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Wind Farm Trail – Hetton Lyons Lake loop from Houghton-le-Spring

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Wind Farm Trail – Hetton Lyons Lake loop from Houghton-le-Spring

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Wind Farm Trail – Hetton Lyons Lake loop from Houghton-le-Spring

01:47

25.3km

220m

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: May 1, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 4.20 km for 163 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.03 km

View of Great Eppleton Wind Farm

Highlight • Structure

Perfect spring summer on a nice day

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11.2 km

Tunnel Entrance

Highlight • Structure

18.5 km

Sharpley Plantations

Forest

18.8 km

Wind Farm Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Fun, semi-technical farm track - double track - single track sections. Watch for the tight squeeze between the concrete blocks entering the woods.

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21.3 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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21.6 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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21.9 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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25.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.99 km

6.48 km

3.15 km

3.05 km

2.74 km

768 m

154 m

Surfaces

9.10 km

6.12 km

5.50 km

2.93 km

1.67 km

Elevation

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Highest point (160 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Sunday 17 May

14°C

4°C

40 %

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Max wind speed: 12.0 km/h

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Wind Farm Trail – Hetton Lyons Lake loop from Houghton-le-Spring

Men Don't Cry Statue

View of Great Eppleton Wind Farm

Tunnel Entrance

Wind Farm Trail

Lakes Café

Hetton Lyons Crit Track and Cyclo-cross Courses

Hetton Lyons Lake

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