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Quaycity (Sunday)
Technical sheet
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Activity: Walking
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Distance: 11.03 km
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Calculated time: 3h 20
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Difficulty: Not specified
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Return to departure point: Yes
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Vertical gain: + 55 m
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Vertical drop: - 59 m
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Highest point: 58 m
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Lowest point: 2 m
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Country: United Kingdom
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District: Newcastle upon Tyne
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Start/End: N 54.979124° / W 1.618737°
Description
Waypoints
- S/E : km 0 - alt. 57 m - Start on
- 2 : km 0.02 - alt. 57 m - Keep right
- 3 : km 0.03 - alt. 57 m - Turn right
- 4 : km 0.11 - alt. 57 m - Turn left onto Queen Victoria Road
- 5 : km 0.39 - alt. 55 m - Enter roundabout
- 6 : km 0.79 - alt. 48 m - Turn right onto Barras Bridge
- 7 : km 0.96 - alt. 48 m - Turn left onto B1307
- 8 : km 1.12 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto John Dobson Street
- 9 : km 1.61 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Market Street East
- 10 : km 1.77 - alt. 42 m - Turn left onto Pilgrim Street
- 11 : km 1.93 - alt. 35 m - Keep left onto Pilgrim Street
- 12 : km 1.98 - alt. 33 m - Enter roundabout
- 13 : km 2.13 - alt. 23 m - Turn slight left onto City Road
- 14 : km 2.2 - alt. 24 m - Keep left onto Melbourne Street
- 15 : km 2.24 - alt. 23 m - Turn left onto Trafalgar Street
- 16 : km 2.24 - alt. 23 m - Turn sharp left onto Melbourne Street
- 17 : km 2.42 - alt. 19 m - Keep left onto A186
- 18 : km 2.43 - alt. 17 m - Turn left onto City Road
- 19 : km 2.73 - alt. 19 m - Keep right onto City Road
- 20 : km 3.26 - alt. 21 m - Keep left onto B1312
- 21 : km 3.5 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Ford Street
- 22 : km 3.79 - alt. 16 m - Turn sharp right onto Walker Road
- 23 : km 4.53 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto Glasshouse Street
- 24 : km 4.75 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Saint Lawrence Road
- 25 : km 4.86 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Dobson Crescent
- 26 : km 5 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Bottlehouse Street
- 27 : km 5.21 - alt. 8 m - Turn right onto Glasshouse Street
- 28 : km 5.31 - alt. 13 m - Turn left onto Saint Lawrence Road
- 29 : km 5.57 - alt. 5 m - Keep left onto Quayside
- 30 : km 6.14 - alt. 5 m - Keep left onto Quayside
- 31 : km 6.21 - alt. 4 m - Keep left onto Quayside
- 32 : km 6.57 - alt. 4 m - Turn left
- 33 : km 6.61 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Quayside
- 34 : km 6.61 - alt. 4 m - Turn right
- 35 : km 6.65 - alt. 2 m - Turn right
- 36 : km 6.65 - alt. 2 m - Turn right
- 37 : km 6.67 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Quayside
- 38 : km 6.75 - alt. 6 m - Turn left onto Horatio Street
- 39 : km 6.93 - alt. 10 m - Turn left onto Horatio Street
- 40 : km 6.95 - alt. 14 m - Turn left onto City Road
- 41 : km 7.53 - alt. 18 m - Keep left onto City Road
- 42 : km 7.67 - alt. 18 m - Keep left onto City Road
- 43 : km 7.78 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto City Road
- 44 : km 7.85 - alt. 17 m - Turn left
- 45 : km 7.85 - alt. 17 m - Turn left onto City Road
- 46 : km 8.02 - alt. 22 m - Turn right onto A186
- 47 : km 8.05 - alt. 23 m - Keep right onto Melbourne Street
- 48 : km 8.51 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Gibson Street
- 49 : km 8.67 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto New Bridge Street
- 50 : km 8.98 - alt. 40 m - Keep left onto A193
