DURHAM

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 22.66 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 50 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 134 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 164 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 84 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 16 m
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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.

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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/E : km 0 - alt. 52 m - Start on Cocken Road
  2. 2 : km 0.01 - alt. 53 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 0.16 - alt. 21 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 0.17 - alt. 21 m - Keep left
  5. 5 : km 0.24 - alt. 19 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 1.55 - alt. 57 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 2.04 - alt. 60 m - Turn right onto Finchale Avenue
  8. 8 : km 2.17 - alt. 58 m - Turn left
  9. 9 : km 2.2 - alt. 58 m - Keep right
  10. 10 : km 3.97 - alt. 48 m - Turn slight left onto Frankland Lane
  11. 11 : km 4.12 - alt. 46 m - Keep right
  12. 12 : km 4.8 - alt. 30 m - Turn slight right onto Frankland Park Farm
  13. 13 : km 5.71 - alt. 31 m - Keep left
  14. 14 : km 5.86 - alt. 30 m - Keep left
  15. 15 : km 5.87 - alt. 29 m - Keep left
  16. 16 : km 6.35 - alt. 33 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 6.36 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto Lambton Walk
  18. 18 : km 6.39 - alt. 33 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 6.41 - alt. 34 m - Turn right onto Framwellgate Bridge
  20. 20 : km 6.48 - alt. 37 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 6.84 - alt. 37 m - Keep left onto Footpath no. 65, 65
  22. 22 : km 7.04 - alt. 44 m - Turn right
  23. 23 : km 7.04 - alt. 43 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 7.21 - alt. 33 m - Turn left onto Footpath No. 78, 78
  25. 25 : km 8 - alt. 33 m - Turn right onto Footpath No. 78, 78
  26. 26 : km 8.02 - alt. 33 m - Keep right onto Footpath No. 78, 78
  27. 27 : km 8.33 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  28. 28 : km 8.38 - alt. 34 m - Turn left onto Elvet Waterside
  29. 29 : km 8.47 - alt. 33 m - Keep left
  30. 30 : km 9.12 - alt. 35 m - Keep right
  31. 31 : km 9.26 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 9.27 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Green Lane
  33. 33 : km 9.33 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 9.42 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 9.5 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 9.84 - alt. 36 m - Keep left
  37. 37 : km 9.86 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto No. 54
  38. 38 : km 9.88 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 10.6 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto A177
  40. 40 : km 10.71 - alt. 37 m - Turn sharp left
  41. 41 : km 11.52 - alt. 34 m - Turn sharp right
  42. 42 : km 11.54 - alt. 34 m - Turn right
  43. 43 : km 12.13 - alt. 35 m - Turn slight left
  44. 44 : km 12.61 - alt. 35 m - Turn slight left
  45. 45 : km 12.66 - alt. 35 m - Turn right
  46. 46 : km 12.74 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto St Hild's Lane
  47. 47 : km 12.92 - alt. 60 m - Turn slight left onto St Hild's Lane
  48. 48 : km 12.93 - alt. 59 m - Turn right onto St Hild's Lane
  49. 49 : km 13.02 - alt. 66 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto A690
  50. 50 : km 13.09 - alt. 66 m - Turn left
  51. 51 : km 13.11 - alt. 66 m - Turn right onto A690
  52. 52 : km 13.26 - alt. 71 m - Turn left
  53. 53 : km 13.27 - alt. 71 m - Turn right
  54. 54 : km 13.3 - alt. 72 m - Keep left
  55. 55 : km 13.57 - alt. 45 m - Keep left
  56. 56 : km 13.69 - alt. 29 m - Turn right
  57. 57 : km 13.82 - alt. 30 m - Keep right
  58. 58 : km 14.34 - alt. 29 m - Turn right
  59. 59 : km 14.35 - alt. 29 m - Keep left
  60. 60 : km 14.39 - alt. 28 m - Keep left
  61. 61 : km 14.73 - alt. 31 m - Turn right
  62. 62 : km 15.22 - alt. 33 m - Keep right
  63. 63 : km 15.28 - alt. 38 m - Turn slight left
  64. 64 : km 15.41 - alt. 31 m - Keep left
  65. 65 : km 16 - alt. 36 m - Keep right
  66. 66 : km 16.03 - alt. 41 m - Turn sharp right
  67. 67 : km 16.62 - alt. 70 m - Turn left
  68. 68 : km 17.12 - alt. 76 m - Turn sharp right
  69. 69 : km 17.15 - alt. 76 m - Turn sharp left onto A690
  70. 70 : km 17.29 - alt. 74 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto A690
  71. 71 : km 18.91 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  72. 72 : km 19.24 - alt. 84 m - Keep left
  73. 73 : km 19.89 - alt. 62 m - Turn slight right
  74. 74 : km 20.27 - alt. 59 m - Turn left
  75. 75 : km 20.56 - alt. 50 m - Turn left
  76. 76 : km 20.74 - alt. 20 m - Turn right
  77. 77 : km 21.58 - alt. 25 m - Turn sharp left
  78. 78 : km 22.3 - alt. 18 m - Turn left
  79. S/E : km 22.66 - alt. 22 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

