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Burnbank, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE13 6DY

The Seaton Burn rises near Brunswick Village as the Hartley Burn before flowing into Big Waters (now a nature reserve, originally formed in the 1920's as a result of mining subsidence). Then from Little Waters, the burn flows broadly eastwards, eventually discharging into the North Sea at Seaton Sluice. In total the burn is 18.6 km long.

Surviving colliery rows in Seaton Burn, housing provided by the colliery.

This signpost points the way to Ponteland along the route of the Reivers Way, a brace of waymarked bi-directional coast to coast cycle routes between the North and Irish Seas. There are two types of routes, an off-road route and an on-road route. At this point, the route follows the course of the old Seaton Burn Waggonway.

The Seaton Burn waggonway was one of many http://www.tynelives.org.uk/stephenson/wagmap2.htm linking former coalmines in North Tyneside with the coal staithes on the Tyne. This view is taken near the northern end of the waggonway where it crosses the Old Great North Road (B1318) between Wideopen and Seaton Burn. Along with many other lengths of waggonway, this section has been converted into a cycle path in recent years and forms part of National Cycle Network, Regional Route 10 (the Reivers Cycle Route) http://www.cycle-n-sleep.co.uk/rinfo/map%20reivers.htm which links Tynemouth with Whitehaven via Kielder Forest and Carlisle.

The Little Waters with the new bridge

As this inscription states, the bridge over the Seaton Burn, over which the old Great North Road passes, was built in 1923. An earlier bridge stood here when the first Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map of the area was published in 1864. The reference to 'Six Mile' relates to the distance from here to Newcastle Upon Tyne.

Surviving colliery rows in Seaton Burn, housing provided by the colliery.

The majority of the rows of dwellings, provided by pit owners for their workers, which once stood here have long since disappeared. However, Blagdon Terrace remains and this very narrow pathway gives access to the dwellings.

Looking south along Bridge Street in Seaton Burn.

Whilst the history of allotments goes back many centuries, it was not until the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908 came into force that local authorities were legally obliged to provide "sufficient allotments according to demand". This duty was further extended with the passing of the Land Settlement Facilities Act 1919 with the rights of allotment holders being strengthened by the Allotments Act 1922. However, the most important change was introduced when the Allotments Act 1925 established statutory allotments which local authorities could not sell off or covert to other uses without Ministerial consent. This site is managed by North Tyneside Council.