Walks you can reach from Seaton Carew by train
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Horden to Hartlepool (Durham)
15 minutes direct from Seaton Carew.
Recommended: A varied route through nature reserves and beaches.
Coastal: four fifths along the coast.
Time: 7h30 (6h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: About two miles around the port alongside a main road.
Walk details: Railwalks.
Seaham to Horden (Durham)
30 minutes direct from Seaton Carew.
Recommended: A quiet walk, separated from built-up areas, with several steep climbs and descents.
Coastal: nine tenths along the coast.
Durham Coast (National Trust)
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Lunch: No food or drink en route after Seaham.
Warnings: Several steep climbs and descents.
Walk details: Railwalks.
Sunderland to Seaham (Durham)
30 minutes direct from Seaton Carew.
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: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Railwalks.
Stockton to Middlesbrough (Durham)
15 minutes direct from Seaton Carew.
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: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk.
Walk details: Slow Ways.
Yarm to Stockton (Yorkshire)
15 minutes direct from Seaton Carew.
Billingham to Hartlepool (Durham)
6 minutes direct from Seaton Carew.
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: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
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.
Darlington to Stockton (Durham)
15 minutes direct from Seaton Carew.
Time: 8h (6h walking, 1h30 lunch, 30m break)
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.
East Boldon to Sunderland (Durham)
30 minutes direct from Seaton Carew.
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: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Slow Ways.