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Seaham

Marsden Rock – Sandhaven Amphitheatre loop from Seaham

Routes
Road cycling routes
United Kingdom
England
North East England
Seaham

Marsden Rock – Sandhaven Amphitheatre loop from Seaham

Moderate

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Marsden Rock – Sandhaven Amphitheatre loop from Seaham

02:28

56.8km

340m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 8, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 32.0 km for 174 m

After 35.7 km for 56 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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19.1 km

Boldon Flats

Nature Reserve

2

25.7 km

Marsden Rock

Highlight (Segment) • Natural Monument

Can have strong headwind at times, heading south.

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3

32.1 km

Sandhaven Amphitheatre

Highlight • Structure

Often hosts free live music.

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4

32.4 km

Sandhaven Beach

Highlight • Beach

Sandhaven beach is the main resort of South Shields. It's a huge sandy beach with big sand dunes from Trow Point in the south to the South Pier in the north.

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5

35.7 km

Marsden Rock and Marsden Grotto

Highlight • Natural Monument

Lovely little cove with a hotel and bar at the bottom of the lift or you can take the stairs down

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6

40.0 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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7

43.4 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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8

44.7 km

St Peter's Church

Highlight • Other

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

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9

45.4 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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B

56.8 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.8 km

21.5 km

9.64 km

2.65 km

254 m

Surfaces

47.2 km

9.09 km

390 m

162 m

< 100 m

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Friday 8 May

10°C

6°C

85 %

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