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Stephensons Track - Active Newcastle
Exploring Hadrian’s Way BY -P AS S Stephenson’s Track N A69 Based upon the 2000 Ordnance Survey map with permission of the Controller of H.M.S.O Crown Copyright Reserved LA 076244 B6528 HEDDON-ON THE-WALL TE RN Throckley Ideal for cycling and walking for all the family W A1 A69 Newburn Wylam ııı Up to 8 miles / 12km ES Walbottle TYNE RIVERSIDE COUNTRY PARK ııı ııı ııı ııı ııı ııı ıııııııı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ı ııııııııı ıııııı ıııı ıııı ıııı Ryton B6317 A608 ııı ııı ııı ııı ıı ıı ıı ıı ıı ıı ıı ıı ıı ıı ıı 5 ıı ıı ııı ı ııı ı ıı ııııııı ııııııı ııı ııı ııı ıı ııı ııı ı ıııııııııı ı ı ı ı ı ı ııı ııııı ıı A695 The route is a flat riverside walk with fine views along the Tyne Valley and the landscaped golf courses on both sides of the Tyne. The route can be joined at any point and can be followed in either direction. Rail services run to Wylam as well as frequent bus services to Newburn. Ample parking is available at Tyne Riverside Country Park, and some on-road parking is possible in Wylam. ııııııııı ıııııııı ı ı ıı ıı METRO CENTRE ıı Contact details: Traveline Tel: 0870 608 2608 www.traveline.org.uk Hadrian's Wall Information Line Tel: 01434 322002 www.hadrians-wall.org Newcastle Tourist Information Centre Tel: 0191 2778000 To give feedback on these & other strategic routes in and around Newcastle, please contact: John Robertson, Newcastle City Council Planning & Transportation Tel: 0191 232 8520 Wylam Waggon Way In 1748 the Wylam Waggon Way was built to transport coal from Wylam to Lemington dockside for the shipment of coal along the Tyne. The coal waggons were pulled by horses on wooden rails but this was not very efficient. During the Napoleonic Wars demand for coal increased and Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery, needed to improve the transport of his coal. William Hedley, born at Newburn in 1779, went to school in Wylam, became a manager at Walbottle Colliery before he was twenty-two and afterwards held the same position at Wylam Colliery. He later developed a steampowered machine that improved the system of pumping mine water. This steam-pump was soon used in collieries all over the North of England. Hedley was helped by Timothy Hackworth, a local blacksmith, who later went on to assist George Stephenson. George Stephenson, born at Wylam 2 in 1781, where his father was engineman at Wylam Colliery. Stephenson later became engineman at Killingworth colliery where he developed one of the earliest locomotives called the Blucher. In 1808 Christopher Blackett replaced the wooden rails with cast-iron plate-rails and asked Hedley, his colliery manager, to try and produce a steam locomotive. Between 1814 and 1826, Stephenson was almost the only man building and developing new locomotives with his son, Robert from their engineering business in Forth Street, Newcastle. This culminated in the construction of his most famous locomotive, The Rocket. By 1814 he produced two locomotives, Puffing Billy and Wylam Dilly which were still working until 1860. Robert Stephenson went on to achieve fame building bridges including Newcastle’s High Level Bridge. Stephenson’s Rocket Designed and built by George Stephenson in 1829, the Rocket was entered in the Rainhill trials - a competition sponsored by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway to obtain a locomotive for carrying both passengers and freight. trials. By the third day the Rocket was the only locomotive left in the competition. It pulled a load of three times its own weight at the rate of 12.5mph/ 20kph and hauled a coach filled with passengers at 24mph/ 39kpm. Ten locomotives were originally entered for the Rainhill Trials but only five turned up and four of these were withdrawn during the first couple of days of the When the railroad opened in 1831, it contracted eight of Stephenson’s locomotives. Stephenson’s Rocket Front cover: Wylam Railway Foot Bridge – Ad Infinitum Designed by Ad Infinitum, Rothbury. Published by Newcastle City Council © 2002 ıı ıı This 4 miles / 6 km walk/cycleway links the Tyne Riverside Country Park at Newburn with Wylam. ıııııııı Blaydon ıı Location of walk ıı ıı 0.5 WYLAM FIRST SCHOOL Newburn Bridge 1 Close House Scale of map Picture: Ad Infinitum N ••• • •• D Riv e Heddon Hall ••• • • • Golf Course rT yn e •• ••• • • • •• • • • •N•WAY •••• •• ••• • • • GG O • • WA ••• • • LAM WY ROA Reigh Burn • •• •• ••• • ••• • • • • •• WESTFIELD Holy Cross Church In the 14th Century Cestercian Monks from Morpeth crossed the river Tyne near Holy Cross Church on their way to Chopwell. Its use continued into the last century where a toll was introduced of 1d (one old penny) each way. • • •• • W ••• • • • N S Picture: Ad Infinitum 5 1 E Ryton Willows e r Tyn Rive ••••• BIG LAMP BREWERY & KEELMANS PUB On the outside wall of the Boathouse pub, built in 1830, are marked the levels of various floods. It stands close to where George Stephenson worked on Robert Hawthorn’s new pumping engine from 1798 to 1801. Blayney Row 4 Ryton Island ••• • • • •• • • • • • •• •• • • • • ••• • • LANE Newburn bridge, built in 1893 by Head Wrightson of Thornaby on Tees, was originally a toll bridge. This leaflet can be used in conjunction with Ordnance Survey Explorer Map 316 Newcastle Upon Tyne BOATHOUSE PUB Based upon the 2000 Ordnance Survey map with permission of the Controller of H.M.S.O Crown Copyright Reserved LA 076244 Newburn Grange NEWBURN LEISURE CENTRE Tyne Riverside Country Park TYNE ROWING CLUB 5 1 GE ID BR Main route Alternative route Parking Refreshments/Pub Key to map ••• NEWBURN ROAD RD AD FO Golf Course ER O NR N M 4 3 Wylam had one of the oldest ticket offices in the world. It was on this Newcastle to Carlisle line that the first railway tickets were introduced. RECREATION GROUND Golf Course Close House George Stephenson’s Birthplace 2 Tyne Riverside Country Park 1 4 TA A 5 6 S . WY L CE NT Ferry House 4 5 IO AT ST CO 3 4 3 Stephenson’s Track 8 miles / 12km Suggested starting point: Tyne Riverside Country Park L FA BOATHOUSE PUB 2 AD RO GE ID BR NEW BU RN Kilometres Miles Wylam MAIN RO AD Wylam Bridge 3 3 RIVER LAN E 2 2 2 Stephenson’s Birthplace 1 K BAN ON TI TA S George Stephenson was born in this stone cottage in 1781. 1 Wylam Bridge Gradients Tyne Riverside Country Park 1 Kilometres Miles Picture: Ad Infinitum C H ROA D CHUR Picture: Graeme Peacock Picture: Ad Infinitum
