Quaycity (Diversion)

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 13.69 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 4h 10 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 85 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 86 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 68 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 2 m
  • ⚐
    District: Newcastle upon Tyne 
  • ⚑
    Start: N 55.012233° / W 1.605307°
  • ⚑
    End: N 54.975697° / W 1.610416°
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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. 46 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 46 m - Turn left onto Hollywood Avenue
  3. 3 : km 0.93 - alt. 58 m - At roundabout, take exit 1
  4. 4 : km 1.06 - alt. 58 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 1.1 - alt. 57 m - Keep left
  6. 6 : km 1.2 - alt. 60 m - Keep right onto Regent Farm Road
  7. 7 : km 1.2 - alt. 60 m - Turn right
  8. 8 : km 1.23 - alt. 60 m - Turn left onto High Street
  9. 9 : km 2.9 - alt. 66 m - Keep left onto Great North Road
  10. 10 : km 3.02 - alt. 65 m - At roundabout, take exit 3 onto Great North Road
  11. 11 : km 4.03 - alt. 59 m - Keep right onto Great North Road
  12. 12 : km 4.87 - alt. 47 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 4.88 - alt. 47 m - Turn left onto Barras Bridge
  14. 14 : km 5.02 - alt. 48 m - Turn left onto B1307
  15. 15 : km 5.18 - alt. 47 m - Turn right onto John Dobson Street
  16. 16 : km 5.67 - alt. 38 m - Turn right onto Market Street East
  17. 17 : km 5.93 - alt. 40 m - Turn left onto Grey Street
  18. 18 : km 6.36 - alt. 12 m - Turn slight left onto Side
  19. 19 : km 6.52 - alt. 4 m - Turn left onto Sandhill
  20. 20 : km 6.99 - alt. 8 m - Turn left
  21. 21 : km 7 - alt. 8 m - Turn left
  22. 22 : km 7.01 - alt. 8 m - Turn right onto Milk Market
  23. 23 : km 7.07 - alt. 13 m - Turn sharp left onto Forster Street
  24. 24 : km 7.07 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto City Road
  25. 25 : km 7.25 - alt. 19 m - Keep left onto City Road
  26. 26 : km 7.78 - alt. 21 m - Keep left onto B1312
  27. 27 : km 8.02 - alt. 10 m - Turn right onto Ford Street
  28. 28 : km 8.31 - alt. 16 m - Turn sharp right onto Walker Road
  29. 29 : km 9.04 - alt. 25 m - Turn right onto Glasshouse Street
  30. 30 : km 9.26 - alt. 13 m - Turn left onto Saint Lawrence Road
  31. 31 : km 9.37 - alt. 13 m - Turn right onto Dobson Crescent
  32. 32 : km 9.51 - alt. 4 m - Turn right onto Bottlehouse Street
  33. 33 : km 9.72 - alt. 8 m - Turn right onto Glasshouse Street
  34. 34 : km 9.82 - alt. 13 m - Turn left onto Saint Lawrence Road
  35. 35 : km 10.08 - alt. 5 m - Keep left onto Quayside
  36. 36 : km 10.65 - alt. 5 m - Keep left onto Quayside
  37. 37 : km 10.72 - alt. 4 m - Keep left onto Quayside
  38. 38 : km 11.09 - alt. 4 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 11.11 - alt. 3 m - Keep left onto Quayside
  40. 40 : km 11.73 - alt. 4 m - Turn sharp right onto Quayside
  41. 41 : km 11.89 - alt. 7 m - Keep left onto Milk Market
  42. 42 : km 12.21 - alt. 22 m - Turn right onto A186
  43. 43 : km 12.23 - alt. 23 m - Keep right onto Melbourne Street
  44. 44 : km 12.35 - alt. 26 m - Turn left onto Pandon Bank
  45. 45 : km 12.36 - alt. 26 m - Turn sharp left onto Melbourne Street
  46. 46 : km 12.5 - alt. 28 m - Keep right
  47. 47 : km 12.51 - alt. 28 m - Turn sharp right onto Melbourne Street
  48. 48 : km 12.7 - alt. 28 m - Turn left onto Gibson Street
  49. 49 : km 12.87 - alt. 36 m - Turn left onto New Bridge Street
  50. 50 : km 13.18 - alt. 40 m - Keep left onto A193
  51. 51 : km 13.36 - alt. 38 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Market Street East
  52. 52 : km 13.42 - alt. 40 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Durant Road
  53. 53 : km 13.57 - alt. 45 m - Keep left onto Durant Road
  54. 54 : km 13.68 - alt. 45 m - Turn right onto John Dobson Street
  55. E : km 13.69 - alt. 45 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 Gosforth to Newcastle (Haymarket) - Angel's Way

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↔4.85 km ↗+14 m ↘-9 m ◔1h 25 ▲Easy
⚑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.

Walking Killingworth to Gosforth - Angel's Way

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↔5.36 km ↗+15 m ↘-17 m ◔1h 35 ▲Easy
⚑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.

Walking Jesmond to the Quayside - Angel's Way

Walker
↔5.43 km ↗+13 m ↘-59 m ◔1h 35 ▲Easy
⚑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.

Walking Newcastle City Walls Circular

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↔4.84 km ↗+64 m ↘-65 m ◔1h 35 ▲Easy
⚑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.

Walking Baltic to the Angel - Angel's Way

Walker
↔8.13 km ↗+156 m ↘-76 m ◔2h 45 ▲Easy
⚑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.

Walking Backworth to Killingworth - Angel's Way

Walker
↔6.47 km ↗+22 m ↘-21 m ◔1h 55 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from North Tyneside (England)

This is a section of the Angel's Way. It starts in Backworth and follows a rural route passing the ruins of Burradon Tower. After that, it passes through Burradon, Camperdown and Killingworth finishing at the picturesque Killingworth Lake.

Walking Gateshead to Gosforth Along the Great North Road

Walker
↔6.90 km ↗+60 m ↘-53 m ◔2h 10 ▲Easy
⚑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.

Walking Holywell to Backworth - Angel's Way

Walker
↔5.78 km ↗+37 m ↘-5 m ◔1h 45 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Seaton Valley (Northumberland)

This is the section of the Angel's Way one of the Northern Saints' pilgrimage routes which starts in Holywell and ends in Backworth. This section is rural passing through agricultural land.

This can be combined with the previous section (Seaton Sluice to Holywell) or the next section (Backworth to Killingworth) for a longer walk.

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