Other walks in the area

Walking Cocken Wood Loop

Walker
Cocken Wood Loop
↔1.23 km ↗+32 m ↘-32 m ◔0h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Framwellgate Moor (County Durham)

This short walk gives some wonderful views of Finchale Priory (English Heritage). It is especially nice in summer when the slow walk through the woods is cooling under the trees. This is one of my favourite places, an idyllic stretch of the River Wear.

Walking Weardale Way - Finchale Priory to Fencehouses

Walker
↔9.04 km ↗+86 m ↘-72 m ◔2h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Framwellgate Moor (County Durham)

This section begins at Finchale Priory with a climb up through Cocken Woods, it then passess through Great Lumley before crossing farmland down to the river. The path then circles Lumley Castle and then follows Lumley Park Beck to Fencehouses. This section includes steep climbs as well as farm tracks and stiles.

Walking Finchale Priory to Chester-le-Street - Durham Round Trail

Walker
↔7.32 km ↗+50 m ↘-67 m ◔2h 15 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Framwellgate Moor (County Durham)

This 2nd section of the Durham Round Trail walk heads away from Durham City, starting at the picturesque Finchale Priory, then meandering through woodland and crossing farmland to rejoin the banks of the River Wear at the magnificent Lumley Castle, before heading through Riverside Park to Chester-le-Street Market Place. The initial part of the walk involves a steep climb, then it is all downhill from Lumley.

Walking Finchale Priory to Durham Cathedral - Way of Learning

Walker
↔6.76 km ↗+62 m ↘-28 m ◔2h 05 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Framwellgate Moor (County Durham)

The final 10th section of the Way of Learning leaves the tranquil Finchale Priory the heads towards Durham City Centre passing HMP Frankland, Brasside Ponds and following the River Wear once more before ending at Durham Cathedral.

Walking Great North Forest Path

Walker
↔110.07 km ↗+905 m ↘-902 m ◔7 days ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Hetton (England)

The route circles the North East of England covering parts of County Durham and the former Tyne and Wear showcasing some of the best countryside the area has to offer from woodlands to the coast, passing through towns and former mining villages villages, the variety of landscapes passed on the way is constantly changing.

Walking Great North Forest Rainton Meadows to Pittington

Walker
↔5.69 km ↗+52 m ↘-23 m ◔1h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Hetton (England)

This section walk starts at Rainton Meadows Nature Reserve and climbs up to the village of East Rainton before crossing fields to pick up the Pittington Way Railway Path to Low Pittington. As this route involves a climb you will have views back down towards Rainton Meadows.

Walking Coalfield Way

Walker
↔15.71 km ↗+115 m ↘-117 m ◔4h 50 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Hetton (England)

The Coalfield Way is no longer a designated Long Distance Footpath, but still affords some spectacular views across former mining villages. The circular route passes through 2 country parks, Rainton Meadows and Hetton Lyons which are worth spending some time in. The route includes a climb from Rainton Meadows to Moorsley after which the route becomes more level. To enjoy the country parks, this could be enjoyed as a full day excursion.

Walking Great North Forest Pittington to Hetton Lyons Country Park

Walker
↔6.83 km ↗+87 m ↘-70 m ◔2h 10 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from West Rainton (County Durham)

The inital climb from Low Pittington to Moorsley can be tough, particularly after the rain, however the views back across to the Raintons and Houghton-Le-Spring are tremendous. The second half of the walk follows footpaths and cycle paths through Moorsley and Hetton to finish at Hetton Lyons Country Park.

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