​Parking cost is £4 per vehicle, to cover the charge that the landowners make for use of the Estate. PLEASE HAVE YOUR CASH READY - payment point is as indicated at the end of the purple mark up adjacent to the castle at the Lambton access image. The entrance to the Estate is at the Bonemill Lane gated entrance indicated at the image with the route to parking highlighted. Dogs are allowed as long as they are kept on a leash. 

​What3words location for the gate is drew.stews.hiding
The nearest postcode to the entrance is NE38 9JD - the entrance itself doesn't have a postcode ... it's a set of gates!

There is a one-way system in operation, indicated by the yellow mark-up which indicates route to leave. It's clearly signposted. Please don't attempt to leave the way you entered the Estate.
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Information for volunteer marshals and set-up helpers is further down the page. Thank you in advance if you've stepped up to help out the club and allow the event to take place - we couldn't do it without you!

Birtley are helping to organise the event, as we have done in previous years. We need to marshal six points on the course, plus help to set up and take down the course, and you can sign up using the link below - all welcome, you don't even have to be a member of the club, so please feel free to bring along family and friends!

You don't need to miss out on your own race to marshal, we just need enough volunteers to be able to swap out when the time comes around for your own race to take place. Please remember that every other harrier league you've attended this year has been organised by other clubs, and that without willing volunteers none of them would have happened - this is the only time in the year we'll ask you to help out with a harrier league event, please help us show the region that we may be a small club but we can step up when needed! 

• Course set-up volunteers need to be at the course by 8.30, and we are responsible for setting up points 6-13.
• Birtley will be marshalling points 7-12. Marshals should aim to get there around 10.30 for final brief, medical team contact etc, which will be at 11.00 next to the registration tent, near the finish area. 

The set-up/marshalling points are shown below.

All groups

Please note that for Tuesday 27th September and Thursday 6th October we will meet at Birtley Swimming Baths Car Park 

Durham Association of Boys & Girls Clubs are inviting the following young athletes, along with their parents/relatives and coaches, to their annual Celebration of Youth Awards evening at the Ramside Hall, Carrville, Durham on Monday the 24th October starting at 7pm.

• County XC Boys U13 Team award - Club Representative
• County XC Boys U15 Team award - Club Representative
• County XC Girls U11 Team award - Club Representative
• County XC Boys U11 Champion - Ed Moon
• County XC Boys U15 Champion - Martyn Rahman
• County XC Boys U17 Champion - Chris Perkins
• County XC Girls U11 Champion - Nell Graham
• County XC Girls U13 Champion - Niamh Phillipson
• County XC Girls U17 Champion - Katie Francis
• County XC Girls U11 Runner up - Kitty Graham
• County XC Girls U17 Runner up - Abigail Thwaites
• National Athletics Boys U13 Individual Champion - Ed Moon
• National Athletics Girls U11 Individual Champion - Poppie Phillipson
• National Athletics Girls U11 Individual Champion - Izzy Hall
• National Athletics Girls U13 Individual Champion - Olivia Murphy

On the night please arrive in good time (any time from 6.00pm onwards) and bring with you your trophy, medal or certificate to the front desk so that we can put it in the correct running order for the presentations. Where it says Club Representative for a particular award, the club need to bring in the award or trophy and nominate either an individual or team members to collect it on the night.

A buffet will be provided for everyone after the presentation at approximately 8.30pm. Your support will be greatly appreciated and they look forward to seeing you on the night for a truly inspirational evening.