Souter Angel Penshaw Challenge

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 45.22 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 14h 15 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 466 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 466 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 150 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 2 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.

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/E : km 0 - alt. 27 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.07 - alt. 32 m - Turn right onto Coast Road, A183
  3. 3 : km 0.35 - alt. 29 m - Turn left
  4. 4 : km 1.03 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 1.3 - alt. 54 m - Turn sharp right onto Lizard Lane
  6. 6 : km 1.37 - alt. 49 m - Turn left onto Grotto Road
  7. 7 : km 1.39 - alt. 49 m - Turn right onto Quarry Lane
  8. 8 : km 1.81 - alt. 45 m - Keep left
  9. 9 : km 2.16 - alt. 56 m - Keep right
  10. 10 : km 3.45 - alt. 32 m - Turn right onto Redwood Avenue
  11. 11 : km 3.81 - alt. 28 m - Keep right onto Redwood Avenue
  12. 12 : km 3.84 - alt. 28 m - Turn slight left
  13. 13 : km 3.86 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto King George Road, A1018
  14. 14 : km 3.87 - alt. 28 m - Turn left
  15. 15 : km 3.88 - alt. 28 m - Turn left
  16. 16 : km 3.88 - alt. 28 m - Turn right
  17. 17 : km 3.89 - alt. 28 m - Turn slight right
  18. 18 : km 4.11 - alt. 25 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 4.12 - alt. 25 m - Turn left
  20. 20 : km 4.13 - alt. 25 m - Turn slight right
  21. 21 : km 4.16 - alt. 25 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 4.21 - alt. 24 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 4.3 - alt. 24 m - Turn slight left
  24. 24 : km 4.57 - alt. 23 m - Turn left onto A1300
  25. 25 : km 4.72 - alt. 22 m - Turn sharp left
  26. 26 : km 4.73 - alt. 22 m - Turn sharp right
  27. 27 : km 5.4 - alt. 22 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto B1298
  28. 28 : km 5.44 - alt. 22 m - Turn right onto John Reid Road Cycleway
  29. 29 : km 6.96 - alt. 25 m - Turn slight right
  30. 30 : km 6.97 - alt. 25 m - Turn left onto Perth Avenue
  31. 31 : km 7.94 - alt. 21 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 8.3 - alt. 16 m - Turn right onto Hedworth Lane
  33. 33 : km 8.37 - alt. 15 m - Turn left onto Hedworth Lane
  34. 34 : km 8.54 - alt. 7 m - Turn left onto Roman Road
  35. 35 : km 9.09 - alt. 23 m - Keep right onto Brancepeth Terrace
  36. 36 : km 9.11 - alt. 24 m - Keep left
  37. 37 : km 9.11 - alt. 24 m - Turn sharp left onto Brancepeth Terrace
  38. 38 : km 9.53 - alt. 28 m - Turn slight right onto Tynemouth Road
  39. 39 : km 9.54 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Durham Grove
  40. 40 : km 9.54 - alt. 28 m - Turn right
  41. 41 : km 9.58 - alt. 28 m - Turn right onto Marine Drive
  42. 42 : km 10.03 - alt. 34 m - Turn left onto Luke's Lane
  43. 43 : km 10.46 - alt. 39 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Monkton Lane
  44. 44 : km 10.5 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Bowes Railway Path
  45. 45 : km 11.21 - alt. 43 m - Keep left onto Bowes Railway Path
  46. 46 : km 13.21 - alt. 65 m - Turn slight right onto Bowes Railway Path
  47. 47 : km 13.22 - alt. 65 m - Turn left onto Bowes Railway Path
  48. 48 : km 13.89 - alt. 72 m - Keep left onto Bowes Railway Path
  49. 49 : km 15.7 - alt. 134 m - Turn sharp left onto Springwell Road, B1288
