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Timmys Lane, DARLINGTON, DL2 2AJ

Bar and restaurant at the eastern end of Hurworth. Refitted and upgraded in 2007.

This bridge carries the bridleway from Low Hail Farm over the Tees to Hurworth. The deck is in very poor condition and a notice at the north end states that the bridge is closed. Fortunately the gate was open, otherwise it would have been a long detour.

The benchmark is at the north end of the bridge and on the buttress on the east side. The cutmark is slightly damaged as the brickwork is deteriorating.

There is a benchmark at the north end of the bridge and on the buttress on the east side. The cutmark is slightly damaged as the brickwork is deteriorating.

The Emerson Arms is the tall building on the left.

Built between 1877-1879 near an old ford. It was financed jointly by the Durham villagers and Lord Rokeby, who owned the land on the Yorkshire side. It was a joint project because it solved two different problems; Lord Rokeby was looking for fertiliser for his fields; the Hurworth residents were looking for some way to get rid of their sewage. Low Hail Bridge brought the sewage to the fields.

This bridge carries the bridleway from Low Hail Farm over the Tees to Hurworth. The deck is in very poor condition and a notice at the north end states that the bridge is closed. Fortunately the gate was open, otherwise it would have been a long detour.

Looking east from Low Hail Bridge, where, unlike other contributors to Geograph, I was disappointed to find the high gate on its northern side to be padlocked. Having approached from the south a lengthy detour was necessitated.

The bridge was constructed around 1870 to carry sewage pipes across the river, providing sewage from Hurworth for use as fertiliser on the Yorkshire side. A public bridleway runs right up to the bridge on the Yorkshire bank, though the bridge itself is privately owned. On the day this image was taken the gates were closed and padlocked shut preventing access. I can find no information as to why the bridge is/was closed or if this is a regular occurrence, but anyone approaching from the Yorkshire side would be faced with a detour of several miles upon finding the bridge closed.

The Tees flows east in this view. A notice affixed to Low Hail Bridge informs/warns that "There is no right of way over this bridge and unauthorised persons using it are trespassing and do so entirely at their own risk". Having said that there seems to be no attempt to prevent use of the bridge which carries the access road to Low Hail Farm. The status of access over bridge is clearly in some doubt as a public bridleway reaches its south end and both OS. Landranger and Explorer maps are clear in showing the right of way extending across it.