Wildspace Walks Leaflet
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Avenue Road. Avenue .gov.uk wildspacenetwork@blythvalley Email: fices along along fices of Council the to return and LEFT Turn Gamble. through the arch you approach a 'T' junction …turn RIGHT here. RIGHT …turn junction 'T' a approach you arch the through elephone: 01670 542370. Facsimile: 01670 542233. 01670 Facsimile: 542370. 01670 elephone: T carries the old railway line overhead. About 100 yards after going going after yards 100 About overhead. line railway old the carries Eventually you come out onto Avenue Road facing Procter and and Procter facing Road Avenue onto out come you Eventually + turn which takes you behind the farm towards a stone arch which which arch stone a towards farm the behind you takes which turn Seaton Delaval, Northumberland, NE25 0DX. NE25 Northumberland, Delaval, Seaton reaches Lysdon Farm. Immediately past the farm take a LEFT LEFT a take farm the past Immediately Farm. Lysdon reaches early John Dobson commission. Dobson John early Community Regeneration & Culture, Blyth Valley Borough Council, Borough Valley Blyth Culture, & Regeneration Community becomes a pot holed earth track for another ½ mile where it it where mile ½ another for track earth holed pot a becomes Holy Trinity Church is dated 1848 and the vicarage of 1849 is an an is 1849 of vicarage the and 1848 dated is Church Trinity Holy eam T Projects Environmental This tarmac drive leads to Seaton Red House Farm, then then Farm, House Red Seaton to leads drive tarmac This Vicarage. + Seaton Delaval, along a tarmac lane which passes the Old Old the passes which lane tarmac a along Delaval, Seaton please contact: please graveyard of Seghill Church. At the 'T' junction turn LEFT towards towards LEFT turn junction 'T' the At Church. Seghill of graveyard lack of ventilation. of lack For further information about the Blyth Valley Wildspace Network Network Wildspace Valley Blyth the about information further For the railway line on your right. Follow this path for ¼ mile to the the to mile ¼ for path this Follow right. your on line railway the over 200 men were buried underground and suffocated through through suffocated and underground buried were men 200 over Immediately over the road there is a footpath into the trees, with with trees, the into footpath a is there road the over Immediately of the worst tragedies in the history of coal-mining, when, in 1862, 1862, in when, coal-mining, of history the in tragedies worst the of + New Hartley (Hester Gardens) where there is a memorial to one one to memorial a is there where Gardens) (Hester Hartley New the railway bridge and cross over at the bollards. the at over cross and bridge railway the Where the road bends, you are close to the sealed-off pithead of of pithead sealed-off the to close are you bends, road the Where Turn LEFT towards Seaton Delaval, walking only a few yards to to yards few a only walking Delaval, Seaton towards LEFT Turn ON STRAIGHT AHEAD at the signpost. the at AHEAD STRAIGHT ON + the signpost for 'New Hartley'. Where the road bends left, CARRY CARRY left, bends road the Where Hartley'. 'New for signpost the venue take the LEFT junction at at junction LEFT the take venue A The down mile one about After heaps' are still in evidence. in still are heaps' + replaced by lighter trading estate units but the landscaped 'spoil 'spoil landscaped the but units estate trading lighter by replaced The heavy industrial pit-head has been been has pit-head industrial heavy The Colliery. Delaval Seaton subsidence has created the undulations. the created has subsidence colliery houses and at this junction it was also the entrance to to entrance the also was it junction this at and houses colliery area is riddled with underground mine workings and the the and workings mine underground with riddled is area At Double Row, as the name suggests, was the site of parallel parallel of site the was suggests, name the as Row, Double At in the 1718-29. The drive was originally straight and level but the the but level and straight originally was drive The 1718-29. the in vegetable shop, towards the roundabout at the end of the road. road. the of end the at roundabout the towards shop, vegetable driveway to Seaton Delaval Hall constructed by the Delaval family family Delaval the by constructed Hall Delaval Seaton to driveway , passing the fruit and and fruit the passing , RIGHT urn T Row. Double onto out you this was once the the once was this that evidence are gateposts Avenue The post down a much narrower track through the trees, which brings brings which trees, the through track narrower much a down post venue. A The reach to roundabout the over the support of the following organisations: following the of support the After nearly a mile along this