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At the T i/s at the end of Abbey Rd turn r. on to Parkway s/p “Town Centre and Other Routes”.

0.2 mi At the r/bout take the third exit s/p “Sunderland / Gateshead / Newcastle / A1231 / Albany”.

0.2 mi At the r/bout take the 1st exit s/p “Gateshead / Newcastle / A1231 / Blackfell / Lambton”.

You will then merge on to Sunderland Highway, the A1231.

1.2 mi 54.9059, -1.5577 Cross over the A154 and shortly after bear l. s/p “Gateshead / Newcastle
/ Hexham / A1231 (A1).

Keep curving to the l. until you merge on to the A1 following s/p “Hexham (A69) / Newcastle /
Gateshead (A1)”.

Keswick to Chester

Return to the Lakeland and The North Menu

There are two ways you can tackle this part of your journey. Either way you’ll start by
exploring further afield in the Lake District as you head south past Windermere.

Then you can take a choice – either rip straight down the M6 through the west Midlands, the
industrial heartland of England, to Chester, or take a longer, but much more interesting, and more
beautiful route through the Yorkshire Dales.

As you travel south you will have the Pennines, a range of hills, as your companion. If you take the
M6 option they’ll be on your left. Take the Yorkshire Dales road and you’ll pick your way through
the higgledy-piggledy pile of river valleys that make up the Yorkshire Dales National Park, part of
the Pennine system. The Pennines aren’t exactly a continuous line of hills, instead they are a
chain of short ranges with the river-worn Dales between them.

Click here for an interactive map of the area