Led by Roger Glover. Meet at 10:00am behind The Shack (sounds like school days) in the car park which is free: turn into car park 2nd right up Cotswold Road, Boldon Colliery just off the roundabout adjacent to big Asda.

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There are toilets nearby.

This 6.4 mile walk takes us almost round the area where the 1644 Battle of Boldon Hill was fought between the Newcastle Royalists and the Sunderland Roundheads (with a lot of help from the Scots), and just like the recent match, Sunderland won. At 350 feet, Boldon Hill is the highest hill in South Tyneside and so for those who want to walk the last 30 feet or so can go almost to the top, after a steep but manageable slow walk up. The rest of the walk is mainly pit and quarry paths.