Footpath, Burradon

Image: © Geoff Holland Taken: 17 Nov 2020

This footpath, which is not shown on the current Ordnance Survey map of the area as a public footpath but as a traffic-free cycle route, forms part of North Tyneside Council's historic network of waggonways which had fallen into disrepair over many years. However, in 2000 the Council successfully bid for over £2 million worth of Government funding to transform more than 30 miles of these waggonways into recreational routes for walkers and cyclists. When the second edition of the Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map of the area appeared in 1898 a footpath following a similar line to the current one ran from this point, close to where there were two rows of houses known as Burradon Terraces, to Burradon Colliery a short distance to the south. By the time of the publication of the next Ordnance Survey map in 1920 the two rows of houses were named as Annitsford Terrace and an Electric Sub-station stood where this sign now stands. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

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