It’s a Newton Aycliffe tradition – and here Aycliffe Today lists Santa’s annual route around the town on Christmas Eve…
ROUTE ONE
3.45pm
Welbury Grove
4.00pm
St Oswalds
4.10pm -5.10pm
Washington Crescent area, Wycliffe, Armstrong, Wren, Whitehead, Hutchinson, Hylton, Matthew, Wolsey, Richardson, Trevor, Gardens, St Aidans, Felton
5.10pm -5.40pm
Neile, Defoe, Trevor, Porter, Wheeler, Lamb, Espin, Bellasis
5.40pm-6.30pm
Wiseman, Ewbank, Hardinge, Chandler, Chapman, Crowley, Hardinge, Bousefield, Faber, Kendrew, Sanderson, Hamilton, Elstob, Burn
6.30pm-6.45pm
Westmorland, Henson, Whiteley, Thurlow, Aylmer
6.45pm – 7.30pm
Dalton, Hartley, Faulkner, Hullock, Allington, Walcher, Lilburne, Macmillan, Bertie, Alington, Webb, Westmorland, Newburn
7.30pm -7.55pm
Humphrey, Silkin, Stead, Wright, Priestman, Marshall, Burdon, Lightfoot, Stephenson
8.00pm
Back via Pease Way
ROUTE TWO
3.45pm-4.05pm
St Cuthbert’s/Bede, Anne Swyft, Clarence Chare, Close and Green, Baliol, Hackworth
4.05pm-4.45pm
Baliol, Travellers, Linguard, Seton, Gilpin, Clanny, Palmer, Cosin
4.45pm-5.15pm
Co-operative Store, Bury, Wilkinson, Van Mildert, Greathead, Shafto, and return to Yacley, Greville, St Cuthberts
5.15pm
St Clare’s Church
5.30pm-6.00pm
Sheraton, Sheraton, Greville, Henderson, Crewe, Sharp, Hunter, Lumley, Sheraton, Crawford, Sheraton, Biscop
6.00pm-6.25pm
Hatfield, Heild, Biscop, Skirlaw, Flynn, Beck
6.25pm-7.15pm
Via Shafto to Creighton, Moore, Swan, Gunn, Mellanby, Liddell, Kenny, Carr, Markham, Secker, Joicey, Kemble, Bulmer, Vane, Fowler, Warburton, Jackson
7.15pm -7.40pm
Shafto, Shield, Stanfield, Denham, Ramsey, Eden, Langley, Malling
7.40pm-8.00pm
Central Avenue (Fire Station), Church Close
ROUTE THREE
3.45pm-4.45pm
Garburn, The Lanes, Burnhill, Hawkshead, Honister, Silverdale, Lindisfarne Care Home, Kirkstone, Langdale, Whinlatter, Eskdale, Greenfield
4.45pm-5.30pm
Linden, Beechfield, Rowan, Elmfield, Pease, Oakfield
5.30pm-6.15pm
Cumby, Crosby, Doxford, Crosby, Lowery, St Godrics, Mills
6.15pm-6.45pm
St Godrics, Watson, Simpasture, Simpasturegate, Moule, Finchale, Gregory, Lambton, Lee, Hopper
6.45pm – 7.00pm
Dixon, Walker, Emerson, Butler, Castlereagh, Merz
7.00pm-7.30pm
Ritson, Lyon, Marley, Wallas, Isherwood, Bewick, Emerson
7.30pm-8.00pm
Barrington, Ashfield, Beacon, Tunstall, Carileph, Ebba, Bruce, Pease, RAFA Club, Paulinus, Pease
ROUTE FOUR
3.45pm-4.40pm
Aycliffe Village
Durham, Millfields, Atkinson, The Orlands, The Green (Mill House), South, St. Andrews, High Street, Heighington, Oakley, Congreve, Bickford,
4.40pm-5.20pm
School Aycliffe
West, North, Eastfields, The Garth, Midfields, Lord Neville, Binchester, Menville, Burnynghill, Forresters, Smythsons, Sheppards, Thursby, Wilbore, High Barn, Meatlesburn
5.20pm-6.00pm
Springfields, Hazelrigg, Lowfields, Hansard, Jennison, Westfields, Hillfields
6.00pm-6.20pm
Malvern, Colwell, Bedford, Wilton
6.20pm-7.00pm
The Chase
Staintondale, Rookwood, Zetland, Covert, Stirrup, Bramham, Bedale, Post Horn, Saddlery.