gravel lane, turn LEFT at a marker marker a at LEFT turn lane, gravel this along mile a nearly After crossing coastwards, head Offices Council Delaval Seaton From + + The Blyth Valley Wildspace Network would not be possible without without possible be not would Network Wildspace Valley Blyth The Acknowledgements Blue squares Blue Guide: Seaton Delaval Council Offices Council Delaval Seaton Start/Finish: Long walks Long silk. e're always happy to hear from you. from hear to happy always e're W community. local 2 hours 2 Duration: together in a mass of spun spun of mass a in together getting involved in a more hands-on way through activities in your your in activities through way hands-on more a in involved getting nettles and when young, live live young, when and nettles Wildspace Network Wildspace 6 miles (9.6km) miles 6 Distance: opportunities for further enhancements, reporting problems or or problems reporting enhancements, further for opportunities caterpillars feed on stinging stinging on feed caterpillars have a vital role to play in the process, whether suggesting suggesting whether process, the in play to role vital a have Its dark coloured, spiny spiny coloured, dark Its . As such you you such As . Valley Blyth of environment the to changes positive Small Tortoiseshell Small Seaton Valley villages to continually create the opportunities to make make to opportunities the create continually to villages Valley Seaton on the strong community foundations of Blyth, Cramlington and the the and Cramlington Blyth, of foundations community strong the on people closer to the natural world around them. The project builds builds project The them. around world natural the to closer people The Avenue Loop Avenue The etwork is an ambitious initiative to bring bring to initiative ambitious an is etwork N Wildspace Valley's Blyth Walk 6: Walk What next? What the outbuildings of Seaton Red House Farm to a tarmac lane. tarmac a to Farm House Red Seaton of outbuildings the As well as experiencing the wonders of the natural world people day. a in castle a build could he that wager a win to Francis Sir by continues as a potholed earth track for ½ mile, winding through through winding mile, ½ for track earth potholed a as continues using the Wildspace Network will become fitter and healthier as they Built Delavals. jovial) (meaning 'Gay' the of folly the to monument At Lysdon Farm, the track curves gently to the LEFT and and LEFT the to gently curves track the Farm, Lysdon At Along the Seaton Burn stands the remains of Starlight Castle, a a Castle, Starlight of remains the stands Burn Seaton the Along explore the footpaths and cycleways of the Borough. + and the Melton Constable. Melton the and the river now on your left until you arrive back at Seaton Sluice Sluice Seaton at back arrive you until left your on now river the Each of the walks shown in this leaflet start and end at an accessible turrets. gun and bunkers ammunition nearly one mile, then cross over to the other side, and walk with with walk and side, other the to over cross then mile, one nearly The white buildings in the distance are preserved World War War World preserved are distance the in buildings white The location, usually within easy reach of the public transport network. Two Turn LEFT here and follow the path with the river on your right for for right your on river the with path the follow and here LEFT Turn from the very real threat of invasion from Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon from invasion of threat real very the from As well as using the map there are written directions for you to follow + which also describe some of the interesting features you will protected be would they that population local the to reassurance demonstrate a show of strength. It also gave confidence and and confidence gave also It strength. of show a demonstrate venue you passed earlier. earlier. passed you venue encounter on the walks. A the on junction T the from there him ork, Commander in Chief, who rode along the line to to line the along rode who Chief, in Commander ork, Y of Delaval was found dead still attached to the horse that dragged dragged that horse the to attached still dead found was Delaval thousand of his troops on Blyth beach for the benefit of the Duke Duke the of benefit the for beach Blyth on troops his of thousand Please do take the time to read our 'Healthy Walking' guide within George Admiral when 1723 in spot the signifies obelisk The Seaton Burn. Seaton this leaflet before starting out, and above all, enjoy yourself. seven review could he so spot this at lodged he that said into Holywell Dene until you reach the riverside that is actually the the actually is that riverside the reach you until Dene Holywell into Gloucester in 1795 at the height of the war with France.