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Dist:0.4km<br/>View from Belmont Viaduct, which carried a railway line which has now disappeared. The viaduct is not generally open to the public at the moment but may soon be turned into a cycleway by the Connect2 project.
©Strange but untrue
Dist:0.5km<br/>The path is in the bottom of the embankment for the A690 Durham to Sunderland road. The path leads to the river wear in the opposite direction
©David Grimshaw
Dist:0.5km<br/>On the Belmont Industrial Estate
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.5km<br/>This railway carried a line from Durham towards Sunderland
©John Thorn
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©Roger Smith
Dist:0.5km<br/>Disused Viaduct over Wear River.
©anna
Dist:0.5km<br/>A view of the River Wear through Kepier Wood, looking towards Belmont Viaduct. Built in 1856 by the North Eastern Railway, the disused railway viaduct is grade II listed and stands 130ft high.
©David Robinson
Dist:0.6km<br/>An extensive industrial estate on the east side of Durham, still under development.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.7km<br/>A car park and picnic site - completely unsigned - lies off the slip road from the A690 (Durham to Sunderland road) into the Belmont Industrial Estate and eastern suburbs of Durham. It gives access to a small area of public woodland, and a footpath which drops down to the River Wear a short distance to the north.
©Oliver Dixon
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©Alex McGregor
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©Roger Smith
Dist:0.7km<br/>At the northern end of the extensive industrial estate on the east side of Durham.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.8km<br/>A large colony of Bee Orchids was growing in grassland surrounding the factory in 2004. The company closed the TV cathode ray tube factory in July 2005.
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.8km<br/>The bridge has been removed from over the old wagonway
©Eric Haswell
Dist:0.8km<br/>Meadow Lane, just off the A1 roundabout.
©Jo Turner

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