Greenfield
7.00pm- 7.30pm
Byerley Park, Lascelles, Luttryngton, Hambleton, Ranulf, Jesmond, Colburn, Elwick, Claxton, Russell, Yoden, Wynyard
7.30pm-8.00pm
Cobblers Hall
Ashtree, Pinewood, Wellhouse, Bluestone, Oldwood
ROUTE FIVE
3.45pm-4.00pm
Brafferton, Grange, Chilton, Grindon, Whitton, Woodham
4.00pm – 4.35pm
Lowther, Brook, Cartington, Mulgrave, Helmsley, Middleham, Burleigh, Badminton, Stoneleigh, Lowther
4.35pm – 4.50pm
Hickstead, Stag, Kennilworth, Cheltenham, Gatcome
4.50pm-5.25pm
Epsom, Kempton, Windsor, Fallow, Fawn, Hind, Raby, Brancepeth
5.25pm-5.50pm
Village, Bamburgh, Chillingham, Alnwick, Barnard, Pemberton, Farnham
5.50pm – 6.25pm
Beaumont, Kirkham, Egerton, Dudley, Howson, Clover, Sorrel, Yarrow, Harebell, Campion
6.25pm
St. Elizabeth’s Church car park
6.35pm-6.55pm
Sandowne, Tattersall, The Oaks, Beechers, Paddock, Croft, Woodham, Sunningdale, Low Green
6.55pm – 7.45pm
Spinney, High Green, The Grange 1 – 4, Bridle, Woodham Gate
7.45pm-8.00pm
Acle Burn, Acle Meadows, Burnhill Way, St Andrews Court, Ryder Court
ROUTE SIX
3.45pm-4.20pm
Hallington, Tindale, Derwent, Angram, Scholars, Broomlee, Stocks, Waskerley, Fewston, Greenwood, Blackton
4.20pm-5.15pm
Meadowfield, Ladybower, Greenlee, Stainmore, Winterburn, Grassholme, Burnhope, Stainmore, Hareson, Cestria
5.15pm-5.45pm
Lisle, Lockyer, Hoode, Cheviot, Pennine
5.45pm-6.20pm
Bluebell, Coverdale, Bluebell Meadows, Wolvestone, Alverton Drive & Court, Hamsterley, Barton, Paxton
6.20pm-6.55pm
Lancelot, Temple, Gamul, Raddive, Spooner, Thwaites, Eade
6.55pm-8.00pm
Malham, Reeth, Rylstone, Askrigg, Skipton, Arncliffe, Aysgarth, Hawes, Pateley, Stainforth, Keld, Marrick
ROUTE SEVEN
3.45pm-4.00pm
Rose Lodge at Cobblers Hall, Foxglove
4.00pm to 4.35pm
Ropemoor Way, Forster, Patenson, Wakenham, Youens, Haselwood, Blackiston, Carwardine, Karles, Bloomesley
4.35pm-5.15pm
Agnew, Kings, Ida, Osbert, Guthrum, Osric, Aldfrid
5.15pm-5.30pm
Wellhouse, Morrison, Tanfield, Stargate, The Ballarat
5.30pm-6.15pm
Kimblesworth, Fenhall, Hutton, Callerton, Deleval, Elemore, Phoenix, Brockwell
6.15pm-7.00pm
Heatherburn, Foxton, Herrington, Hardwick, Butterwick, Rushyford, Layton, Woodham
7.00pm-8.00pm
Scott, Bakewell, Booth, Bates, Sid Chaplin, Fox, Brockett, Loraine, Thornton, Sampson, Merlin, Burnhill, Kestrel.