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Spennymoor High Street, County Durham

Spennymoor

(3.6 miles, 5.7 km, direction SE)

Long before Spennymoor ever existed there was... Spenny Moor. Spenny Moor was a vast area of common land, and we are indebted to noted historian and antiquarian Robert Surtees.....

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Durham City from Pelaw Wood

Durham

(3.8 miles, 6.2 km, direction NE)

Durham as a town reflects the long history of its magnificent castle and cathedral with its winding streets, ancient market place and alleyways and other old churches to discover.....

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Methodist Church

Kirk Merrington

(4.3 miles, 7.0 km, direction SE)

Kirk Merrington is a pretty, hilltop village overlooking the Wear Valley and the Cleveland Hills...

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Bishops Park Deer shelter (c. 1760), in Bishops Park,Bishop Auckland,Durham

Bishop Auckland

(5.0 miles, 8.0 km, direction S)

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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St James Church

Coundon

(5.1 miles, 8.2 km, direction S)

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Escomb Saxon Church

Escomb

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction SW)

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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Fall Berries at Craigside, England

Craigside

(6.5 miles, 10.5 km, direction W)

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A picture of Kelloe

Kelloe

(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction E)

Kelloe has pleasant riverside areas and is in close proximity to historic Hartlepool Quay and the seaside resort town of Peterlee on England's northern coast...

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A picture of Wolsingham

Wolsingham

(9.4 miles, 15.1 km, direction W)

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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Beamish, County Durham: Tram

Beamish

(9.7 miles, 15.6 km, direction N)

Beamish is famous for its lovely open-air museum which so vividly brings to life how the folk of the region lived at the turn of the 20th century...

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Durham Castle from the river side, next to bridge

Durham Castle

(3.2 miles, 5.2 km, direction NE)

Durham Castle is another one of Durham's magnificent buildings. It was founded in 1072 and such was the impregnability of the.....

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Durham Cathedral

Durham Cathedral

(4.0 miles, 6.4 km, direction NE)

One of the finest buildings in the world. This huge cathedral which is third only to Canterbury and York in ecclesiastical.....

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Hypocaust at Binchester Roman Fort, County Durham

Binchester Roman Fort

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction S)

For over 300 years, Binchester Roman Fort was occupied for. To begin with, soldiers in this fort did not come from this area;.....

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Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham

Auckland Castle

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction S)

With its grand arch, Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace or the Bishop's Castle, is the official residence of the.....

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Soho Shed

Locomotion - The National Railway Museum

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction S)

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Waldridge Fell Moor, County Durham

Waldrige Fell Country Park

(7.7 miles, 12.3 km, direction N)

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Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street, County Durham

Lumley Castle

(9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction NE)

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Hardwick Park, Sedgefield, County Durham.

Hardwick Park

(9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction SE)

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Beamish Open Air Museum

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction N)

Beamish Museum lies in a basin of stunning countryside covering over three hundred acres. This is no ordinary museum, but an.....

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The magnificent Raby Castle, Staindrop, Co. Durham.

Raby Castle

(11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction SW)

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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