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Fellside
Fellside Road runs southwest from Whickham towards Burnopfield, descending the hill to Whickham Golf Club and climbing again to the Woodman's Arms from where it winds along the side of the hill to reach Burnopfield at the Pack Horse pub.
Looking southwest towards
the Woodman's Arms at
the top of the hill.
The road commands extensive views over the Derwent Valley to the north and west and passes two farms, the Fellside and the Byermoor. Clockburn Lane runs down from the golf club to the River Derwent and the Derwent Walk. This is an old road which continued up the north side of the Derwent valley to the River Tyne at Newburn. Another track, Woodhouse Lane runs down to Swalwell and another towards Old Hollinside and Snipes Dene Wood.
Clockburn Lane from Winlaton Mill
under the Derwent Valley Railway bridge.
In the 1950s open-cast mining took place at Cut Thorn on the north side of Fellside Road. Gibside Hall and Estate lies to the north.
View of Gibside Estate