text: Hi,
  
  The default routing engine demonstrated here is OSRM, so I tested the default Car routing from NE26 4RR to NE26 1SA. This indeed shows a very odd route via Earsdon.
  
  Looking at the highway=* network, all looked fine with the exception of several foot crossings tagged barrier=kerb, which may block ALL traffic along both the highway and footway.
  
  I have removed these, leaving highway=crossing.
  
  Note- it may take several day for the master map database changes to be processed by the separate routing engines.
  
  Thanks for the report,
  
  James
  