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Hetton Lyons Lake – Lakes Café loop from Seaham

Moderate

4.7

(6)

38

riders

Hetton Lyons Lake – Lakes Café loop from Seaham

03:01

43.1km

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: August 21, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 21.5 km for 182 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

5.68 km

View of Great Eppleton Wind Farm

Highlight • Structure

Perfect spring summer on a nice day

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2

9.73 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 …

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3

10.1 km

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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4

10.3 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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13.1 km

Sharpley Plantations

Forest

18.3 km

Silksworth Plantation

Forest

7

24.1 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. …

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8

25.6 km

Tunnel to Ryhope Beach

Highlight • Rest Area

9

38.5 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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10

41.9 km

Tommy Statue (Seaham)

Highlight • Historical Site

B

43.1 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.1 km

12.4 km

6.05 km

4.54 km

3.87 km

145 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

13.5 km

11.4 km

7.97 km

7.83 km

2.44 km

< 100 m

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Elevation

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Highest point (170 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

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Tuesday 6 October

14°C

6°C

16 %

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