A,B,D & E Packs – Roker Park Long Loops

Roker Park long loops.

This is a continuous effort at whatever pace you can maintain over the distance of the route.

The route

From the BoL head towards the Colliery Tavern. Cross the road and follow Abbs street towards Warwick St onto Newcastle Rd. Use the pedestrian crossing over Newcastle Rd towards Stadium of Light metro station. Use the pedestrian bridge over the train lines and follow path towards the Cambridge and onto Roker Baths Road. Contine down Roker Baths Rd and enter Roker Park at Park Parade gates, and continue down past the bandstand to Roker Ravine (near gates at Roker Beach level) Turn around and start effort once underneath the white footbridge

Start the effort under the footbridge and continue up towards the Bandstand, turn left after bandstand, passing the pond on your right and passing the tennis courts. Leave the park via the gate on your left just before the model railway. Turn right heading towards Saint Andrews church. Turn right at the church onto Rock Lodge Road, turn right again onto Whitburn Road and continue along to Bungalow Cafe. Recover back down onto Marine Walk and along to Roker Park entrance. Regroup and start loop again once through gates to Roker Park one all together.

Variations for packs as follows.:

Pack E – Break the loop into two efforts, from start of effort until gates to leave the park next to model railway. Regroup and recover until Side Cliff Road.

Turn right and start effort down Side Cliff Road, then turn right onto Whitburn Road along to end effort at Bungalow Cafe.

Recover down to marine walk and re group ready to start effort once through gates. As previous do effort from gate to gate. Regroup and recover ready to start effort down Side Cliff Rd, this time end effort at St George’s Terrace (junction after Roker Hotel) regroup and recover along Park Parade and return to the BoL same route you went out.

1.5 loops

Pack C and D – Head to Roker Park as above. Start the effort under the footbridge and continue up towards the Bandstand, turn left after bandstand, passing the pond on your right and passing the tennis courts. Leave the park via the gate on your left just before the model railway. Turn right heading towards Saint Andrews church. Turn right at the church onto Rock Lodge Road, turn right again onto Whitburn Road and continue along to Bungalow Cafe. Recover back down onto Marine Walk and along to Roker Park entrance. Regroup and start loop again once through gates to Roker Park one all together

On 2nd loop remain on right-hand side of Whitburn road and end effort at Queen Vic. Recover and regroup along towards Harbour View, turn right after Harbour View onto Bede St and back onto Roker Baths Rd back to BoL.

(D pack option to do a split efforts rather than a continuous loop) Two loops.

Pack B and A

Head to start as above

Same loops as D and C pack.

On 3rd loop remain on right-hand side of Whitburn road and end effort at Queen Vic. Recover and regroup along towards Harbour View, turn right after Harbour View onto Bede St and back onto Roker Baths Rd back to BoL.

Three loops.