The long the short and the tall Traditional Cache
The long the short and the tall
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This cache is the first in a series of 7 caches that forms part of a circular walk around the village of Hurworth On Tees (incorporating Hurworth Place). Due to the tree cover at the cache site please give your GPS a few minutes to settle down.
Each set of coordinates will take you to a cache site, and waypoints are shown for parking and navigation where necessary. In each of the first 7 caches there is a letter associated with a number that you will need to make a note of as you go along. If you are planning on doing all 8 caches in the series it will involve a round trip of approximately 2-3 miles, and in this case suitable parking can be found at the Local Community Centre Hurworth Grange (Parking N54 29.174 W001 32.548). Please note bicycles are prohibited on parts of the full circular route as they are classed as footpaths not as bridleways. Part of the route also involves the use of styles so if you have a pushchair you might have to man-handle it over the styles. In wet weather you are advised to where suitable footwear. Two caches in the series are wheelchair accessible, and are located within approximately 2 meters of a roadway but assistance would be required to retrieve the final cache. THIS CACHE IS wheelchair accessible Please replace the caches carefully. Enjoy! Hurworth Place sprang up by and around the county bridge located opposite the Comet Public House about the time of the building of the railway in 1879. The London and North Eastern Railway (as it was know at the time) built a station at Croft Spa not far away from this cache site to serve the needs of the local population and to serve as a hoilday stopping off point for the tourists wishing to sample the "Spa waters" at Croft. Unfortunatly nothing now remains of the "Spa baths" or the Art Deco frontage fitted to southern and eastern sides the Croft Spa Hotel. Spare some time to take a look at the cottages built for the early commuters around this cache site.
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