Wolsingham

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Wolsingham is a small market town in Weardale, County Durham, England. It is situated by the River Wear, between Crook and Stanhope in North West Durham. ()

Alternative names: Population: 2.5 thous.Coordinates: 54°43'49"N, 1°52'57"W

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Wolsingham – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Tunstall Reservoir, Smiddy Shaw Reservoir, Witton Castle, Low Barns Nature Reserve.

2.5 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Tunstall Reservoir
65 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.
5.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Smiddy Shaw Reservoir
151 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.
6.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Witton Castle
163 min walk • Witton Castle is a much-altered 15th-century castle, which is the centrepiece of a holiday and caravan country park at Witton le Wear, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham. It is a Grade II* listed building.
6.4 miSE
54°40'40"N • 1°45'4"W
Low Barns Nature Reserve, Bishop Auckland
163 min walk • Visitor center, Park
5.2 miNE
Farm
Hall Hill Farm, Durham
133 min walk • Hall Hill Farm is a tourist attraction located in County Durham, near Tow Law, England.
4.8 miW
Archaeological site
Crawley Edge Cairns, Stanhope
123 min walk • The Crawley Edge Cairns are a series of forty-two Bronze Age round barrows, cairns and clearance cairns located in a field in Crawleyside, near Stanhope, County Durham, England.
2 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Weardale
51 min walk • Weardale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in County Durham, England. Large parts of Weardale fall within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – the second-largest AONB in England and Wales.
5.4 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Waskerley Reservoir
139 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.
4.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Hamsterley Forest
107 min walk • Hamsterley Forest is a commercial forest in County Durham owned and managed by Forestry England. It is the largest forest in County Durham and covers more than 2,000 hectares.
5.3 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Hedleyhope Fell
136 min walk • Hedleyhope Fell is a nature reserve to the north-east of Tow Law, County Durham, England. The reserve is managed by Durham Wildlife Trust and consists of some 202 hectares of mainly mid-altitude heathland. It occupies the steep slope on the right bank of Hedleyhope Burn, between the stream and the B6301 Tow Law–Cornsay Colliery road.
6 miNW
Archaeological site
Heathery Burn Cave
154 min walk • Heathery Burn Cave is a cave near Stanhope, County Durham, England, in which a large collection of Late Bronze Age weapons and tools was discovered and excavated between 1859 and 1872.