Waterhouses Loop

Cycling Route

Details
24.68 km
359 m
Pretty simple route, out along the valley to Waterhouses and then a left turn up Button's bank; a tough little hill (~1km at 9%) but once at the top you get a downhill run back into Durham.
Created By
Durham University Cycling Club
October 10, 2017·Public

Route and Elevation

Segments

NameDistanceElev. Diff.Avg. Grade
New Inn to Roundabout0.34 km7 m1.9%
Potters Bank (full)0.66 km32 m4.7%
potters bank short0.19 km14 m7.0%
Potters Bank Full0.83 km32 m3.7%
Potters Bank0.66 km34 m4.0%
Lowe's Barn bank (downhill)0.48 km-34 m-7.0%
now not hazardous ish0.42 km-32 m-7.5%
DCV Youth Hill Repeats0.35 km18 m5.1%
Stonebridge to Usher Moor2.77 km51 m1.6%
Broom Lane bank (uphill)0.51 km24 m4.6%
Stonebridge to Broompark0.49 km23 m4.7%
Waterhouses climb loop from Durham20.73 km-199 m-0.0%
Deerness Ridge6.18 km41 m0.6%
Broompark to Ushaw Moor2.51 km15 m0.6%
Ushaw Moor to Esh Winning4.12 km24 m0.6%
Junction in Ushaw to Waterhouses7.63 km140 m1.8%
St Lukes to Rochfords3.37 km13 m0.3%
Buttons Bank (Waterhouses to Sandy Lonnen)1.06 km95 m8.9%
Waterhouse wood climb0.98 km91 m9.2%
Buttons Bank Climb1.06 km95 m8.9%
SANDY LONNEN 21.13 km91 m7.8%
OFFICIAL NE Button's Bank1.12 km81 m7.2%
Warren NE climbs: Buttons Bank1.20 km99 m8.1%
Sandy Lonnen Climb1.04 km94 m9.0%
sandy lonnen to brancepeth decent 4.39 km-148 m-2.9%
Sandy Lonnen first section3.92 km-134 m-2.9%
Wolsingham Rd. Descent4.05 km-152 m-3.7%
Caliph's wood decent2.21 km-97 m-4.4%
Brancepeth to Brandon Docs2.37 km-10 m-0.0%
sawmills to stonebridge2.82 km-46 m-1.5%
Brandon traffic lights to Stone Bridge2.51 km-46 m-1.7%
Old Police House Lights to Black Road1.01 km-18 m-1.8%
Sports Centre to Mill Road0.37 km-9 m-2.3%
Sports Centre to Roundabout1.82 km-28 m-1.4%
North Brancepeth Close Climb0.57 km105 m18.2%
Boyne to Stonebridge0.75 km-40 m-0.8%
Lowe's Barn bank (uphill)0.48 km34 m7.0%
Lowes Barn Bank (without running red light)0.44 km32 m7.3%
Lowe's barn kick0.41 km30 m6.9%
Potters Droop0.85 km-25 m-2.7%
Speedy Roundabout0.20 km-11 m-5.5%