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Barnard Castle and the river Tyne

Barnard Castle (43 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of County Durham

(5.5 miles, 8.8 km, direction SE of Eggleston)

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High Force, Englands highest waterfall. On the River Tees, Upper Teesdale, Co.Durham.

Forest-in-Teesdale (30 Pictures) in the county of County Durham

(8.8 miles, 14.1 km, direction NW of Eggleston)

It's landscape, possessed of a wild untamed beauty, highlighted by the meandering River Tees, has a few ancient farmhouses and old stone cottages...

Wolsingham

Wolsingham (18 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of County Durham

(9.7 miles, 15.7 km, direction NE of Eggleston)

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...

Escomb Saxon Church

Escomb (7 Pictures) in the county of County Durham

(12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction E of Eggleston)

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...

The Bishop's Palace

Bishop Auckland (142 Pictures) a Historic Market Town in the county of County Durham

(13.5 miles, 21.8 km, direction E of Eggleston)

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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Double rainbow

Hamsterley Forest (12 Pictures)

(3.8 miles, 6.1 km, direction NE)

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

A view of the Castle at Barnard Castle, County Durham

Barnard Castle (26 Pictures)

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction SE)

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

Bowes Museum.. Near Barnard Castle...3rd October 2004.

Bowes Museum (12 Pictures)

(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction SE)

Josephine Bowes, wife of John Bowes was a Parisian actress, and perhaps this shows in the choice of building they chose as a.....

Egglestone Abbey

Egglestone Abbey (13 Pictures)

(6.8 miles, 10.9 km, direction SE)

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The magnificent Raby Castle, Staindrop, Co. Durham.

Raby Castle (31 Pictures)

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction E)

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

High Force, Englands highest waterfall. On the River Tees, Upper Teesdale, Co.Durham.

High Force (56 Pictures)

(7.9 miles, 12.7 km, direction W)

This is the Tees most spectacular offering, it is also England's highest waterfall. The best time to see High Force is just.....

Frosterly in Weardale, County Durham

Weardale (20 Pictures)

(11.0 miles, 17.7 km, direction NW)

This lovely scenic valley lies between the town of Bishop Auckland, seat of princes of the church and the charming market town of.....


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