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United Kingdom
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North East England
Horden

View of Durham Cathedral – Northern Spire Bridge loop from Horden

Routes
Road cycling routes
United Kingdom
England
North East England
Horden

View of Durham Cathedral – Northern Spire Bridge loop from Horden

Moderate

11

riders

View of Durham Cathedral – Northern Spire Bridge loop from Horden

04:22

86.7km

740m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 13, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 25.8 km for 99 m

After 57.7 km for 68 m

After 60.8 km for 171 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

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1

23.0 km

View of Durham Cathedral

Highlight • Historical Site

Approaching Durham from the direction of Sherburn you can pick up this bike path that passes through Old Durham. This route takes you down to the river Wear with fantastic …

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41.3 km

Vigo Wood

Forest

47.5 km

North Wood

Forest

4

54.0 km

Northern Spire Bridge

Highlight • Cycleway

Sunderland's best feature.. as much as I like this bridge the 118 million would have been much better invested in the city centre. It is located about 2.5 mile west of the Wearmouth bridge on National Cycle Route 7.

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5

56.9 km

Men of Steel Sculptures

Highlight • Monument

lovely artwork however difficult to spot as hidden by lots of overgrown bushes.

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6

58.0 km

Sunderland Riverside Sculpture Trail

Highlight • Trail

WATCH OUT broken glass, its popular bottle smashing place, even the seagulls have learned to drop and smash mussels on the path, leaving sharp splinters for your tires to find.

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7

59.1 km

St Peter's Church

Highlight • Other

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

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8

60.2 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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60.8 km

Sunderland Marina

Lake

10

61.6 km

View of Roker Lighthouse

Highlight • Beach

so much to see, lots of artwork if you look

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11

64.4 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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86.7 km

End point

Train Station

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

34.0 km

28.9 km

15.1 km

4.00 km

2.48 km

2.13 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

69.8 km

11.1 km

4.38 km

856 m

483 m

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Monday 24 August

18°C

13°C

15 %

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