Whickham — Kibblesworth
Whikib one
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Whickham and Kibblesworth.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Whickham and Kibblesworth.
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Geography information system (GIS) data
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Start and end points
Whickham
Grid Ref
NZ2045961242
Lat / Lon
54.94543° / -1.68216°
Easting / Northing
420,459E / 561,242N
What3Words
sands.tent.online
Kibblesworth
Grid Ref
NZ2454956766
Lat / Lon
54.90502° / -1.61869°
Easting / Northing
424,549E / 556,766N
What3Words
chariots.saving.vans
Whikib One's land is
Whickham | |
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Grid Ref | NZ2045961242 |
Lat / Lon | 54.94543° / -1.68216° |
Easting / Northing | 420,459E / 561,242N |
What3Words | sands.tent.online |
Kibblesworth | |
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Grid Ref | NZ2454956766 |
Lat / Lon | 54.90502° / -1.61869° |
Easting / Northing | 424,549E / 556,766N |
What3Words | chariots.saving.vans |
Arable | 35.8% |
Pasture | 22.8% |
Urban | 25.0% |
Woods | 16.3% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Andy Redfern
25 Jun 2023I walked this route in two halves on separate days starting on the Coach Road in Lobley Hill each time, but the review is written from Whickham to Kibblesworth.
Leave Whickham east on the B6317 and just after the Police Station (pic 1), turn right into a Washingwell Lane. The path is well made up (pic 2) for the first kilometre (pic 3) but after the farm becomes an unsurfaced path across the fields (pic 4). As you enter Watergate Park, take the route through the stile (pic 5) and drop down through the woods to the river (pic 6). As you cross the river (pic 7) the official route takes you up steep steps to the railway path above - an easier route is to stay left and join the railway path 300 metres further east. This is a flat, well made up path (pic 8). As you approach the lake (pic 9), cross the river and then bear right following the railings and steps down to the A695 (pic 10). You need to cross immediately as there is no path on the north side of the road. If you walking the opposite, take care as the bend in the road makes it difficult to see in both directions.
The route follows the road and as you reach the first house in Lobley Hill, bear right on to a path runs steeply down into the Beggarswood Park (pic 11). This is a steep hill down and those with wheels will need to take care in summer and be very careful in winter as the mud can be tricky and the sleepers across the path are very slippy.
Follow the path through the park past the play area and football club. The surface improves from muddy path, to cinder track and the final section is well made up road (pic 12). Turn right on to the Coach Road and follow the road south as it runs next to the A1. This road has no footpath but is generally very quiet. However, it is a well known "rat run" and delays on the A1 can result in lots of extra (and sometimes very unsuitable) traffic using it. To your right is the Ravensworth Estate and a few old elements of the estate are sill visible (pic 13).
Head on through Lady Park and follow Banesley Lane towards the A1 junction. There is a short public footpath from Banesley Lane to Lamesley Road which saves crossing the road at the busy Coalhouse Roundabout. However on my walk the farmer had secured the gate mechanism with a piece of barbed wire that I could not remove, so I walked the slightly longer route round.
You then follow the road on a footpath round to the Ravensworth Arms pub. If you go through the pub car park, there is an entrance to the new Lamesley Pastures Nature Reserve. This has a path along its perimeter that follows the road that offers much better views than the footpath on the road (pic 14). However, being flood pasture be prepared to get wet or reroute back the road!
The final stretch into Kibblesworth (pic 15) is on a well made up footpath into the village.
This is a good route in general but I think it could benefit from a couple of changes:
* the road section west of Lobley Hill can be avoided by using the tracks through Watergate Park to the school and the drop down to the road, crossing at the much safe central refuge
* don't drop down to the river when you enter the park, and follow the gently sloping paths through the park.
These two amendments would make it wheel friendly along the whole route in summer.
Philip Le Marquand
12 Nov 2022Staring from the village it is a downhill walk to Lamesley and then along the coach road to Lobley Hill. The road to Lamesley is via a footpath along the road which is easy going. Once I got through Lamesley I was looking for the footpath to cut across the fields towards Lady Park. I never found it! I followed the road around and did find where the footpath ended though it was heavily overgrown so obviously not used. I then walked along the coach road which sadly meant walking on the road as there is no footpath. Thankfully there was not much traffic.
Before entering Lobley Hill there was a left turn along a bridal path which was very pleasant. I then walked along a road - (on footpath) looking for the entrance to Watergate Forest Park. I ignored one as the route suggested there was one a bit further on - sadly the one the route suggested didn't exist so I walked further on, found the next entrance which meant I had to backtrack through the park - thankfully quite enjoyable.
I re-joined the official route up a woodland path which led out onto open fields. The next section was quite busy with people walking dogs. This led to the main street running through Whickham to my destination.
All in all a pleasant walk which I would recommend - with a couple of tweaks to the route.
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