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Watching and Waiting Sculpture – Wearmouth Bridge loop from Newbottle

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North East England

Watching and Waiting Sculpture – Wearmouth Bridge loop from Newbottle

Easy

4.0

(4)

53

riders

Watching and Waiting Sculpture – Wearmouth Bridge loop from Newbottle

01:55

45.0km

290m

Road cycling

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 31, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

4.22 km

View of Penshaw Monument from East Bridge on the River Wear

Highlight • Viewpoint

View from East bridge on the river Wear

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2

4.47 km

Worm Hill

Highlight • Natural Monument

The hill that Lampton worm rapped it's tail around.
Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, An' aa'll tell ye aall an aaful story
The Lambton Worm is a legend from County …

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3

12.3 km

Follingsby Lane Cycle-Only Entrance

Highlight • Structure

New cycle only entrance to Follingsby Lane via Downhill Lane from A1290 near Sunderland aircraft museum along which leads to Follingsby Lane, that bit is now part traffic free.

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4

12.6 km

Follingsby Lane

Highlight • Cycleway

Follingsby Lane, resurfaced road (nice) and optional cycle path along side road part of the way, also has new road crossing. New cycle only entrance to Follingsby Lane from A1290 …

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5

23.2 km

Seaburn Promenade Benches with Coastal View

Highlight • Cycleway

A ride I regularly do is the Pier to Pier to Pier, Basically starting at Roker Pier (you can ride to the end of the pier when open) then riding …

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6

26.6 km

Watching and Waiting Sculpture

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Red House’ is an ‘exploded’ house carved from stone, with fragments of it along the trail.
Chaz Brenchley wrote an accompanying story, ‘Murder at the Red House’, which you can listen to here:
chazbrenchley.co.uk/redhousera.html
more info below
wp.sunderland.ac.uk/seagullcity/riverside-sculpture-walk

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7

27.9 km

St Peter's Church

Highlight • Other

St Peters church 674 AD was part of Bede's monastery

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8

28.6 km

Wearmouth Bridge

Highlight • Monument

A fine double arch bridge over the River Wear in Sunderland. The original bridge here was constructed in 1796, it was updated and repaired in 1805 but this bridge was reconstructed by Robert Stevenson between 1857-1859.

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42.5 km

Herrington Hill (SSSI)

Nature Reserve

B

45.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.5 km

10.6 km

8.14 km

2.79 km

Surfaces

40.3 km

4.56 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

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Monday 5 October

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42 %

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