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Hiking · County Durham

Durham Coastal Path

A 21.9 km point-to-point route near Northlea, with 198 m of mapped climbing and an estimated time of 5.5 hours.

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Distance21.9 kmClimbing198 mEstimated time5.5 hrDifficultymoderate

Route overview

What the mapped record shows.

Durham Coastal Path is a complete hiking route mapped from OpenStreetMap. It covers 21.9 km as a point to point route.

Route shapepoint-to-point
ActivityHiking
SurfaceAsphalt
Descent192 m

Mapped surface mix

Natural64% Paved27% Compacted6% Unknown3%

Before setting out

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Stay near the route

Named campsites near Durham Coastal Path.

UK campsite A–Z
Colliery Farm CampsiteCamp Site · 9.0 km from the mapped route startFinchale Abbey Touring ParkCaravan Site · 13.1 km from the mapped route startCrimdon House FarmCamp Site · 15.5 km from the mapped route startDropswell FarmCaravan Site · 17.1 km from the mapped route startSandhaven Caravan SiteCaravan Site · 17.1 km from the mapped route startBobby Shafto Caravan ParkCaravan Site · 19.4 km from the mapped route start

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Routes near Sunderland41 routes within 20 km · centre 6.8 km awayRoutes near Durham48 routes within 20 km · centre 17.5 km away

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