Bowes Regional Route

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Greenway · Tyne and Wear

200

about 1 h 30 min riding

Easy

17.18 km

Linear

Graded from its length and climb.

429 m

215 m

0 m

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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.

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Stages

Bowes Railway Path · 14.2 km
Monkton Cycleway · 3 km

Route from OpenStreetMap contributors

Rolling ride

Gentle ups and downs, nothing steep.

Climb

133 m

Drop

283 m

Highest

175 m

Lowest

18 m

Which way round

Downhill: Easy first 5.6 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.

Uphill: Easy first 6.1 km, no steep climbing, no steep descents.

Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.

Main descent: km 1.3–4.5, from 172 m to 23 m.

How the 17.2 km splits

Flat

10.5 km

Climbing

2.0 km

Descending

4.6 km

Link it with other walks

Tyne and Wear Heritage Way

Shares 4.7 km of path · meets at km 4.2

29.07 km

The Angel's Way

Shares 2.4 km of path · meets at km 4.2

51.26 km

Tanfield Railway Path

Crosses at km 0.0

7.34 km

East Gateshead Cycleway

Crosses at km 12.2

11.16 km

Campsites near the start

Beamish Holiday Park

3.6 km from the start · 3.8★ (424)

Hagg Hill Weekender

4.6 km from the start

Brockwell Woods Wild Camping at Blaydon Burn Farm

6.5 km from the start · 4.6★ (91)

High Flatts Farm Campsite & Airstrip GB-0483

7.1 km from the start · 3.7★ (7)