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Hetton Lyons Lake – South Hetton Colliery Memorial loop from Seaham

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Hetton Lyons Lake – South Hetton Colliery Memorial loop from Seaham

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Hetton Lyons Lake – South Hetton Colliery Memorial loop from Seaham

03:02

43.5km

370m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: February 12, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 21.3 km for 182 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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5.69 km

View of Great Eppleton Wind Farm

Highlight • Structure

Perfect spring summer on a nice day

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9.56 km

Hetton Lyons Lake

Highlight • Rest Area

Hetton Lyons Country Park is a pretty park centred around a water sports lake.

It has a cafe based in the Springboard Adventure centre.

It was once the site of a coal mine, operating for almost 130 years. The colliery closed in 1950.

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9.89 km

Hetton Lyons Crit Track and Cyclo-cross Courses

Highlight • Trail

Crit Track open at all times - watch for pedestrians. Explore the Cyclo-cross trails scattered around the East side of the park. Hetton Lyons was the site of the 2018 British Cycling National Cyclo-Cross Championships.

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10.1 km

Lakes Café

Highlight • Rest Area

Lakes café, open everyday 9am till 3pm,
clean toilets and changing rooms and they do ice-cream for dogs.
Defibrillator on outside wall

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12.9 km

Sharpley Plantations

Forest

18.1 km

Silksworth Plantation

Forest

24.0 km

Ryhope Colliery Pit Wheel

Highlight • Structure

This pit winding wheel stands on the site of a former colliery as a reminder of past times.

It's located on a disused railway line, now part of NCN 1. It was a former colliery route connecting the mining village of Ryhope to the Sunderland Docks.

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34.6 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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38.9 km

Stony Cut Bank Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Long drag out of Seaham. Formerly a colliery line carrying coal from Murton and South Hetton Collieries to Seaham Harbour. It's straight, so what you see is what you get! The surface makes it interesting.

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42.3 km

Tommy Statue (Seaham)

Highlight • Historical Site

43.5 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.7 km

11.8 km

6.07 km

4.72 km

3.74 km

415 m

145 m

Surfaces

13.2 km

12.6 km

7.97 km

7.31 km

2.43 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Thursday 14 May

11°C

4°C

34 %

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Hetton Lyons Lake – South Hetton Colliery Memorial loop from Seaham

View of Great Eppleton Wind Farm

Hetton Lyons Lake

Hetton Lyons Crit Track and Cyclo-cross Courses

Lakes Café

Ryhope Colliery Pit Wheel

South Hetton Colliery Memorial

Stony Cut Bank Path

Tommy Statue (Seaham)

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