Pow Hill Bog

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Pow Hill Bog is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of County Durham, England. It lies alongside Derwent Reservoir, approximately 2 km north-west of the village of Edmundbyers and adjacent to the Edmundbyers Common portion of the Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor SSSI. ()

Established: 1986 (38 years ago)Elevation: 807 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°51'40"N, 1°59'17"W

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Pow Hill Bog – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hisehope Reservoir, Hownsgill Viaduct, Blanchland Abbey, Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine.

3.4 miS
Lake
Hisehope Reservoir, North Pennines
87 min walk • Hisehope Reservoir is the smallest of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being Waskerley and Smiddy Shaw Reservoirs. The reservoir was completed 1906, and is owned and operated by Northumbrian Water.
5.7 miE
Bridge
Hownsgill Viaduct
145 min walk • The Hownsgill Viaduct is a former railway bridge located west of Consett in County Durham, England. It is currently used as a footpath and cycleway.
2.8 miW
Monastery, Sacred and religious sites, Historical place
Blanchland Abbey
72 min walk • Blanchland Abbey at Blanchland, in the English county of Northumberland, was founded as a premonstratensian priory in 1165 by Walter de Bolbec II, and was a daughter house of Croxton Abbey in Leicestershire. It became an abbey in the late 13th century.
3.4 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine
87 min walk • Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Derwentside district of north County Durham and the Tynedale district of south Northumberland, England.
3.1 miNE
Church
St Andrew's Church
79 min walk • St Andrew's Church, Shotley, is a redundant Anglican church standing in an isolated position at a height of 960 feet on Greymare Hill in Northumberland, England.
4.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Smiddy Shaw Reservoir
105 min walk • Smiddy Shaw Reservoir is one of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being Waskerley and Hisehope Reservoirs. The reservoir, which was completed by 1872, is owned and operated by Northumbrian Water.
2.6 miN
Church
Minsteracres
66 min walk • Minsteracres is an 18th-century mansion house, now a Christian retreat centre, in Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II listed building. The house was built in 1758 by George Silvertop. Originally erected with two storeys, a third storey was added in 1811 and a new North wing was built in 1865.
4.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Waskerley Reservoir
122 min walk • Waskerley Reservoir is the largest of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being Smiddy Shaw and Hisehope Reservoirs.