Waldridge Fell, Beamish

Name: Waldridge Fell
Address: Beamish, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Beamish

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Waldridge Fell is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located immediately south-west of Chester-le-Street in the northern part of County Durham, England. It is one of the largest areas of lowland heath in County Durham and contains the only lowland valley-mire in the county. The fell is home to a number of plants and insects that are scarce to rare elsewhere in the county. ()

Coordinates: 54°50'25"N, 1°36'38"W

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Beamish United Kingdom

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Nearby attractions include: Pelaw Grange, Finchale Priory, Lambton Castle, Concangis.

2.8 miNE
Arenas and stadiums, Sport, Sport venue
Pelaw Grange, Beamish
73 min walk • 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.
3.2 miSE
Monastery, Historical place, Gothic architecture
Finchale Priory, Durham
81 min walk • Finchale Priory sometimes referred to as Finchale Abbey was a 13th-century Benedictine priory. The remains are sited by the River Wear, four miles from Durham, England. It is a Grade I listed building.
3.5 miNE
Forts and castles
Lambton Castle
89 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*.
1.9 miNE
Forts and castles
Concangis, Chester-le-Street
49 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.
1.9 miNE
Church
St Mary and St Cuthbert, Chester-le-Street
49 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.
1.8 miNE
54°51'14"N • 1°34'24"W
Market Hall Shops Chester-le-Street, Chester-le-Street
45 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
1.8 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Fox & Parrot Wood, Beamish
46 min walk • Fox & Parrot Wood is a broadleaf woodland in County Durham, England, about 4 miles west of Chester-le-Street. It is situated just north of the B6313, near the village of Craghead. The wood forms part of the Great North Forest, which is one of England's community forests, and is adjacent to Twizell Wood, which lies to the north.
1.9 miNE
Archaeological site
Cade's Road, Chester-le-Street
48 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.
~730 ftNE
Village, View point
Waldridge, Durham
4 min walk • Waldridge is a village in County Durham, in England. The population at the 2001 Census was 215. Prior to the 2011 Census the parish boundaries changed and the population shown at this census was 4,215.
1.9 miNE
Street
Chare, Chester-le-Street
48 min walk • A chare, in the dialect of North-east England, is a narrow medieval street or alley.
2 miE
Cricket, Sport, Sport venue
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
52 min walk • The Riverside Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as the Emirates Riverside until the end of 2021, is a cricket venue in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England.