Hownsgill Viaduct

#1750 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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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. ()

Coordinates: 54°50'9"N, 1°51'8"W

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Hownsgill Viaduct – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pow Hill Bog, Hisehope Reservoir, Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine, St Andrew's Church.

5.7 miW
Park
Pow Hill Bog
145 min walk • 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.
4.9 miW
Lake
Hisehope Reservoir, North Pennines
124 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.
2.6 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine
67 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.
5 miNW
Church
St Andrew's Church
127 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.
1.4 miNE
54°51'10"N • 1°49'60"W
The Derwent Centre, Consett
36 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
5.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Tunstall Reservoir
133 min walk • Tunstall Reservoir was a water supply storage reservoir completed in 1879, and now used solely to maintain minimum regulatory flows on the River Wear in northeast England.
4.2 miE
Forts and castles
Longovicium, Lanchester
106 min walk • Longovicium was an auxiliary fort located on Roman Dere Street, in the Roman province of Britannia Inferior. It is located just southwest of Lanchester in the English county of Durham, roughly 8 miles to the west of the city of Durham and 5 miles from Consett.
3.7 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Smiddy Shaw Reservoir
94 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.
4 miN
Forts and castles
Vindomora
104 min walk • Vindomora was an auxiliary fort on Dere Street, in the province of Lower Britain. Its ruins, now known as Ebchester Roman Fort, are situated at Ebchester in the English county of Durham, to the north of Consett and 12 miles west-south-west from Newcastle upon Tyne.
3.6 miSE
Farm
Hall Hill Farm, Durham
93 min walk • Hall Hill Farm is a tourist attraction located in County Durham, near Tow Law, England.
6 miNW
Church
Minsteracres
154 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.