Weardale

#5201 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Valley

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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. The upper dale is surrounded by high fells and heather grouse moors. The River Wear flows through Weardale before reaching Bishop Auckland and then Durham, meeting the sea at Sunderland. ()

Coordinates: 54°42'58"N, 1°55'30"W

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

Nearby attractions include: Tunstall Reservoir, Hall Hill Farm, Crawley Edge Cairns, Waskerley Reservoir.

3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Tunstall Reservoir
92 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.
7.1 miNE
Farm
Hall Hill Farm, Durham
180 min walk • Hall Hill Farm is a tourist attraction located in County Durham, near Tow Law, England.
3.8 miNW
Archaeological site
Crawley Edge Cairns, Stanhope
98 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.
5.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Waskerley Reservoir
142 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.
4.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Hamsterley Forest
105 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.
5.1 miNW
Archaeological site
Heathery Burn Cave
131 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.
2 miNE
Town
Wolsingham
51 min walk • 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. Today it is still a small market town looking much as it did hundreds of years ago with many stone built listed buildings, period features and links to its long history.
3.2 miN
National park
Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods
83 min walk • Backstone Bank and Baal Hill Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of Durham, England.
4.8 miNE
Town
Tow Law
123 min walk • Tow Law is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the south of Consett and 5 miles to the north west of Crook. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,952, increasing to 2,138 at the 2011 Census.