IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Melton Crescent, WHITLEY BAY, NE26 4DA

This footbridge stands close to the 'Normal Tide Level (NTL)', and at the cross-roads of three public footpaths. The bridge bears the black and white disc of the 'Tyne & Wear Heritage Way', an 80 mile route taking in the rich historic and industrial heritage of the area. The way is broken down into nine convenient sections that can be walked at any time, and in any order. In the background is a pipe bridge, carrying sewerage sludge, which has been a long-time feature of this part of the dene. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

This is the same footbridge as is shown at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6465676 but viewed from the opposite bank of the burn and slightly upstream. When the first Ordnance Survey Six-Inch map of the area was published in 1865, a wooden viaduct crossed the burn at this point and it is quite conceivable that the old stonework, beneath both ends of the bridge, formed part of the viaduct support system. The viaduct carried a waggonway, a branch of the Blyth & Tyne Railway, which stretched from Hartley Pit to Seaton Sluice, serving both the Hartley Bottle Works and the nearby Iron Works. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

A renowned 'weed' of paddocks, pastures and waste ground, the yellow flower heads of the Common Ragwort are highly attractive to bees and other insects, including the cinnabar moth. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

This footbridge, which is the same bridge as is shown at https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6465676 but viewed from the opposite side, crosses the Seaton Burn close to the 'Normal Tide Level (NTL)', and at the cross-roads of three public footpaths. The bridge bears the black and white disc of the 'Tyne & Wear Heritage Way', an 80 mile route taking in the rich historic and industrial heritage of the area. The way is broken down into nine convenient sections that can be walked at any time, and in any order. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

This pipe bridge, which carries sewerage sludge, has been a long-time feature of this part of the dene. Very close to this point a waggonway, which stretched from Hartley Pit to Seaton Sluice and served both the Hartley Bottle Works and the nearby Iron Works, once crossed the Seaton Burn over a wooden viaduct. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

Residential area south of Seaton Sluice.

Housing estate at Hartley, south of Seaton Sluice.

This is one of two pipe bridges that cross the Seaton Burn in this part of Holywell Dene. Fairly well-screened by the surrounding woodland, this pipe line carries sewage sludge. For a selection of detailed free to download walking routes in the area visit www.northtynesidewalks.co.uk

Looking north along the main road through Seaton Sluice. A cycle lane follows the side of the road closest to the sea.