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A view of the Castle at Barnard Castle, County Durham

Barnard Castle

(5.7 miles, 9.2 km, direction SW)

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Escomb Saxon Church

Escomb

(6.2 miles, 10.0 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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Bishop Auckland market place. Town hall and St Anne's church.

Bishop Auckland

(7.1 miles, 11.4 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

(8.3 miles, 13.4 km, direction N)

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St. James, Coundon, County Durham

Coundon

(8.4 miles, 13.5 km, direction NE)

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Wolsingham Centre

Wolsingham

(10.1 miles, 16.2 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 John the Evangelist Church

Kirk Merrington

(10.3 miles, 16.6 km, direction NE)

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

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Bandstand, South Park, Darlington, Co. Durham

Darlington

(11.1 miles, 17.9 km, direction SE)

Darlington, bustling though it is today was once a small Saxon settlement, this flourished as evidenced by the beautiful building of the church dedicated to Saint Cuthbert which lies at the heart of the town...

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Here's Lily again

Spennymoor

(11.5 miles, 18.4 km, direction NE)

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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Stanhope St Thomas Church

Stanhope

(13.5 miles, 21.7 km, direction NW)

This is a lovely, bustling little town is set amidst the charm of Weardale, it is almost entirely built of stone particularly around the old Market Square, dominated by a fine stone cross...

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

Bowes Museum

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction SW)

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

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A view of the Castle at Barnard Castle, County Durham

Barnard Castle

(5.6 miles, 9.0 km, direction SW)

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

(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction SW)

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Double rainbow

Hamsterley Forest

(6.6 miles, 10.6 km, direction NW)

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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Soho Shed

Locomotion - The National Railway Museum

(7.1 miles, 11.4 km, direction E)

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Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, County Durham

Auckland Castle

(7.5 miles, 12.0 km, direction NE)

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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Hypocaust at Binchester Roman Fort, County Durham

Binchester Roman Fort

(7.8 miles, 12.5 km, direction NE)

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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Bowes Castle

(10.2 miles, 16.5 km, direction SW)

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Inside Brancepeth Castle

Brancepeth Castle

(11.6 miles, 18.7 km, direction NE)

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

Teesdale

(11.9 miles, 19.2 km, direction W)

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