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Silver Street, Durham City

Durham

(0.6 miles, 1.0 km)

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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Sunset over Spennymoor

Spennymoor

(5.9 miles, 9.5 km, direction S)

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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A picture of Kelloe

Kelloe

(5.9 miles, 9.6 km, direction SE)

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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Beamish: omnibus

Beamish

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction NW)

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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Kirk Merrington, County Durham.

Kirk Merrington

(7.2 miles, 11.6 km, direction S)

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

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Penshaw Monument, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear

Penshaw

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction NE)

Penshaw lies in open countryside between the urban sprawl of Sunderland and Washington...

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Washington Old Hall. Washinton, Tyne and Wear.

Washington

(8.3 miles, 13.3 km, direction N)

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

Coundon

(8.7 miles, 14.0 km, direction S)

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Newton Cap Viaduct over the river Wear, Bishop Auckland, County Durham

Bishop Auckland

(9.2 miles, 14.8 km, direction SW)

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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A picture of Escomb

Escomb

(9.8 miles, 15.8 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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Durham Cathedral

Durham Cathedral

(0.7 miles, 1.1 km)

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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Durham Castle from the river side, next to bridge

Durham Castle

(1.4 miles, 2.3 km, direction S)

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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Inside Brancepeth Castle

Brancepeth Castle

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction SW)

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Waldridge Fell Moor, County Durham

Waldrige Fell Country Park

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction NW)

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Lumley Castle, Chester-le-Street, County Durham

Lumley Castle

(5.1 miles, 8.1 km, direction N)

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Herrington Country Park

(7.4 miles, 11.9 km, direction NE)

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Watch out for Red Indians

Beamish Open Air Museum

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction NW)

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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Penshaw

Penshaw Monument

(7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction NE)

The Penshaw Monument is a 70 ft high folly built on Penshaw Hill in 1844 in honour John Lambton (1792–1840), 1st Earl of Durham.....

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Hypocaust at Binchester Roman Fort, County Durham

Binchester Roman Fort

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction SW)

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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Washington Old Hall. Washinton, Tyne and Wear.

Washington Old Hall

(8.6 miles, 13.8 km, direction N)

Manor house associated with the family of George Washington..

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