Walks you can reach from Seaton Carew by train

Recommended: A varied route through nature reserves and beaches.

Coastal: four fifths along the coast.

Time: 6h–11h30

Warnings: About two miles around the port alongside a main road.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Recommended: A quiet walk, separated from built-up areas, with several steep climbs and descents.

Coastal: nine tenths along the coast.

Time: 4h30–9h30

Lunch: No food or drink en route after Seaham.

Warnings: Several steep climbs and descents.

Walk details: Railwalks.

Recommended: Scenic for most of its length, with a choice of walking high, low, or on the beach.

Coastal: four fifths along the coast.

Time: 3h30–6h30

Walk details: Railwalks.

Similar walk: Slow Ways (inc. GPX).

Recommended: A direct town-centre-to-town-centre route, under 20% on roads with the rest flat and well-surfaced tarmac path mostly along the riverside. Passes through a semi-industrial landscape and runs close to the river.

Waterway: two thirds along the River Tees.

Time: 2h–3h30

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 3h–5h30

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A lengthy route with substantial pavement sections at the start and end and narrow countryside footpaths in between. The section around Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park is the nicest but also the most challenging terrain. Can be muddy when wet.

Time: 4h–7h30

Warnings: The route crosses the busy A689; the safer crossing point is slightly east of the line shown, at the traffic lights. Can be muddy.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Time: 6h–12h

Warnings: A track between roughly NZ4003 1630 and NZ4036 1628 may be blocked and impossible to walk; be prepared to divert.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

A good route making use of a riverside path and off-road sections as far as possible through otherwise urban areas and including an attractive park. Some path closures near a quarry require short detours. Passes Fulwell Quarry, which has many alternative paths.

Time: 2h–4h

Walk details: Slow Ways.