River Wear
GNR_20202024-01-16T10:19:10+00:00The River Wear used to be crossed three times by the Great North Road; twice where the river forms a meander around Durham and once a few miles.....
River Trent
GNR_20202024-01-15T17:11:20+00:00The River Trent at Newark marks where you cross from north to south, or vice versa, on the Great North Road. Well, that’s my view though some.....
Ferrybridge Power Station
GNR_20202025-04-29T14:17:30+00:00The giant cooling towers of Ferrybridge power station represented an important psychological milestone for those travelling the Great North Road in.....
Emperor Hadrian
GNR_20202024-01-16T15:18:37+00:00Hadrian visited Britain in the summer of AD 122 as part of his first major tour of the provinces. His primary concern was to to neutralise threats to.....
Wansford – Bauhaus
GNR_20202022-09-08T15:20:32+00:00This Bauhaus inspired building has been a notable feature for travellers on the Great North Road since it was constructed in the early 1930s. It has seen.....
Ogilby’s Britannia
GNR_20202021-12-04T15:51:23+00:00John Ogilby published an early road atlas of England and Wales. Each of his chosen roads was displayed in linear form. The route from London to Barwick....
History of The Post
GNR_20202024-02-05T14:45:03+00:00The Great North Road developed as a means of faster and more frequent transport of people and goods, but it was the needs of the emerging postal service that....
De Havilland – Hatfield
GNR_20202024-01-16T12:50:22+00:00Many who travelled the Great North Road during the 20th Century will recall the latest De Havilland prototypes being flown above and around Hatfield – and.....