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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Elswick and Kirkham.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Elswick and Kirkham.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (1)
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| Grade 4: Route includes very rough surfaces including deep ruts, steep loose gravel, unmade paths and deep muddy sections. Wheelchairs may experience traction/wheel spin issues. Access grade X: At least one stile, flight of steps or other obstacle that is highly likely to block access for wheelchair and scooter users. |
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Measurements
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The narrowest part of the path is 35.0cm (1)
The steepest uphill gradient East: no data
The steepest uphill gradient West: no data
The steepest camber: no data
How clear is the waymarking on the route: Unclear (1)
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Terrain
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5.0% of the route is on roads (1)
5.0% of the route is lit at night (1)
5.0% of the route is paved (1)
20.0% of the route is muddy (1)
30.0% of the route is over rough ground (1)
50.0% of the route is through long grass (1)
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Start and end points
Elswick
Grid Ref
SD4223138377
Lat / Lon
53.83843° / -2.87937°
Easting / Northing
342,231E / 438,377N
What3Words
rejoined.appendix.muted
Kirkham
Grid Ref
SD4267832171
Lat / Lon
53.78271° / -2.87142°
Easting / Northing
342,678E / 432,171N
What3Words
tides.hindering.skins
Elskir One's land is
| Elswick | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SD4223138377 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.83843° / -2.87937° |
| Easting / Northing | 342,231E / 438,377N |
| What3Words | rejoined.appendix.muted |
| Kirkham | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SD4267832171 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.78271° / -2.87142° |
| Easting / Northing | 342,678E / 432,171N |
| What3Words | tides.hindering.skins |
| Arable | 28.4% |
| Pasture | 61.7% |
| Urban | 10.0% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Mary Oz
27 Apr 2022I didn’t enjoy this route very much. It is obviously not often used. A lot of it goes across fields full of crops planted over the footpaths, and you are drawn to walk along tractor wheel tracks which take you the wrong way. It is important, however, to stick fairly closely to the marked route, especially where there is a ditch or field boundary crossing, or you’ll find yourself blocked in.
It started fine from Elswick, although I was quite soon having to drag my feet through long grass. My first error was at OS Grid Ref: SD 42173 37371 just after Elswick Leys, where instinct took me the wrong way, due to electric fences and a well-worn track. I crossed the ditch and walked the full length of the field on the wrong side of the ditch, and was then forced to retrace my grass-dragging footsteps. It didn’t feel right to walk along the correct field inside the electric fence, but it WAS the correct route, and led to a footbridge into a sheep-grazed field with mercifully short grass! Another footbridge took me back into long grass again.
After a short road between North and South Greenhills, it back into the long grass. After another field I was once again misled by tractor wheel tracks. It feels wrong to push through the crops, but in this case, it was necessary in order to reach the kissing gate at OS Grid Ref: SD 42353 35038, next to Medlar Wood. I know this, because I was too kind to the farmer, and ended up blocked in again.
After crossing over the motorway, there was a long flight of steps down into more fields to negotiate. It finally got easier near Mowbreck Caravan Park. There was a ditch with a concrete footpath alongside it, then a path past cows up a small hill, then an inviting path down below the railway and into Kirkham.
On the plus side, I heard and saw curlew, skylark, hare and lapwing.
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