1. Tyne Rowing Club 5 December 2015 Course map 4500m approx sponsored by
Rutherford Head
5 December 2015
Course map m approx
Newburn
Activity
Centre
Boathouse & Steps
Tyne RC
Standard western
limit of rowing
except at high tide
Newburn
Slipway
(used by
power craft
& canoes)
NEWBURN
River narrows. Overhanging
trees and rocks at sides
Finish
North
Reigh
Burn
Use only one of two central arches of Newburn Bridge when racing
TYNE RIVERSIDE
COUNTRY PARK
Stephenson’s
Cottage
Hadrian’s Way Cycleway
Golf course
Newburn Bridge
Yellow buoys marking Newburn spit
have now gone, but spit is still there!
Shallows &
Rocks
White House
Newcastle - Carlisle railway
Weirs
Phone mast
Use only main central arch of Blaydon Bridge when racing
Boathouse & Steps
Newcastle UBC
Blue Star RC
RYTON
Tyne Cruising Club - slipway, pontoon & moored boats
Pylons A
Power lines (small) are
western limit of rowing on high tides
Wylam
Bridge
Boathouse & Steps
Tyne United RC
Durham UBC
Durham Colleges
Northumbria UBC
STELLA
NEWBURN RIVERSIDE
BUSINESS PARK
Blaydon Bridge (A1)
Use only one of two central arches of old railway bridge on way to start C
Recommended eastern limit of rowing: currents through bridges downstream can be strong and dangerous
Start
Large
Outfall
Old timber jetty
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Steps to former
Newcastle RGS boathouse – usable
at high tide
Reece Group
Key
Old railway
bridge
Road
Beware: very tight turn
with large mud bank
exposed at low tide plus swirly water on inside of bend on outgoing tide
Car
crushing
yard
Power line
Railway
ELSWICK
Redheugh
Bridge
Riverside path
Scotswood
Bridge
‘Pink Wall’
NEWCASTLE BUSINESS
PARK
Power line
Waterskiers and power craft zone
BLAYDON
STATION
Structure of interest
ITV building
Sea Cadets pontoon with moored boats (beware strong current)
Rowing Club
River Derwent
Shallows / mudflats
Derwenthaugh slipway
(power craft, jet skis)
Costco
Outgoing tide direction
Beware: very narrow
bend at low tide, mud
banks both sides
Marshalling area
intu METROCENTRE
Dunston Staithes
Safety launch
North
2000
metres
1000