Derwent Walk at Swalwell
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Derwent Walk at Swalwell
Image: © Oliver Dixon Taken: 1 May 2013
The Derwent Walk is a multi-user path for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders which over part of the way follows the line of the old railway between Consett and the Tyne at Swalwell. It forms part of National Cycle Network route 14 which pursues a zigzag course across county Durham from Darlington to Hartlepool, Durham, Consett and Swalwell. It offers cyclists following the C2C an alternative route to finish at the sea at Tynemouth. Downstream from Rowland's Gill village the path runs through a linear country park known as Derwent Walk Country Park and Derwenthaugh Country Park. Here the path (which diverges from the line of the old railway at the lower end) runs closely parallel to the main Derwent valley road , A694.
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