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North East England

Castle Eden Inn – South Hetton Colliery Memorial loop from Horden

Bike touring routes & trails

North East England

Castle Eden Inn – South Hetton Colliery Memorial loop from Horden

Hard

4

riders

Castle Eden Inn – South Hetton Colliery Memorial loop from Horden

02:06

32.2km

260m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 13, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

72 m

Horden Railway Station

Highlight • Structure

Horden/Peterlee finally got a local train station 56 years after the original station was closed. Opened on 29/06/2020, this is the newest station on the national rail network as of …

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2

7.16 km

Castle Eden Inn

Highlight • Pub

3

9.39 km

Junction of National Cycle Routes 1 and 14

Highlight • Cycleway

Point where National cycle route 1 and 14 split off easy to get lost here

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4

10.6 km

Hart to Haswell Railway Path

Highlight • Trail

5

14.7 km

South Hetton to Shotton Railway Path

Highlight • Structure

This track has recently been tarmacked from "South Hetton" to "Shotton" the restriction in the photo is not there now

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6

17.8 km

South Hetton Colliery Memorial

Highlight • Monument

Check out the names and dates of former miners, engraved into the bricks of the monument

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7

27.3 km

Dennis Donnini V.C. Memorial

Highlight • Monument

B

32.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.73 km

8.43 km

6.55 km

3.65 km

2.63 km

1.13 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

19.4 km

5.94 km

4.04 km

2.52 km

240 m

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Highest point (140 m)

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