A singletrack road from Newbiggin to Westgate

Located in County Durham, in North East England, the road from Newbiggin to Westgate is a quiet, singletrack road. It's one of the highest roads of the country.

Newbiggin to Westgate Road

Located right across the top of the North Pennine moorland, the road is totally paved but dangerously narrow. Not recommended to newbies: it has some narrow parts, impassable for 2 medium cars. Not recommended if you don't know how to reverse. The road takes you to a maximum elevation of 610m (2,001ft) above the sea level.

Built for drovers to take the wildstock, the road is 11.74 km (7.3 miles) long, running north-south from Westgate (a village in County Durham) to Newbiggin (a village in County Durham).