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The Stephenson Trail Heritage Trails The Stephenson Trail Walk distance and time: 11 miles or 17.7km 5 hours (approx.) Start point: Hetton le Hill Community Golf Club Finish point: River Wear, Sunderland City Centre Facilities and accessibility: Toilets: Hetton Community Pool and Wellness Centre, Silksworth Community Pool, Tennis and Wellness Centre Parking: Parking is limited, advise using public transport Accessibility: Not suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs Heritage Trails The Stephenson Trail Heritage Trails The Stephenson Trail Summary The Stephenson Trail follows the designed to use locomotives. It route taken by coal wagons on their opened on 18 September 1822 way from the Elemore and Hetton and was to remain in use for the Collieries to the River Wear. It takes next 137 years. its name from the Stephenson In the early days the average brothers who designed the railway speed of the wagons was only in the early 19th century. four miles per hour, but by 1829 The sinking of Hetton Colliery began speeds had increased to twenty on 19 December 1820. After many nine miles per hour and the railway months of excavation, in was moving 2,880 tons of coal in September 1822, the main coal an eight hour shift. seam was reached. The success The success of the colliery and its paved the way for all later mining innovative railway led to further operations in the eastern side of the extensions of the line to allow region, and new collieries were Eppleton and North Hetton Pits opened at Elemore, Eppleton and to take advantage of the route to North Hetton in 1825. the sea. Hetton Colliery’s owners employed The Hetton Railway finally closed in the great civil engineers George 1959, closely followed in the early and Robert Stephenson to design 1960’s by the Hetton and Lambton a railway to exploit the coal staithes, the same staithes that had reserves and transport them to begun Sunderland’s coal shipments the River Wear to be deposited some 140 years before. into awaiting keelboats. The result was quite revolutionary; at over 8 miles in length, it was the longest railway in existence and the first in the world to be specifically 2 Heritage Trails The Stephenson Trail 3 Heritage Trails The Stephenson Trail Hetton le Hill to lived. Note the blue plaque on the Copt Hill gable end. As you face the golf course take the Continue forward passing Lyons path to the right and follow this Gardens. After Lyons Gardens round to the left. cross the road and turn left into the industrial estate and take At the bend, look to the right and it the immediate right down into is just possible to see through the the car park. trees the only surviving building of Elemore Colliery, the pit head baths. Pass through the green and yellow barriers, as the path splits keep left Pass through the black metal and follow the path round to the left, barrier, continue straight ahead, at the seat turn right. Head down down the slope, keeping the golf the slope towards Blossom Pond course on the left and a wooded and Lyons Lake beyond. Pass dene and grassland on the right. through barriers and take the path Continue straight ahead until to the left of the lake. reaching the bottom of the slope. At the blue railings turn left. Bear left and enter into a housing Continue forward through two estate through black gates next to more sets of blue railings, keeping garages on the right. allotments on your right. Continue Turn right along a residential street on this tarmac path, passing (Pimlico Road). At the junction turn through black gates. left onto Gilesgate Road and head Take the second right towards the down the bank. At the junction turn Independent Methodist Church. right and continue straight ahead At the Church, turn left and towards the main road and continue forward towards Hetton Lilywhite Terrace. town centre. Take the second Take care crossing this busy road. turning on the right, pass the Continue straight ahead on the path Prince of Wales pub and Primitive in between the pub and cricket club Methodist Chapel. until reaching the next major road, Cross the road and continue Colliery Lane. Turn right without straight ahead passing McMurchie’s crossing the road, passing Hetton butchers on the right. Continue Lyons Industrial Estate on the left. straight ahead on the tarmac Pass “Lyons Cottages”, shortly after path keeping modern houses on on the right, note “The Lyons” a the right. Note that the fence short terrace of white cottages opposite St. Bede’s Close is where Robert Stephenson once made of railway sleepers. 