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Stephensons Track Exploring Hadrian’s Way Based upon the 2000 Ordnance Survey map A69 with permission of the Controller of H.M.S.O N Crown Copyright Reserved LA 076244 S S B6528 A P HEDDON-ON - THE-WALL Y Throckley B Stephenson’s Track N R E Walbottle T S E TYNE W A 1 RIVERSIDE 69 A COUNTRY PARK Up to 8 miles / 12km Ideal for cycling and walking Newburn ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı for all the family ı ı ı ı ı ı ı A60 ı ı ı ı ı 85 ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı Wylam ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı Ryton ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı B6 ı 317 ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ııı ı ı ı ı ı ı ııı ı ı A695 ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı Blaydon ı ı ı ı Location of walk METRO ı CENTRE ı ı ı ı ı This 4 miles / 6 km walk/cycleway Contact details: links the Tyne Riverside Country Park at Newburn with Wylam. Traveline Tel: 0870 608 2608 The route is a flat riverside walk www.traveline.org.uk with fine views along the Tyne Valley and the landscaped golf Hadrian's Wall Information Line courses on both sides of the Tyne. Tel: 01434 322002 The route can be joined at any www.hadrians-wall.org point and can be followed in Newcastle Tourist either direction. Information Centre Rail services run to Wylam as Tel: 0191 2778000 well as frequent bus services to To give feedback on these & Newburn. Ample parking is other strategic routes in and available at Tyne Riverside around Newcastle, Country Park, and some on-road please contact: parking is possible in Wylam. John Robertson, Newcastle City Council Planning & Transportation Tel: 0191 232 8520 Wylam Waggon Way He later developed a steam- Stephenson’s Rocket powered machine that improved In 1748 the Wylam Waggon the system of pumping mine Designed and built by George trials. By the third day the Way was built to transport coal water. This steam-pump was Stephenson in 1829, the Rocket Rocket was the only locomotive from Wylam to Lemington soon used in collieries all over was entered in the Rainhill trials left in the competition. It pulled dockside for the shipment of the North of England. - a competition sponsored by a load of three times its own coal along the Tyne. The coal the Liverpool & Manchester weight at the rate of 12.5mph/ waggons were pulled by horses Hedley was helped by Timothy Railway to obtain a locomotive 20kph and hauled a coach filled on wooden rails but this was not Hackworth, a local blacksmith, for carrying both passengers with passengers at 24mph/ very efficient. During the who later went on to assist and freight. 39kpm. Napoleonic Wars demand for George Stephenson. Ten locomotives were originally When the railroad opened in coal increased and Christopher George Stephenson, born at Blackett, the owner of Wylam entered for the Rainhill Trials but 1831, it contracted eight of Wylam 2 in 1781, where his only five turned up and four of Stephenson’s locomotives. Colliery, needed to improve the father was engineman at Wylam these were withdrawn during transport of his coal. Colliery. Stephenson later the first couple of days of the became engineman at William Hedley, born at Killingworth colliery where he Newburn in 1779, went to developed one of the earliest school in Wylam, became a locomotives called the Blucher. manager at Walbottle Colliery before he was twenty-two and Between 1814 and 1826, afterwards held the same Stephenson was almost the position at Wylam Colliery. only man building and developing new locomotives In 1808 Christopher Blackett with his son, Robert from replaced the wooden rails with their engineering business cast-iron plate-rails and asked in Forth Street, Newcastle. Hedley, his colliery manager, This culminated in the to try and produce a steam construction of his most locomotive. famous locomotive, The Rocket. By 1814 he produced two Robert Stephenson went on to locomotives, Puffing Billy and achieve fame building bridges Wylam Dilly which were still including Newcastle’s High working until 1860. Level Bridge. Stephenson’s Rocket Front cover: Wylam Railway Foot Bridge – Ad Infinitum Designed by Ad Infinitum, Rothbury. Published by Newcastle City Council © 2002 N Stephenson’s Track 8 miles / 12km Suggested starting point: Tyne Riverside Country Park This leaflet can be used in conjunction with Ordnance Kilometres 0.5 Scale of map W E Survey Explorer Map 316 Miles 1 Newcastle Upon Tyne S Based upon the 2000 Ordnance Survey map with permission of the Controller of H.M.S.O Crown Copyright Reserved LA 076244 2 On the outside wall of the 1 Boathouse pub, built in 1830, are marked the levels Heddon of various floods. It stands Hall close to where George Stephenson worked on Robert Hawthorn’s new pumping engine from Picture: Ad Infinitum 1798 to 1801. Close House Picture: Ad Infinitum Picture: Graeme Peacock Reigh Burn Newburn S George Stephenson was born in this T A Grange T I O stone cottage in 1781. N R O A Close House D N E NEWBURN W LEISURE B U • •• •••• • • CENTRE R • •NWAY •• BIG LAMP N • O • • R •GG • • BREWERY & •• A • • O • W • •• KEELMANS PUB A M • D • • A • • • YL • •• •• W • • • • •• • •• • Blayney Row • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •• • • • •• •• Tyne Riverside River Tyne • • • • • • • • • Golf Course • •• • • • • •• • • • • ••• •• • • • • • Country Park TYNE ROWING CLUB Golf Course BOATHOUSE Ryton Island River Tyne 1 PUB George Stephenson’s Ryton Willows 5 Picture: Ad Infinitum Birthplace D A O R E 4 G Wylam Bridge E 2 D N I A R L B Holy Cross N R R S E WYLAM U T V K A Church I B FIRST N Golf Course N R W SCHOOL N A E E B R N FO RD N RO O AD I Wylam RECREATION T A GROUND T S D A O R H C LANE Newburn R D WESTFIEL 5 U FALCON TCE. H MA IN R C O AD bridge, built in W Y 3 Wylam had one of the oldest L A M 1893 by Head B R I D ticket offices in the world. It was G E Wrightson of on this Newcastle to Carlisle line 3 Thornaby on that the first railway tickets were BOATHOUSE Tees, was PUB introduced. originally a toll bridge. 4 In the 14th Century Cestercian Monks from Gradients Morpeth crossed the river Wylam Newburn Tyne near Holy Cross Tyne Bridge Bridge Tyne Key to map Riverside Riverside Church on their way to Country Stephenson’s Ferry Country Park Park Chopwell. Its use Birthplace House continued into the last Main route 5 ••• Alternative route 3 century where a toll was 1 2 4 1 introduced of 1d (one old Parking penny) each way. Kilometres 1 23456 Picture: Ad Infinitum Refreshments/Pub Miles 1 2 3 4.
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