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A view of the Castle at Barnard Castle, County Durham

Barnard Castle

(0.6 miles, 1.0 km)

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Langthwaite, North Yorkshire

Langthwaite

(9.4 miles, 15.2 km, direction S)

A picturesque village famous for the opening title shot in the famous TV series 'All Creatures Great and Small'..

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The Stang Forest

Reeth

(10.8 miles, 17.3 km, direction S)

An area of startling clarity, populated with beautiful old stone buildings, Reeth is a famous centre from which to tour the beautiful Yorkshire Dales...

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Escomb Saxon Church

Escomb

(11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction NE)

Lying in a prominent position ringed by the River Wear, Escomb is best known for its magnificent Saxon Church reputed to be built from stones brought from the near-by ruined Roman Fort at Binchester...

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Richmond, North Yorkshire

Richmond

(12.0 miles, 19.3 km, direction SE)

Richmond is a lovely old market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire...

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Bishops Park, Bishop Auckland, Durham 7th Jan 2010

Bishop Auckland

(12.5 miles, 20.1 km, direction NE)

This was the busy social and commercial centre of the south-west Durham coalfield, but the town is actually much older than the Industrial Revolution, although that historic.....

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Fall Berries at Craigside, England

Craigside

(12.6 miles, 20.2 km, direction N)

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A View of Swaldale looking west towards Gunnerside, North Yorkshire

Gunnerside

(13.1 miles, 21.0 km, direction SW)

This is an attractive village lying at the heart of a landscape made famous in the TV series "All Creatures Great and Small"...

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Wolsingham

Wolsingham

(13.2 miles, 21.2 km, direction N)

This is a lovely village lying on the edge of the North Pennines in an area of great scenic beauty. It is a wild and beautiful landscape dotted only by scattered farms with meadows full of grazing sheep and cattle...

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St James Church, Coundon, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, taken 07/01/2007.

Coundon

(13.8 miles, 22.1 km, direction NE)

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A view of the Castle at Barnard Castle, County Durham

Barnard Castle

(0.3 miles, 0.5 km)

This historic town is a picturesque centre for discovering the delights of Teesdale. The town occupies a clifftop site above.....

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Egglestone Abbey

Egglestone Abbey

(0.9 miles, 1.5 km)

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Bowes Castle

(4.9 miles, 7.9 km, direction SW)

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The magnificent Raby Castle, Staindrop, Co. Durham.

Raby Castle

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction NE)

Arriving close to Staindrop from almost any direction the view of Raby Castle, built by the powerful Nevill family in the.....

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Double rainbow

Hamsterley Forest

(7.5 miles, 12.1 km, direction N)

Hampsterley Forest encompasses over five thousand acres, it is a combination of parkland and forest, giving access to some of the.....

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Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire

Arkengarthdale

(9.3 miles, 14.9 km, direction S)

A picturesque dale on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, and once the centre of a thriving local lead mining.....

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Low Force, at Bowlees on the River Tees, Upper Teesdale, County Durham.

Teesdale

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction NW)

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Approaching Swaledale between Keld & Thwaite

Swaledale

(10.8 miles, 17.3 km, direction S)

Swaledale is one of the northernmost dales in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Less visited, but just as stunning as the more.....

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Richmond Castle

Richmond Castle

(12.1 miles, 19.5 km, direction SE)

This castle, occupying a dramatic cliff-top site above the River Swale, led a fairly quiet life without any military action to.....

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Locomotion - The National Railway Museum

(12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction NE)

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