Houghton Keiper School Track

Houghton-le-Spring

Houghton Keiper School Track

Bernard Gilpin Primary School
Hall Lane
HOUGHTON LE SPRING
DH5 8DA

Telephone: 0191 553 6528 (not at track)
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Type: Cinder (no longer exists - built over), 400m/440y, lanes, lane straight

Authority: Sunderland
Ceremonial County: Tyne & Wear

NUTS Name: Houghton-le-Spring

Electronic Map Links:
Multimap 1:10,000 (Street Level)
Multimap 1:25,000 (Area Level)
Multimap 1:50,000 (Area Level)
Multimap 1:100,000 (Road Level)
Multimap 1:200,000 (Road Level)
Streetmap (Street Level)
Streetmap (Area Level)
Streetmap (Road Map)

OS National Grid Reference: NZ 344496
National Grid Reference: 434400, 549600

Paper Maps:
A-Z Newcastle upon Tyne 3A 136
A-Z Tyne & Wear 2E 142
OS Explorer Map: 308
OS Pathfinder Map: 572

Train: Chester-le-Street (5M), Seaham (5M)

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Other Info:
The track was the venue of North East Counties/Durham Schools championships in the late 1960s & early 1970s and is shown on an 1972 OS map. On the 1994 A-Z the area is shown as Houghton Kepier School but their only campus now is on Dairy Lane, DH4 5BH which is on the other side of the A690 dual carriageway although according to that A-Z they were also then occupying the Diary Lane site as well. On the new A-Z, the area is now shown to be Bernard Galpin Primary School and it appears that the old school buildings on Hall Lane were demolished and a new one built over the track. An aerial picture from 1996 does not show the track.

Last update: 30/05/1999

Please send any amendments to Tim Grose