Howzatt! Well nearly Traditional Cache
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This is the third in a series of 7 caches (including the final cache) that forms part of a circular walk around the village of Hurworth On Tees (incorporating Hurworth Place).
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 NOT wheelchair accessible Please replace the caches carefully. Enjoy! The walk to this cache passes by the local Hurworth Cricket Club hence the cache name, you might be lucky to see them play during the season. You will also see the New Rockliffe Hall Park Hotel and Golf Course development which boasts the longest golf course in the UK and one of the longest in Europe. You will also pass the training ground of Middleborough FC so please stick to the path. In 1863 Alfred Backhouse, a Quaker banker started building Pilmore Hall for himself and his wife, Rachel a member of the Barclay family (another famous banking family). Pilmore Hall was an elegant mansion and part of it still stands today to the east of the new building. It passed through the hands of several people and changed its name from Pilmore Hall to Rockliffe Park until finally coming into the hands of the Earl of Southampton, who lived there from 1918 to 1948, and it was through has patronage that the Cricket Club came into existence at its present location, with Lord Southampton being the first president. The estate went up for sale in 1948 when Lord Southampton moved back to London and it was bought by the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, who opened a hospital for tuberculosis patients. Following the decline in tuberculosis amongst the general population the Hospital then began to catered for the disabled; but with building of a new facility close by (including a new doctors surgery and pharmacy) the grounds and original property were sold to Middlesbrough Football Club for a Training Ground in 1996 who later developed it as a hotel complex. The original house was used as backdrop for some scenes from the Michael Caine film Get Carter in 1971.
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