4 Heritage Trails The Stephenson Trail T EE TR S D R A W D E EET STR LINE O R CA D E Lyons Lake Hetton Lyons Stables Country Park F Recreation R Ground O U R N W T I Football ET N S ARD STRE CH T RI Ground S T R R E E E E T T Depot Recreation Ground Blossom Pond Hetton Lyons Park A182 S Stephenson T A Lake T I O Industrial N Estate R O A D A B1284 P Car 1 A 8 RK Park 2 N G O A R T TH Lyons E RO AD B 12 B1285 84 Stables B1285 COLLIE RY LANE C A 1 82 White Hill FO A182 U Hetton Lyons R Cricket LA Primary School N Ground E EN D S Y Recreation A W L Ground Y IL E Y IL G W BA IL ES H G IT AT E E R T O E A R P D R I M A C L E I C O R O A D P Hetton Moor EM House BE RT ON BA NK Easington Lane Primary School H IGH ST RE ET Recreation Ground Car Park Football Ground Elmore Golf Course B Elmore Vale Easington START Lane A Saw Mill 5 Heritage Trails The Stephenson Trail Copt Hill to Doxford Cross the road and continue straight ahead on tarmac path. At the houses take a left and follow the path in between the wall and metal fence. Continue along here and up the steps to All Saints Drive, continue ahead for 150 yards and take the left path off Paul’s Green. Cross the path and continue straight ahead. Note the sign for the River Wear. Where paths meet continue straight ahead up a long incline up to Gillas Lane. Copt Hill and the Seven Sisters can be seen on the right. At the top of the bank turn right and continue up along the B1404 Seaham Road, passing the golf club and then the entrance to the Eppleton Quarry on the right. Pass a long strip of forestry plantation that runs alongside the road on the right. After passing this look to the right and notice a collection of farm buildings, formerly an engine house on the Londonderry Railway to Seaham. At the next set of buildings, turn left, cross the road and take the track marked “private road”. 6 Heritage Trails The Stephenson Trail E Warden Law LAN LAS Cottages GIL 04 B14 B 1 4 0 4 S E A H A M R O A D Club House NE S LA ILLA Houhgton-le-Spring 4 G Golf Course B140 0 B126 Copt Hill LEIGH COPT rn u B e n e D gh ou Coptleigh F R The Moors Rough Dene Ford Wind Turbine Eppleton Primary Low Downs School Broom Hill Wind Turbine D Curlew L Cricket Hope E I Ground F ELM High Downs A Windmill Hill LL S A I N T Hetton S Eppleton Quarry D R IV Downs E Hetton Park A HETTON-LE-HOLE 1 8 3 NE A L T I P H NS O OW U Recreation D G Ground H T Cemetery O TREET S N REGENT R O A D Car Park n r u B n T o E tt E e TR H S D R A W D E EET R ST E N LI O CAR D E Lyons Lake Stables U Recreation R W Ground I T N EE HARD STR S Football RIC T R Ground E E T 7 Heritage Trails The Stephenson Trail Copt Hill to Doxford (continued) Follow the private road up the slope and around as it turns sharply to the left. Take the first right up the slope, then first right again to re-join the railway line. Follow this path as it bends round to the left and continue straight ahead. Notice the Stadium of Light in the distance. Take the path to the right up to the summit of Warden Law, continue forward and descend down to Hangman’s Lane. At the road turn left and follow the path down the bank. Cross to continue on the path down the bank. Follow this as it curves to the right and crosses the A19. Cross the road taking the path to the left following the blue “W2W” sign. Follow this alongside the A19 and as it bends to the right down a tree lined avenue. At the junction of paths turn left skirting around the edges of Doxford International. Cross the road and continue straight ahead. Note the artwork “inter alia” on the right. After the artwork turn right and continue straight ahead crossing two roads before reaching “City Way”. 8 Heritage Trails The Stephenson Trail Moorside Y WA LL Portland WE ER Academy B M A C Dismantled Railway A Silksworth 19 Plantation Stonygate Stables Highfield Thristley House House A19 The Moors E N A L S N A M G N A H Warden Law North Farm The Cottage Old Byre Karting Track North Farm Cottage Warden Law North Farm Workings House E High Moors N A L G S ’ R E T L A S tled Railway Disman Nursery 04 B14 Warden E Warden Law LAN Law LAS Cottages GIL 04 B14 9 Heritage Trails The Stephenson Trail Doxford to Silksworth (continued) Take care crossing this fast, busy road, descend the slope and turn right along the footpath and continue as far as the footbridge.
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