Newton Aycliffe: an easy accessible 1500m stroll through the park
Starts at Woodham Burn, Newton Aycliffe
30 minutes | 1.0miles 1.6km | Easy Access
ID: 409.1 | Developed by: Dominique Meissner |
This is a circular and easy accessible walk through the park in Newton Aycliffe. This route is suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs.
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Walk Durham in 2012 is a London 2012 inspired routes project

Starts at

Woodham Burn Stephenson Way close to Stephenson Way Primary School Newton Aycliffe DL5 7DD

Getting there

Parking is available along Stephenson Way close to the Leisure Centre in Newton Aycliffe. This route is also accessible via public transport. From Durham, take Arriva bus no. 7 or 7A. From Bishop Auckland, take Arriva bus no. 5 or 5A. From Sedgefield, take Arriva bus no. 21. From Darlington, take Arriva bus no 5, 5A, 7, 7A, 8, 8A, 16 or 21.

Route instructions

[1] Start in front of the primary school. Turn left to walk towards a small bridge over the beck. Turn left after the bridge and follow the tarmac footpath along.

[2] Ignore the first and the second footbridge to cross the beck.

[3] Turn left to cross over the third footbridge. Walk up the tarmac path. Don’t turn right or left, but follow the path as it heads on straight ahead with the trees on your left and houses on your right. Follow this path until you reach a fence in front of you.

[4] Turn left to walk along the fence and towards a pond and a shop.

[5] Turn left in front of the shop to walk along the pond and towards a play area.

[6] At the end of the path, turn right and stay left when the way forks out. Follow the path around when it leads up to the second pond and stay on straight ahead to return to the small bridge. When you reach the main road again, turn right to return to the starting point.

Newton Aycliffe offers a great range of sporting activities! Next to the many leisure centres, Newton Aycliffe also has its own Fell Walking Club that offers walks for all ages and everyone who is interested in walking. Furthermore, Newton Aycliffe FC is a popular football club in town which competed in the FA Cup for the first time in history in the 2011-2012 season.

The Durham Wildcats, a successful basketball team, are based in Newton Aycliffe and they play their home games in the Leisure Centre of Newton Aycliffe!

Famous sportsmen from Newton Aycliffe are Ross Turnbull, who is goalkeeper for Chelsea F.C., Jason Steele, who is current goalkeeper for Middlesbrough FC and George Courtney, who is a World Cup referee.

 

Acknowledgements
Developed by: Dominique Meissner
At the start of the walk in Newton AycliffeAt the start of the walk in Newton Aycliffe
A pond in the park of Newton Aycliffe.A pond in the park of Newton Aycliffe.