : km 131.49 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Front Street
  149. 149 : km 131.62 - alt. 93 m - Turn left onto Abbey Road
  150. 150 : km 132.12 - alt. 95 m - At roundabout, take exit 2 onto Abbey Road
  151. 151 : km 132.35 - alt. 93 m - Turn right onto Abbey Road North
  152. 152 : km 132.42 - alt. 93 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Abbey Road
  153. 153 : km 132.59 - alt. 91 m - Turn right onto Rothbury Road
  154. 154 : km 132.71 - alt. 90 m - Turn right onto Alnwick Road
  155. E : km 133.21 - alt. 96 m

Useful Information

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