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Armstrong Whitworth opened the Walker Naval Yard in 1912 and this impressive building is now thankfully restored as office units.
©Alan Fearon
Hadrian's Way is the name given to a largely traffic-free path which runs between western to eastern boundaries of the City of Newcastle. At its eastern end (as here) the Way follows the line of a disused railway. The Way is followed by both Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/ and by route 72 of the National Cycle Network (Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/HADRIANSCYCLEWAY/and the Tynemouth branch of the C2C Cycle Route http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/). The blue structure is a National Cycle Network milepost http://www.sustrans.org.uk/default.asp?sID=1132763167625, one of a thousand donated to the NCN project by the Royal Bank of Scotland. This specimen is one of the "Welsh" design by Andrew Rowe, and takes its inspiration from the industrial and nautical heritage of the artist's home in Swansea. An alternative explanation is that it is derived from a Welsh love-spoon. Mileposts are often found painted in different colours according to local initiative.
©Oliver Dixon
Old railway bridge at Wincomblee in Walker. The left arch is Mitchell Street, the middle arch is a road leading down under White Street to the works on the Tyne and the right arch is the rear entrance to Wincomblee Workshops.
©Peter McDermott
Hadrian's Way is the name given to a traffic-free route along the north bank of the Tyne between western and eastern boundaries of the City of Newcastle. At its eastern end, the Way follows the course of a disused railway. The Way is followed by both Hadrian's Wall National Trail http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/hadrianswall/ and by route 72 of the National Cycle Network (Hadrian's Cycleway http://www.cycle-routes.org/HADRIANSCYCLEWAY/and the Tynemouth branch of the C2C Cycle Route http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/).
©Oliver Dixon
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©Ian S
Dist:0.1km<br/>With around 85 miles done and only one to go, some are jockeying for the first one to finish.
©Ian S
Dist:0.2km<br/>Seen from Hadrian's Way at Wincomblee.
©Oliver Dixon
Dist:0.2km<br/>The blue building is the Construction Skills Academy of the Newcastle College. Hebburn can be seen on the far side of the Tyne and a little downstream. Viewed from Hadrian's Way which here follows the course of an old railway.
©Oliver Dixon
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©Ian S
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©Ian S
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©Ian S
Dist:0.3km<br/>On Waverdale Avenue at Wellbeck Road.
©Stephen Sweeney
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©Ian S
Dist:0.4km<br/>A 2009 view of Alan Murray-Rust's 1966 photograph [[559476]]. Not much has survived save the church spire (left of centre) on the Hebburn bank of the River Tyne.
©Anthony Foster
Dist:0.4km<br/>Looking upstream from the ferry landing at Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne
©Donald MacDonald

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