The Riverside Route
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Exploring Hadrian’s Way Based upon the 2000 Ordnance Survey map with permission of the Controller of H.M.S.O N Crown Copyright Reserved LA 076244 S 3 S A The Riverside Route P - Welcome to Hadrian’s Way Y From the Solway For most of it's length, the Heddon-on- B N the-Wall R E 2 T to the Tyne Hadrian's Wall Path runs beside S Segedunum E Roman Fort Hadrian’s Way is an exciting A W A 58 4 Tyne Riverside 69 1 16 10 A 7 A or close to Hadrian's Wall itself. Country Park Newburn Up to 12 miles / 20km Ideal for cycling and walking new route for walkers and Hadrian's Way forms the for all the family In some places the Trail diverges 1 1 cyclists. It runs for 12 miles Newcastle eastern section of Hadrian's from the line of the Wall to take a (20km) between Segedunum 4 Wall Path National Trail. more convenient or attractive Fort at Wallsend and the Tyne 3 route. Hadrian’s Way Gateshead A1 Riverside Country Park at 84 The National Trail, which was cycling/walking route F EL LI NG B Newburn. Y- Location of walks PA Picture: Graeme Peacock opened in May 2003, stretches Through Tyneside, the route SS Location of walks For much of its length Hadrian’s 84 miles, from Bowness-on- runs mainly along the riverside, At Low Walker the Riverside Park Way follows the banks of the Solway in the west to Wallsend and enjoys the historic Quayside brings a taste of the countryside River Tyne. The rest is mainly in the east. Along the way it area of Newcastle. Follow Hadrian’s Way, part of Contact details: to an urban landscape. along former railway lines and passes through some of the Britain’s newest National Trail, North of England's most on this fascinating 12 mile Traveline custom-built cycle paths, with Further west the new Millennium beautiful and dramatic (20km) route through Tyneside. Tel: 0870 608 2608 small sections of roadway in Bridge frames the continuing scenery. www.traveline.org.uk between. transformation of the Quaysides The path is accessible on both sides of the river. throughout for walking, Hadrian's Wall Information Line From the broad horizons of the cycling and wheelchairs. Tel: 01434 322002 Most of Hadrian’s Way takes Solway Coast to the rugged www.hadrians-wall.org volcanic cliffs of the Whin Sill, The route can be followed in the visitor on a journey through either direction and can be the Hadrian's Wall Path offers a Newcastle Tourist Tyneside’s industrial past. linked with the Keelman’s Way memorable walking experience. Information Centre The route passes the Ouseburn on the south side of the river. Tel: 0191 2778000 Valley, once the cradle of Picture: Graeme Peacock Frequent bus services run to Newcastle’s manufacturing For more information on the Newburn and to Wallsend, To give feedback on these & other strategic routes in and Picture: Newcastle City Council greatness. Lord Armstrong’s which is also served by the Hadrian's Wall Path, and all the around Newcastle, famous shipyard at Elswick built other National Trails visit Metro system. please contact: It’s an interesting and sometimes mighty battleships. www.nationaltrail.co.uk or Parking exhilarating route with much to telephone the Hadrian's Wall John Robertson, Along Hadrian’s Way the Certain designated parking see along the way. At the eastern Information Line on Newcastle City Council remains of Newcastle’s coal areas close to the routes are end, Segedunum Fort portrays 01434 322002. indicated on the maps. Planning & Transportation life on the Roman frontier nearly mining past can be seen, which Tel: 0191 232 8520 2000 years ago. fuelled Tyneside’s industrial revolution. 2 The Battle of Newburn 5 This was the site of the Armstrong This leaflet can be used in 3 Two Roman sites can be 4 1800 years ago, Segedunum Fort Ford took place here in seen just south of the West guarded the eastern end of shipyard which built warships. conjunction with Ordnance 1640, when Charles I Road in Benwell. One is a Hadrian’s Wall. This award- Because the river is relatively narrow Survey Explorer Map 316 Newcastle Upon Tyne army faced the Scots small temple dedicated to winning museum now explains at this point, the ships were launched across the river. The Antenocitus, while the how Segedunum has changed sideways into the water. Based upon the 2000 Ordnance Survey map Scottish force won and with permission of the Controller of H.M.S.O other contains the remains between the Roman period and Crown Copyright Reserved LA 076244 went on to capture of a causeway crossing the the present day. 1 Newcastle. Vallum Ditch. Tynemouth Picture: Roy Deane Picture: Graeme Peacock North Shields Key to map 2 Hadrian’s Way Picture: Graeme Peacock M ✚✚✚ Keelman’s Way This brick cone was erected by the Lemington Glassworks, part of Heddon-on- M North Sea Hadrian’s Wall Path the-Wall Ferry Newcastle’s famous glass-making Throckley 2 Wallsend industry. It has been a familiar Terminal ••• Other Route landmark for over 200 years, and is M M M Metro one of only four such cones to have 3 Denton 4 Tyne • • • • • • • • • Burn • Circular Walk Route • • • • • • survived in Britain. • Newburn Tunnels 9 • ••• Now home to North Eastern Land Rover. ✚✚✚✚ M •••••••• ••• • ✚✚ ✚✚ ✚ 1 •• Key to Walks in and around ✚ ✚ ✚✚ ✚✚ •• Hebburn ✚ ✚✚ ✚✚ ✚✚2 • Newcastle City centre ✚ ✚✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ 1 • ✚ ✚ • • Wylam 4 ✚ Tyne Riverside ✚ M • ✚ ✚ • • • ✚ • ✚ ✚ Walker • ✚ • 3 M • • • • ✚ • ✚ Newcastle • The Lower Ouseburn Valley ✚ Country Park ✚ • • • ✚ • ✚ Park • 1 • ✚ • • • • 1 • • & Jesmond Vale • • • • • • • • • • • ✚ 6 • • • • Benwell ✚ • • ✚✚ 4 M Jesmond Dene – ✚ ✚ Nature Park ✚✚✚✚ ✚✚ ✚✚ ✚ • 2 ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚✚ Low Walker • Lord Armstrong’s Back Garden ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ 7 ✚ 6 • ✚ M • ✚✚✚✚ ✚ ✚✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ Riverside Park • ✚✚ ✚ ✚ 5 3 • ✚ ✚ ✚ 3 Bridges and Quaysides ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚✚✚✚✚✚ ✚ ✚ ✚✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ Blaydon ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚✚ 4 Around the Town Walls ✚✚ ✚ ✚ ✚✚✚ ✚✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ 8 ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚ ✚✚ ✚ Gateshead ✚ ✚ ✚✚ 9 One of the oldest railways in the 8 Built by the North ✚ Key to Walks West of Newcastle country, the Wylam Waggonway was built Eastern Railway over M M around 1750 to carry coal from Wylam to 100 years ago, M 1 Across the Battlefield the staithes at Lemington. It was originally Dunston Staithes were Picture: Ad Infinitum horse-drawn, with 5ft gauge timber rails the last working coal 7 In 1854 a huge fire in When it was built in 1938, Spiller’s Mill 2 Walbottle Dene resting on stone sleeper blocks. staithes on the Tyne. Gateshead jumped the river was the tallest flour milling building in and destroyed many of the the world. 3 From River to Wall medieval streets along the Picture: Graeme Peacock Picture: Ad Infinitum Quayside. 4 Stephenson’s Track.