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south gosforth to ponteland and back, on the tracks

Sunday 29th September 2013 8:45am

Starting from - Staring and finishing in south gosforth, NE3 1QL from the 'sky' sign outside the chinese takeaway. tracking all the way to ponteland using very few quiet roads and then coming back on the No10 national cycle network route. The route can be traversed by any bicycle but riders of 'racing' style bikes with narrow tyres may struggle in a few places. NE3 1QL

  • 20 miles
  • Mountain Bike, Hybrid (off road tyres)
  • 3 hr
  • Challenging
  • Newcastle
  • Children aged 8-15*, Children aged 11-15*, Adults 16+ only, Children aged 5-15*

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NE3 1QL

Staring and finishing in south gosforth, NE3 1QL from the 'sky' sign outside the chinese takeaway. tracking all the way to ponteland using very few quiet roads and then coming back on the No10 national cycle network route. The route can be traversed by any bicycle but riders of 'racing' style bikes with narrow tyres may struggle in a few places.

How about a nice ride on the tracks in the countryside, we set off from the 2 mini roundabouts in south gosforth, at the eastern end of the wallsend to gosforth waggonway, post code NE3 1QL, plenty of free parking, a big sky advert sign at the junction, pretty easy to find! we'll head north east on one set of tracks to pass the airport on the south side, enjy a break in ponteland or Darras Hall before heading back on the No10 reivers route navigation the airport on the north side passing through dinnington, seaton burn and wideopen leaving the No10 near killingworth and picking up tracks to get back to south gosforth.
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