Spennymoor — Durham
Spedur one
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By a Slow Ways Volunteer on 07 Apr 2021
Description
This is a Slow Ways route connecting Spennymoor and Durham.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Spennymoor and Durham.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 1
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Is this route good enough? - Yes (1)
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Spennymoor
Grid Ref
NZ2584833907
Lat / Lon
54.69954° / -1.60046°
Easting / Northing
425,848E / 533,907N
What3Words
wand.fattest.windy
Durham
Grid Ref
NZ2701042764
Lat / Lon
54.77907° / -1.58161°
Easting / Northing
427,010E / 542,764N
What3Words
nodded.sober.hung
Spedur One's land is
| Spennymoor | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | NZ2584833907 |
| Lat / Lon | 54.69954° / -1.60046° |
| Easting / Northing | 425,848E / 533,907N |
| What3Words | wand.fattest.windy |
| Durham | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | NZ2701042764 |
| Lat / Lon | 54.77907° / -1.58161° |
| Easting / Northing | 427,010E / 542,764N |
| What3Words | nodded.sober.hung |
| Arable | 48.4% |
| Pasture | 24.5% |
| Urban | 16.0% |
| Woods | 11.2% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Andrew Davies
08 Jun 2024This is a gorgeous route and a pleasure to walk; I travelled north to Durham on a sunny day in June. I have just a few proposed small amendments to the route.
Leaving Spennymoor you follow the curve of an attractive park to reach a nature reserve. Then it is a clear paved or gravel path to Tudhoe and Croxdale. From Sunderland Bridge you join a bridle path through the Croxdale estate, with views of the House.
Shortly afterwards the marked route makes an inexplicable detour into some fields. These have been heavily churned up by the herds of cows present. It's slow going and I can see no benefit to leaving the clear path except perhaps the idea that every Slow Way needs its share of cow manure!
Rejoining (or better, staying on) the bridle path, you reach a farm where there is a rather obscure footpath sign leading down into the woods. This winds and splits a lot, mainly to avoid mud which is probably an issue in wetter seasons. They generally join up again; the main path can be distinguished by occasional built steps.
Coming to the River Wear it eventually straightens and becomes better defined. It turns away from the river to reach Shincliffe where the garden centre has a cafe.
It is then a clear and easy run up a stretch of road to rejoin the riverside path. I followed the river all the way into Durham rather than cutting across the playing fields.
Altogether an excellent and easy route, with the amendments noted above.
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