Stan Laurel Circular (Bishop Auckland)

Walking information Bishop Auckland and safety Stan Laurel Circular For a more detailed l Where there are l At night, or in dark For more information on walking map, please see no pavements, conditions, wear maps or about the Local Motion Ordnance Survey however, you should bright or reflective Explorer 305 always walk on the clothing. project visit: (Bishop Auckland, side of the road on Spennymoor, Newton which the traffic is l Keep dogs under www.dothelocalmotion.co.uk Aycliffe, Sedgefield coming towards you. close control when & Crook). cyclists or horse Freephone 0800 45 89 810 l Keep to the public riders are nearby. or email [email protected] l Take care when paths across others are around farmland. l If you have a dog and be aware of with you please their needs. l Leave gates and clean up after it and property as you find take waste to the l Before crossing them. nearest bin. roads always stop, look listen and think. l Take extra care in l Take you litter areas with poor home. l Use safe crossing visibility. places correctly if they are available. l Always walk on the pavement. Local Motion is funded by the Department for Transport and supported by Durham County Council and Darlington Borough Council. www.dothelocalmotion.co.uk www.dothelocalmotion.co.uk www.dothelocalmotion.co.uk 28469 RED Stan Laurel Circular Mon - Fri A B r T u 10am - o is a c w h k 30 minutes/1.4 miles e o 4pm only Your Route n l e a p W gat nd H n r Bo rth a d e o A N l v l i 6 R 8 9 1 ce t Pla arke N M e w to n An insightful and easy walk around Bishop Auckland town C a p B Key a D centre. This walk takes in Bishop Auckland’s connections with n ate u k ndg r Bo ha High m Ro Stan Laurel from the famous comedic duo Laurel and Hardy. a Toilets d reet Clayton St t e e r 1 Starting at the Town Hall, always open to the public Olley and a plaque on the t S d e cross the market place and outside of church services). nearby wall. a t Footbridge o a R g t head up Newgate Street until s w e e 5 7 W et Stre 2 N you reach the first street on With the church on your Cross over at the traffic Saddler your right (Tenters Street). left, head down Princes Street. lights and continue on to the Walking route next traffic lights. Cross over On the opposite side of the Street 2 Tenters Turn right and follow road is house number 66. This these lights and continue Tenters Street to the footbridge. was the home of the Jeffersons along South Church Road until Bus stops Cross the footbridge and bear you reach King James 1 Vict (Stan Laurel’s original family oria Avenue left. name) in 1891. A plaque Community Arts College. 3 marks the house. Stan was a boarder here in Take the second road on 1903. At that time, the school t the right up the hill (Waldron 6 Continue down Princes catered for the sons of middle- e e r e t n Street). S street to the roundabout (take class gentlemen. The La y e rle Waldron Street t e a The houses on this street were care of traffic), turning left Jeffersons were living in North Points of interest h Et 3 g w y once theatrical boarding when you reach the Shields. e a N w s houses. At the top, the last roundabout to cross the road g n Surte i house on the right corner, using the pedestrian island. 8 Head back to the traffic Bishop Auckland Town Hall. 4 es Street K Number 22, is South View. Stan Once over the road continue lights, cross over the road and Theatre Laurel’s (Of Laurel and Hardy straight on towards the traffic head towards the second set St. Peters Corner Number 22 South View. Church Fame) family stayed here. lights and Theatre Corner. of traffic lights. Once there, turn 6 7 There is a plaque marking the right to head along Newgate Prince This was the site of the Theatre s Street 8 family’s stay on the front wall of Royal, later named Eden Street back to the Market Place Baptismal Church of Stan S o the house. Theatre. Stan’s father, Arthur, and Town Hall. 5 u Laurel, St. Peters. th C managed the theatre at this h 4 u From here follow the road rc site twice, between 1889 to h Statue of Stan Laurel by artist R and turn left down Surtees This walk was originally o Stagecoach 1896 and again from 1922 to a Street and then turn right to St. Bob Olley at Theatre Corner. d Theatre Arts 1925. This was the home of his compiled by John Land and Bishop Auckland Peters Church which is on the touring melodrama published by Wear Valley corner. companies who performed District Council and Durham King James 1 Community Arts College Stan Laurel was baptised in this the plays that Arthur wrote and County Council. church at the age of 14 which were thought to be used months, and there is a plaque by Stan as the plots for his early Re-published by Local Motion. to mark the occasion films. The site of the theatre has (unfortunately the church is not a statue of Stan by artist Bob All times and distances are approximate www.dothelocalmotion.co.uk.

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