Passageway from Gaprigg Lane to Priestlands Lane
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Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 28 Apr 2012
Many of the estates in Hexham are built up the steep hillside to the south of the town centre. The only link between the Elvaston estate and the Hextol estate (except via the main road at the bottom) is via this passageway across the valley of the Wydon Burn.