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steventilly Says: The River Wear is one of the three great rivers of the North East, the others being the Tyne and the Tees. All three have a rich history of industry and in particular shipbuilding. This is all but gone now, though a little reamains on the Tyne and the Tees.The Wear runs from...
steventilly Says: Dunno whether boat trips still run or not. If they do it would just be summer weekends - that's when they used to run, when I used to come here some while ago. The boats used to call at the Wildfowl Trust at Washington.
steventilly Says: There are walks on both sides of the river. On the Cox Green side the pathway vanishes into the trees just past the row of houses. On the other side it heads off towards Victoria Viaduct in one direction, and into the woods behind the big house in the other. You can cycle on...
steventilly Says: I rather like the bridge that crosses the river here. It's just green tubular steel, but it fits quite nicely with the trees & the water... and it's very sturdy too, so no need to be afraid walking across it!
steventilly Says: The River Wear runs by Cox Green and it's quite a picturesque stretch of the river too, being surrounded on both sides by woodland, through which there are public footpaths and (on the opposite bank) a cycle path. There's some boats moored up here and at one time there used...
steventilly Says: The Coast To Coast (C2C) cycle route runs past Cox Green on the opposite bank. It did used to cross the bridge and continue on the Cox Green side, but they re-routed it these days and it stays on the other bank. It comes for a short part of its way alongside the river and...
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The Coast To Coast (C2C) cycle route runs past Cox Green on the opposite bank. It did used to cross the bridge and continue on the Cox Green side, but they...
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Cox Green is a teeny little hamlet by the River Wear, tucked away out of sight behind Penshaw Hill. It's at the end of a dead-end road and not many people even know it's there, let alone that it has a...
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