A century ago Burnhope was a bustling mining village, a tight knit community who looked out for each other, with 20 shops and 30 amenities, the streets full of people. The Colliery had 5 pits, 12 drift mines, gas works, brick works, pit yard with blacksmith, electrician, fitter, joinery making pit props, tub and rail wagon repair shops, and the line taking coal away on railway wagons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are celebrating Burnhope heritage with 20 exhibits permanently displayed around the village and surrounding countryside, all the exhibits with QR codes linked to 36 individual pages on burnhopeheritagetrail.co.uk<\/a> where the children can find a brief description of the amenity followed by photographs, memories and more historical information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Turn right down Langley Lane and right down South View to Holmside Lane and walk 10 metres down the new path beside Neil Johnstone\u2019s shop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mining Display Map<\/a> with <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 1 Rifle Range<\/a>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 2 Cricket Field Pavilion<\/a>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 3 Band Hut<\/a>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 4 Ada Rainbow’s Railway Carriage<\/a>, and <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 5 Fortune Pit<\/a> beside the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walk down this path back into history to Burnhope Colliery, past the Rifle Range (no 1)<\/a>, the (old) Cricket Field Pavilion (no 2)<\/a> and the Band Hut (no 3)<\/a>, between Ada Rainbow\u2019s Carriage (no 4)<\/a> and the Hay Shed for Pit Ponies. Turning left up The Avenue. Ada Rainbow lived at No 1, children visited her to buy sweets when the railway carriage was condemned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Burnhope Colliery was the other side of The Avenue. Water Reservoir and chimney for underground boilers, Gas Works, Fortune and Annie Pits, stone sorting shed where coal was loaded onto wagons, pit yard with blacksmith, joiner, electrician, fitter, coal railway wagons repair shop, stores of pit props and other mining materials. Past the shunting yards where the \u2018sets\u2019 of coal wagons were marshalled ready to be hauled up the Wagon Way to Craghead and onto the Staiths on the Tyne. No evidence remains today of Burnhope Colliery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walk up The Avenue and turn left up Co-operative Terrace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 6 Working Mens Club.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n At the top of the terrace the bungalows on your left was where the 4 department Co-op stood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 7 Co-op store – dance floor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Turn right and walk down Vale View, across Holmside Lane and up Edwards Walk until you are adjacent to the side wall of the War Memorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1920s Old Village Display Map<\/a> with <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 8 Wagon Way (The Line),<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 9 Burnhope Park, <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 10 The Park Methodist Chapel<\/a>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 11 War Memorial, <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque12 Colliery School, <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 13 Knowles Shop<\/a>, <\/p>\n\n\n\n and Plaque 14 Church Hall<\/a> beside the map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The centre of the old village was where the Wagon Way (no 8) crossed Holmside Lane. Burnhope had a huge park (no 9)<\/a>, this and the Park Methodist Chapel (no 10)<\/a> were accessed from the wrought iron gates in the middle of the War Memorial (no 11)<\/a>. The Colliery School (no 12)<\/a> was directly across the road, Knowles Shop (no 13)<\/a> down Holmside lane just beyond the Wagon Way. The Church Hall (no 14)<\/a> was beside St John\u2019s Church (plaque 25<\/a> is on wall by the church gates).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walk up to the other end of Edwards Walk to where it rejoins Holmside Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 15 Board Inn – Cartwheel<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Walk up Holmside Lane and turn right down Pavilion Terrace to The Garage Bar and Grille.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 16 Ivy Leaf Club.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Walk up Barrons Way to where it rejoins Holmside Lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Burnhope Heritage Display Map<\/a> with plaque 17 Miners Hall<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Display Map shows all four Heritage Trails, including the School Heritage Trail, the Burnhope Heritage Trail from the picnic area at the top of Peth Bank and the Old Village Heritage Trail and Mining Heritage Trail from The Garage, Bar and Grille. Each trail has a QR code for accessing the trail guides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Walk up Holmside Lane, just beyond Helen\u2019s Shop set back from the road was the Social Services Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Plaque 18 Social Services Club<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Cross Holmside Lane (Front Street) and cut through the 1960s housing estate (The Haven, Mount Pleasant, Braeside is one route) and up the Black Track to Langley Lane. There is no need to cross Langley Lane. The field behind the bus stop the other side of the road was the Polo Field, where 40,000 people walked from all over Durham County to celebrate the 1926 Miners Gala.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSchool Trail route<\/h3>\n\n\n\n