Turón Valley Greenway
- Mieres Asturias Centre
- Distance: 12,8 kms
- Difficulty: Short
- Code: PR100.1
- Altitude: 360 m.
- Unevenness: 92 m.
- Mountain bike: 2 h.
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On foot:
3 h.
One way
- Start point: Ricastro
- Tour type: Linear
- Layout of the route: Download kml, Download gpx
Info
The state of the road along which the route runs is a mostly open road, using the railway track almost for the most part.
The greenway starts at the Ricastro bridge (near Uxo), where the siding and auxiliary railway constructions were located, and runs for almost 3 km along the old broad gauge trench that forms part of the network provided by the main company in this area: Hulleras del Turón, a company set up at the end of the 19th century and a subsidiary of Altos Hornos de Vizcaya. The surroundings are almost urban and are not difficult.
Suitable for people with reduced mobility between Peñule and Cauxal, and between El Caburnu and La Molinera.
Route
Ricastro (Uxo) - La Molinera (Urbiés) 14
From there we continue towards Figareo, passing by the chalet of the family that owned the mines in the lower part of the valley; a picturesque building from the beginning of the 20th century, the work of the architect Enrique Rodríguez Bustelo, which is no longer in use.
The route continues along a well-signposted path and flanks the installations of Minas de Figaredo (San Inocencio and San Vicente wells), which are no longer in use, entering the domains of the former Basque company as soon as we pass Cauxal. La Cuadriella, with the old hospital, the church of Santa Bárbara, workers' and commanders' dwellings and the Dörr tanks linked to the now defunct washhouse are worth a stop to understand how mining and the railway organised the space.
The route continues next to the San Francisco neighbourhood, where there were workers' barracks at the beginning of the century, and we ascend overlooking the San José shaft through its old dump.
We then take the road that runs over the water conduction and reach Pandiellu, San Benigno and San Pedro to continue towards the old installations of the Santa Bárbara well (BIC). From this point onwards, the route is marked out by various machines that are the memory of the activity that once took place, and so we will advance next to the sinkhole of La Rebaldana, reaching the unique extraction tower of the Espinos well and, after passing Podrizos with its spring, La Vera'l Camín or the small recreational area of La Puente Vil.laño/La Puente Villandio, we will reach the place known as Fortuna.
The mass grave, with its panels and memorial, is a place of historical memory. The old carpentry shop and the powder magazine from 1966 are also preserved here. From the La Rebaldana sinkhole to Fortuna, the visit can be made by prior reservation on a guided tour.
The path continues to the upper part of the valley, La Molinera in Urbiés, perhaps the most striking part of the Greenway, being an area of great natural and ethnological interest...