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©Dennis Lovett
Regional Route 10 of the National Cycle Network here follows the line of an old railway which ran from Darras Hall via Ponteland to South Gosforth. The railway came very late in the railway era to Darras Hall. It only opened in 1913, was never a commercial success and closed to passengers in 1929. The line finally closed in 1954. The barriers hopefully keep out motor bikes. Horses can step over the horse stile to the right.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.1km<br/>The green is the site where once the railway from Darras Hall came in to join the line from South Gosforth to Ponteland. Towards the camera, Regional Route 10 (Reivers Route) of the National Cycle Network follows the line to Darras Hall station and beyond to Belsay Colliery. The barrier hopefully keeps out motor bikes, horses can step over the horse stile to the left.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.3km<br/>The path along the River Pont goes under the bridge that carries Darras Road over the river.
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.3km<br/>The windows are etched with information relating to local history. Reflected in the upper part of the window is the building on the opposite side of the road [[2081943]]
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.3km<br/>'The Seven Stars' or 'Stars' is an early C19th public house and Listed Building http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=238816&resourceID=5 It was built as a coaching inn on the route from Newcastle to Edinburgh and had its own brewery behind which closed in 1906. The next door property, built as houses but now shops, is from the same period and also Listed http://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=238817&resourceID=5
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.3km<br/>Formerly a Safeway, now Waitrose, which accounts for the marks on the wall behind. The glass in the door and adjacent windows is etched with information recording local history, in this instance about the Vicar's Pele which stands opposite [[2081851]] See also [[2082382]]
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.3km<br/>The farmhouse and cottage were built in the C18th and early C19th http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRNMAP=N11013
©Andrew Curtis
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©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.3km<br/>The Vicarage Tower or Vicar's Pele was built around 1400. Pele Towers were defensive buildings constructed to provide defence during the border raids. It was formerly the residence of the vicars of Ponteland and in the C18th was incorporated into a much larger vicarage complex. This was demolished in 1860 although the tower was left as a harness room. The tower was restored in 1971 and 2002.
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.3km<br/>
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.3km<br/>A walkway leading to the Shopping Centre which was built on the former site of Ponteland Railway Station and Goods Yard [[2147505]]. The railway was built by the North Eastern Railway Company between 1904-05 running 7 miles from South Gosforth to Ponteland via Kenton Bank Foot. The section from the city to the airport is now part of the Metro network. The line to Ponteland was closed to regular passenger traffic in 1929 but casual use continued until Richard Beeching instigated the National Rail Closures in the 1960s. http://www.northumbrian-railways.co.uk/index.php?page=ponteland-branch
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.3km<br/>The Diamond Inn and Pont Bridge [[2082138]] can be seen beyond the roundabout.
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.3km<br/>The building to the right of the bridge is [[2147532]]
©Andrew Curtis
Dist:0.3km<br/>An attractive building of two properties, built of red brick banded with yellow. I can find nothing about its history, but the railway passed close by to its right, heading to Ponteland Station just to the north so it may have been associated with that [[2081948]]. Old photos show that the former Station building itself was largely constructed from wood http://sine.ncl.ac.uk/view_structure_information.asp?struct_id=2805
©Andrew Curtis

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