  50. 50 : km 15.79 - alt. 138 m - Turn right onto Bowes Railway Path
  51. 51 : km 16.04 - alt. 141 m - Turn slight left onto Bowes Railway Path
  52. 52 : km 16.39 - alt. 148 m - Turn left onto Bowes Railway Path
  53. 53 : km 16.63 - alt. 150 m - Keep left onto Bowes Railway Path
  54. 54 : km 17.26 - alt. 118 m - Turn right
  55. 55 : km 17.29 - alt. 117 m - Turn left
  56. 56 : km 17.53 - alt. 110 m - Turn left
  57. 57 : km 17.72 - alt. 96 m - Turn slight right onto Bowes Railway Path
  58. 58 : km 18.35 - alt. 63 m - Turn right
  59. 59 : km 18.37 - alt. 64 m - Turn right onto Newcastle Bank, A167
  60. 60 : km 18.46 - alt. 64 m - Keep left onto Newcastle Bank, A167
  61. 61 : km 18.73 - alt. 73 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Durham Road, A167
  62. 62 : km 18.86 - alt. 78 m - Turn sharp left
  63. 63 : km 18.87 - alt. 78 m - Turn right
  64. 64 : km 19.23 - alt. 86 m - Turn left
  65. 65 : km 19.28 - alt. 85 m - Keep right
  66. 66 : km 19.38 - alt. 86 m - Turn right
  67. 67 : km 19.74 - alt. 78 m - Turn left
  68. 68 : km 19.75 - alt. 78 m - Turn sharp right onto Durham Road, A167
  69. 69 : km 19.76 - alt. 77 m - At roundabout, take exit 5 onto A1
  70. 70 : km 19.96 - alt. 76 m - Turn right
  71. 71 : km 19.97 - alt. 75 m - Turn left
  72. 72 : km 20.82 - alt. 85 m - Turn left
  73. 73 : km 21.01 - alt. 96 m - Turn right
  74. 74 : km 21.04 - alt. 97 m - Turn slight right
  75. 75 : km 21.2 - alt. 99 m - Turn left
  76. 76 : km 21.71 - alt. 120 m - Turn right onto Sheddons Hill Road
  77. 77 : km 21.87 - alt. 116 m - Keep left onto Eighton Road
  78. 78 : km 21.9 - alt. 117 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto B1288
  79. 79 : km 21.93 - alt. 118 m - Turn right
  80. 80 : km 22.21 - alt. 111 m - Turn right
  81. 81 : km 22.48 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
  82. 82 : km 22.51 - alt. 100 m - Turn right onto Blackfell Road
  83. 83 : km 22.85 - alt. 89 m - Turn left
  84. 84 : km 23.13 - alt. 81 m - Keep right
  85. 85 : km 23.2 - alt. 80 m - Turn right
  86. 86 : km 23.27 - alt. 80 m - Turn left
  87. 87 : km 23.72 - alt. 65 m - Turn left
  88. 88 : km 23.87 - alt. 64 m - Turn right
  89. 89 : km 23.88 - alt. 64 m - Turn slight right
  90. 90 : km 23.9 - alt. 64 m - Turn slight right
  91. 91 : km 23.95 - alt. 63 m - At roundabout, take exit 1
  92. 92 : km 24 - alt. 62 m - Turn right
  93. 93 : km 24.1 - alt. 60 m - Turn left
  94. 94 : km 24.14 - alt. 60 m - Turn right
  95. 95 : km 24.3 - alt. 56 m - Turn right
  96. 96 : km 24.32 - alt. 55 m - Turn left
  97. 97 : km 24.55 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto Parkway
  98. 98 : km 24.62 - alt. 55 m - Turn left onto Roche Court
  99. 99 : km 24.83 - alt. 53 m - Turn right onto Thetford
  100. 100 : km 24.83 - alt. 52 m - Keep right onto Thetford
  101. 101 : km 24.93 - alt. 50 m - Turn left onto Thetford
  102. 102 : km 24.97 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  103. 103 : km 25 - alt. 50 m - Turn left
  104. 104 : km 25.99 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto Brady Square
  105. 105 : km 26.08 - alt. 43 m - Turn right
  106. 106 : km 26.13 - alt. 42 m - Keep right
  107. 107 : km 26.16 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Swan Road
  108. 108 : km 26.19 - alt. 42 m - Turn left
  109. 109 : km 26.39 - alt. 38 m - Turn slight left
  110. 110 : km 26.4 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Wilden Road
  111. 111 : km 26.93 - alt. 16 m - Turn left