- 51 : km 9.17 - alt. 38 m - Enter roundabout
- 52 : km 9.37 - alt. 45 m - Keep left onto Durant Road
- 53 : km 9.48 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto John Dobson Street
- 54 : km 9.74 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Saint Mary's Place
- 55 : km 9.9 - alt. 48 m - Turn right onto B1307
- 56 : km 10.06 - alt. 48 m - Turn left
- 57 : km 10.11 - alt. 49 m - Turn slight left onto Claremont Road
- 58 : km 10.16 - alt. 51 m - Turn left onto King's Road
- 59 : km 10.17 - alt. 51 m - Turn right
- 60 : km 10.18 - alt. 51 m - Turn right
- 61 : km 10.23 - alt. 52 m - Keep right
- 62 : km 10.27 - alt. 53 m - Turn right
- 63 : km 10.28 - alt. 53 m - Turn left onto Claremont Road
- 64 : km 10.44 - alt. 55 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Queen Victoria Road
- 65 : km 10.87 - alt. 56 m - Turn right
- 66 : km 10.92 - alt. 57 m - Turn right
- S/E : km 11.03 - alt. 57 m
Other walks in the area
Jesmond to the Quayside - Angel's Way
Departure from Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
This section of the Angel's Way explores Newcastle City Centre and Quayside. It starts in the suburb of Jesmond, takes in Exhibition Park, shopping areas, the magnificent Grainger Town and three key churches of St Thomas, St Mary and St Nicholas, Newcastle Castle and Keep before dropping down an ancient street, Side, to the Quayside finishing at the Millennium Bridge.
Newcastle City Walls Circular
Departure from Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
Newcastle was once a walled city with a castle (the clue is in the name). This city walk traces the route of the old city walls, some of which remains, through the modern city centre and along Newcastle Quayside passing many notable sites along the way.
Baltic to the Angel - Angel's Way
Departure from Gateshead (England)
This journey through Gateshead begins at the Baltic Centre for Contempoary Art on the Quayside and ends at the spectacular Angel of the North passing under the iconic Tyne Bridge, passing through the town centre, Victorian park and residential areas.
Gateshead to Gosforth Along the Great North Road
Departure from Gateshead (England)
The 9th and final section of the Great North Road crosses the River Tyne, the original boundary between County Durham and Northumberland, over the iconic Tyne Bridge into Newcastle Upon Tyne and traces the route through the city, passing the Town Moor to Gosforth along the Great North Road - look out signs bearing this name as you walk.
Gosforth to Newcastle (Haymarket) - Angel's Way
Departure from Newcastle upon Tyne (England)
This walk mixes the urban landscapes of Newcastle with the beautiful Jesmond Dene. Visit a ruined chapel, holy well and city centre museum to finish the walk.
Killingworth to Gosforth - Angel's Way
Departure from North Tyneside (England)
This urban section of the Angel's Way is broken up with a walk around Gosforth Golf Course and optionally the Gosforth Nature Reserve, finishing at the Brandling Villa.
Angel of the North to Beamish - Angel's Way
Departure from Lamesley (England)
This rural stretch of the Angel's Way begins at the Angel of the North and after passing under the A1 follows a paths across farmland and through woodland passing a number of villages on the way to Beamish. On there way, there are views of the area where once coalmines could be seen including those of Kibblesworth and Bewicke Main.
Great North Forest Birtley to Causey Arch
Departure from Lamesley (England)
This section of the walk follows the old railway route and forms the second part of the Bowes Railway Path, starting at Birtley near the Bowes Incline (named after the system of pulleys used to pull coal trucks uphill) and continuing through open farmland to the Tanfield Railway and Causey Arch, the oldest surviving single span railway bridge. This walk celebrates the history of the Pontop and Jarrow Railway.
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