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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Morpeth and Ashington.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Morpeth and Ashington.
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Morpeth
Grid Ref
NZ2030585369
Lat / Lon
55.16223° / -1.68285°
Easting / Northing
420,305E / 585,369N
What3Words
announce.bleat.kilt
Ashington
Grid Ref
NZ2763487766
Lat / Lon
55.18342° / -1.56759°
Easting / Northing
427,634E / 587,766N
What3Words
dictation.research.manifests
Morpash One's land is
Morpeth | |
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Grid Ref | NZ2030585369 |
Lat / Lon | 55.16223° / -1.68285° |
Easting / Northing | 420,305E / 585,369N |
What3Words | announce.bleat.kilt |
Ashington | |
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Grid Ref | NZ2763487766 |
Lat / Lon | 55.18342° / -1.56759° |
Easting / Northing | 427,634E / 587,766N |
What3Words | dictation.research.manifests |
Arable | 65.3% |
Urban | 24.5% |
Woods | 10.2% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Conxids
26 Oct 2022 (edited 27 Oct 2022)I last walked this route in it’s entirety, from Ashington, in January 2022 and while it is an enjoyable and in my opinion ‘valid’ walk in it’s own right, it is probably my least recommended of the myriad routing options between Ashington and Morpeth. A more accessible route, even possible for wheelchair users, would be the combined Cycleway running via Pegswood and down Whorral bank to Morpeth town centre and bus station. Whereas a more scenic variant would certainly take-in the very lovely riverside path from Bothal SawMill to mid-way on Whorral Bank . Starting at Ashington bus-station I would suggest walking south on the Ashington-Stakeford slow-way and join the Wansbeck riverside at Stakeford Bridge earlier rather than along the High Street to Holy Sephulcre church and High Market. Understandably you might want to see another (much diminished) high street in what was “once the largest pit village in the world” but the muddy track along the back of the allotments from HighMarket down to Ashington farm and from there down to the riverside would not be my choice in winter months.
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