Pelaw Grange, Beamish

Name: Pelaw Grange
Address: Drum Rd, Beamish, DH3 2AF, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 191 410 2141

#4 among attractions in Beamish

Arenas and stadiums, Sport, Sport venue

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Pelaw Grange Stadium is a Greyhound Board of Great Britain regulated greyhound racing track located at North Lodge in the English county of Durham, between Chester-le-Street and Gateshead. The stadium has a restaurant and a number of bars and has been owned by the McKenna family since January 1965. ()

Opened: 1944 (80 years ago)Coordinates: 54°52'38"N, 1°34'43"W

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Drum RdBeamish DH3 2AF United Kingdom

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+44 191 410 2141

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Nearby attractions include: Angel Of The North, The Galleries, Lambton Castle, Washington.

2.6 miN
Anthony Gormley's iconic angel statue
Angel Of The North, Newcastle upon Tyne
66 min walk • Standing tall as a contemporary icon in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne, the Angel of the North is a monumental statue that has become a symbol of the area's cultural identity and industrial heritage. This colossal steel sculpture, completed in 1998, is the work of...
2.4 miNE
Shopping, Shopping centre
The Galleries, Sunderland
62 min walk • Galleries Shopping Centre is a shopping centre located in Washington, City of Sunderland.
1.8 miE
Forts and castles
Lambton Castle
47 min walk • Lambton Castle stands above Chester-le-Street, County Durham and is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham. It is listed in the mid-category of listed building, Grade II*.
2.5 miNE
Town
Washington, Sunderland
63 min walk • Washington is a large town in the City of Sunderland local government district of Tyne and Wear, England, and historically part of County Durham.
2.5 miE
Bridge
Penshaw Bridge, Chester-le-Street
65 min walk • Penshaw Bridge, also known as Fatfield Bridge, is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Penshaw with Fatfield. The bridge was opened on 29 January 1890.
1.4 miS
Forts and castles
Concangis, Chester-le-Street
37 min walk • Concangis was an auxiliary castra in the Roman province of Lower Britain. Its ruins are located in Chester-le-Street, Durham, in England, and are now known as Chester-le-Street Roman Fort. It is situated 6 miles north of Durham and 8 miles south of Newcastle upon Tyne.
1.5 miS
Church
St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street
38 min walk • The parish church of St Mary and St Cuthbert is a Church of England church in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England. The site has been used for worship for over 1100 years; elements of the current building are over 950 years old.
2.2 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Fatfield Woods, Sunderland
56 min walk • Fatfield Woods is a woodland in Tyne and Wear, England, near Washington. It covers a total area of 8.99 hectares. It is owned and managed by the Woodland Trust.
1.6 miS
54°51'14"N • 1°34'24"W
Market Hall Shops Chester-le-Street, Chester-le-Street
42 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
2.4 miE
Bridge
Chartershaugh Bridge, Sunderland
61 min walk • Chartershaugh Bridge is a road traffic bridge spanning the River Wear in North East England, linking Penshaw with Fatfield as part of the A182 road.
1.5 miS
Archaeological site
Cade's Road, Chester-le-Street
38 min walk • Cade's Road is a postulated Roman Road in north-east England. It is named after John Cade of Durham, an 18th-century antiquarian who in 1785 proposed its existence and possible course from the Humber Estuary northwards to the River Tyne, a distance of about 100 miles.