  112. 112 : km 26.96 - alt. 16 m - Turn left
  113. 113 : km 27.16 - alt. 3 m - Turn right
  114. 114 : km 27.35 - alt. 9 m - Turn left
  115. 115 : km 27.66 - alt. 34 m - Turn right
  116. 116 : km 27.7 - alt. 35 m - Turn left
  117. 117 : km 27.86 - alt. 37 m - Turn left
  118. 118 : km 27.91 - alt. 38 m - Turn left onto Coxgreen Road
  119. 119 : km 27.92 - alt. 39 m - Turn right
  120. 120 : km 28.44 - alt. 79 m - Turn left
  121. 121 : km 28.6 - alt. 102 m - Turn left
  122. 122 : km 28.66 - alt. 107 m - Keep left
  123. 123 : km 28.74 - alt. 119 m - Keep right
  124. 124 : km 28.98 - alt. 117 m - Keep left
  125. 125 : km 29.02 - alt. 115 m - Turn left
  126. 126 : km 29.09 - alt. 109 m - Keep right
  127. 127 : km 29.73 - alt. 93 m - Turn slight right
  128. 128 : km 30.18 - alt. 93 m - Turn left onto Offerton Lane
  129. 129 : km 31.43 - alt. 42 m - Turn slight right
  130. 130 : km 31.55 - alt. 41 m - Turn left onto Offerton Lane
  131. 131 : km 31.86 - alt. 29 m - Turn left
  132. 132 : km 32.28 - alt. 26 m - Turn right
  133. 133 : km 32.58 - alt. 4 m - Turn left onto Ferryboat Lane
  134. 134 : km 33.03 - alt. 22 m - Turn slight right
  135. 135 : km 33.55 - alt. 29 m - Keep right
  136. 136 : km 33.59 - alt. 29 m - Turn right onto Grange Road
  137. 137 : km 33.75 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Hylton Castle Road
  138. 138 : km 33.78 - alt. 28 m - Turn slight right onto Hylton Castle Road
  139. 139 : km 34.7 - alt. 39 m - Turn right onto Washington Road
  140. 140 : km 35.17 - alt. 59 m - Turn left
  141. 141 : km 35.23 - alt. 56 m - Turn right onto Kidderminster Road
  142. 142 : km 35.26 - alt. 56 m - Turn left
  143. 143 : km 35.51 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  144. 144 : km 35.74 - alt. 53 m - Turn right
  145. 145 : km 36.02 - alt. 68 m - Turn right
  146. 146 : km 37.23 - alt. 42 m - Turn right onto Dipe Lane
  147. 147 : km 37.58 - alt. 37 m - Turn right onto North Road
  148. 148 : km 37.73 - alt. 37 m - Keep left
  149. 149 : km 37.77 - alt. 36 m - Turn left
  150. 150 : km 38.36 - alt. 20 m - Turn right onto Tileshed Lane
  151. 151 : km 38.77 - alt. 21 m - Turn left
  152. 152 : km 38.92 - alt. 22 m - Turn right
  153. 153 : km 38.98 - alt. 22 m - Keep left
  154. 154 : km 39.39 - alt. 24 m - Turn right
  155. 155 : km 39.69 - alt. 25 m - Turn right
  156. 156 : km 39.7 - alt. 25 m - Turn right
  157. 157 : km 40.52 - alt. 28 m - Turn right
  158. 158 : km 40.55 - alt. 28 m - Keep left
  159. 159 : km 40.66 - alt. 30 m - Keep left
  160. 160 : km 40.86 - alt. 32 m - Turn slight right
  161. 161 : km 40.87 - alt. 32 m - Turn left
  162. 162 : km 41.3 - alt. 45 m - Turn left onto Sunderland Road
  163. 163 : km 41.3 - alt. 45 m - Turn right
  164. 164 : km 41.94 - alt. 64 m - Turn sharp right onto Sunniside Lane
  165. 165 : km 42.09 - alt. 67 m - Turn left
  166. 166 : km 42.16 - alt. 73 m - Turn left
  167. 167 : km 42.22 - alt. 78 m - Keep left
  168. 168 : km 42.33 - alt. 82 m - Turn slight left
  169. 169 : km 42.35 - alt. 82 m - Keep right
  170. 170 : km 42.45 - alt. 81 m - Turn slight left onto Bede's Way
  171. 171 : km 42.93 - alt. 70 m - Turn right
  172. 172 : km 43.68 - alt. 74 m - Keep right
  173. 173 : km 43.92 - alt. 54 m - Turn right
  174. 174 : km 44.19 - alt. 38 m - Turn right
  175. 175 : km 44.87 - alt. 29 m - Turn right onto Coast Road, A183
  176. 176 : km 45.15 - alt. 32 m - Turn left
  177. S/E : km 45.22 - alt. 27 m

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