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North East England

Wearmouth Bridge – View of Roker Lighthouse loop from Chester-le-Street

Road cycling routes

North East England

Wearmouth Bridge – View of Roker Lighthouse loop from Chester-le-Street

Moderate

97

riders

Wearmouth Bridge – View of Roker Lighthouse loop from Chester-le-Street

02:49

45.9km

450m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 11, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 25.9 km for 68 m

Waypoints

A

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

10.5 km

North Wood

Forest

17.9 km

Cornhill Dock

Ruins

3

19.1 km

Sunderland Riverside Sculpture Trail

Highlight • Trail

WATCH OUT broken glass, its popular bottle smashing place, even the seagulls have learned to drop and smash mussels on the path, leaving sharp splinters for your tires to find.

Tip by

4

20.0 km

Wearmouth Bridge

Highlight • Monument

A fine double arch bridge over the River Wear in Sunderland. The original bridge here was constructed in 1796, it was updated and repaired in 1805 but this bridge was reconstructed by Robert Stevenson between 1857-1859.

Tip by

5

20.5 km

Pathways of Knowledge Sculpture

Highlight • Structure

Try taking a web cam screen shot using the live camera link below,.

sunderland.gov.uk/article/15667/Riverside-webcam

Tip by

6

21.8 km

Taking Flight Sculpture

Highlight • Structure

On the promontory of the marina, ‘Taking Flight’ is a sequence of sculptures which shows the different stages as a cormorant takes off across the Wear.

Craig Knowles’ statue features …

Tip by

22.7 km

Beach

Beach

8

23.1 km

View of Roker Lighthouse

Highlight • Beach

so much to see, lots of artwork if you look

Tip by

9

24.3 km

Watching and Waiting Sculpture

Highlight • Viewpoint

The Red House’ is an ‘exploded’ house carved from stone, with fragments of it along the trail.
Chaz Brenchley wrote an accompanying story, ‘Murder at the Red House’, which you can listen to here:
chazbrenchley.co.uk/redhousera.html
more info below
wp.sunderland.ac.uk/seagullcity/riverside-sculpture-walk

Tip by

10

26.6 km

Giant Davy Lamp Sculpture

Highlight • Structure

Giant safety lamp by North East inventor, Humphrey Davy.
more info below
wp.sunderland.ac.uk/seagullcity/riverside-sculpture-walk

Tip by

11

26.9 km

Men of Steel Sculptures

Highlight • Monument

lovely artwork however difficult to spot as hidden by lots of overgrown bushes.

Tip by

B

45.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

36.2 km

5.68 km

2.00 km

1.95 km

< 100 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

24.1 km

18.1 km

1.84 km

1.08 km

713 m

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Wednesday 22 July

22°C

12°C

11 %

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Max wind speed: 11.0 km/h

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Comments

September 23, 2024,Day 5 C2C Part 1

The end of this part indicates where the rear Sora mech broke in half. Bought a new one in Sunderland and fitted it in the pouring rain

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