Meadowfield - Brandon to Bishop Auckland Line Walk
Starts at Meadowfield Sports centre
30 minutes | 1.3miles 2.1km | Easy Access
ID: 169.1 | Developed by: Filomenia Solan |
This is a circular walk starting at Meadowfield Sports Centre leading down Meadowfield Front Street and up a section of Black Road before returning to the sports centre via the Brandon-Bishop Auckland line.
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Starts at

Meadowfield Sports Centre, Durham, DH7 8RS

Getting there

Local buses

Route instructions

[1] Leave Meadowfield Sports Centre and walk towards the main road. At the path turn left and walk with the main road on your right.

[2] Walk past St Patricks Catholic Church and Primary School which will be situated on your right.  

[3] You should also walk past a Lidl Supermarket which will also be on your right. Keep walking for a short while further and when you are opposite Lloyds TSB turn left and walk past Tesco Car Park then cross over St Cuthbert’s Walk road and continue walking on Black Road.

[4] At the end of the road bear left past the ‘give way’ sign opposite ‘Whitwell Villas’.

[5] Keep walking and when you get to the red post box on your left you should cross over the road to your right in order to stay on a pavement. Be careful of traffic on this road.

[6] Keep walking in the same direction and you will need to cross over the road to your left again at the ‘40’ sign.

[7] Once you have crossed over the road you should head into the woods on to the ‘Brandon – Bishop Auckland’ line and keep walking up a slight incline.

[8] The line will shortly bear left past the cricket ground with a green metalled fence to your right.

[9] Follow the path around to the right and then just before the skate park turn left down the field back towards the sports centre.  

Acknowledgements
Developed by: Filomenia Solan
CPAL Funded ProjectCPAL Funded Project
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Photo taken by: © Copyright Les Hull and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
Just south of Meadowfield, Brandon. Ash Tree Farm just down the road.Just south of Meadowfield, Brandon. Ash Tree Farm just down the road.
Photo taken by: © Copyright Robert Graham and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence