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Wylam Car Park – George Stephenson's Birthplace loop from Wylam

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Wylam Car Park – George Stephenson's Birthplace loop from Wylam

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Wylam Car Park – George Stephenson's Birthplace loop from Wylam

00:42

6.24km

70m

Running

Moderate run. 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 8, 2026

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765 m

Great War Memorial, Wylam

Highlight • Monument

The Great War Memorial in Wylam, Northumberland, was unveiled in 1923 to commemorate the local residents who died in the First World War. The memorial, an ornamental Latin cross of Windy Nook stone on an octagonal plinth with bronze plaques, stands on War Memorial Green near Wylam Bridge. It was later supplemented for the Second World War and has been a Grade II listed building since 2017 for its historical and architectural value.

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Wylam Car Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Free all day parking next to the river Tyne

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846 m

Hadrian's Cycleway to Wylam Village

Highlight • River

In the forecourt stands the Great War Memorial, unveiled in 1923 to commemorate local residents who died in the First World War. The memorial, an ornamental Latin cross of Windy Nook stone on an octagonal plinth with bronze plaques, stands on War Memorial Green near Wylam Bridge. It was later supplemented for the Second World War and has been a Grade II listed building since 2017 for its historical and architectural value.

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George Stephenson's Birthplace

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George Stephenson's birthplace is a simple stone worker's cottage on the north bank of the River Tyne in Wylam, built circa 1760 to house mining families, and where the future railway pioneer was born in 1781. A Grade II* listed building owned by the National Trust, it is now a historic house museum with original furnishings and displays about Stephenson's childhood and early locomotives, and is opened to visitors by costume guides who wish to experience the living conditions of a Georgian mining family.

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2.73 km

Wylam Waggonway

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The Wylam Waggonway was built in 1748 by John Blackett to carry coal from the Wylam Colliery over a five-mile (approximately eight-kilometre) route to the staithes at Lemington on the River Tyne. Initially using wooden rails and oxen for traction, it was fitted with iron plate rails in 1808 and from 1813 housed the first commercial steam locomotives Puffing Billy and Wylam Dilly. It fell into disuse after the colliery closed around 1868, became part of the Scotswood, Newburn & Wylam Railway in 1875 and now serves largely as a walking and cycle path within the Tyne Riverside Country Park.

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6.24 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.87 km

1.68 km

961 m

575 m

121 m

Surfaces

2.17 km

1.42 km

1.09 km

961 m

567 m

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Sunday 23 August

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Wylam Car Park – George Stephenson's Birthplace loop from Wylam

Great War Memorial, Wylam

Wylam Car Park

Hadrian's Cycleway to Wylam Village

George Stephenson's Birthplace

Wylam Waggonway

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