Turn left on minor road to X-roads - turn left through Haswell - 300m bear right to Haswell Plough.

At T-jcn. turn right passing petrol station and then join segregated cycle track on north side of B1283 road
(this avoids an dangerous right turn a little further on).

Keep right and join minor road on to Littletown. At T-jcn turn left - ahead to pass School (R) and then right at next T-jcn at Sherburn into Parkhouse Gardens.

Right into Park Road - left into Gray Ave. - right into Usher Ave - left into Dowsley Road.

2nd turn right and bear left to follow a rough track across open ground and turn left underpass under the Leamside Railway Line.

Bear left uphill and follow rough track (Renny's Lane) and pass under the A1(M) motorway to join road through an industrial area to T-Jcn.

Turn left and at X-roads (Traffic lights) contiune straight ahead on lane.

After passing Bent House Farm (L) next right and follow lane to Old Durham.

Before end of lane turn right onto a track that leads down to the River Wear.

Follow this track until you pass a footbridge (L) over the River Wear.

This section through Durham can be difficult to follow and not fully signed.
Take care to look for signs and in crossing the various roads that are encountered.
Sections of this route are subject to change as the route is upgraded.

Continue along riverbank - passing footbridge (L) towards a road bridge. Under bridge - turn right - right again back under bridge and follow path through subway - turn left along to bridge over A690 road.

Turn left then right to join road that leads back under A690 road along riverbank.

Left over foobridge left and back under A690 road again. Right and through subway and follow path alongside A690.

Take care when crossing next road and into Atherton Street - passing Bus Station (L) to T-jcn at Allergate.

Turn right and at A690 X-rds SO into Hawthorne Terrace. Take care crossing A690

Take 3rd right turning into Lawson Terrace - through tunnel under East Coast main Line and turn left steeply uphill.

Durham - Consett via Lanchester Walk

Back to - Haswell

Places of Interest

Doug on the Tyne 2004