North of England Lead Mining Museum, Stanhope

Name: North of England Lead Mining Museum
Address: Upper Weardale, Stanhope, DL13 1AR, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1388 537505

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North of England Lead Mining Museum, Stanhope

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The North of England Lead Mining Museum, better known as Killhope, is an industrial museum near the village of Cowshill, County Durham, England. The museum stands on the site of the former Park Level Mine, which is being restored to show the workings of a 19th-century lead mine. ()

Established: 1984 (40 years ago)Coordinates: 54°46'56"N, 2°16'17"W

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Upper WeardaleStanhope DL13 1AR United Kingdom

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+44 1388 537505

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North of England Lead Mining Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Ashgill Force, Slit Woods, Westgate Methodist Chapel, Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey.

4.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Ashgill Force, Alston
115 min walk • Ashgill Force is a waterfall near Alston, Cumbria, England. The fall is located on Ashgill Beck and is reasonably easily accessible from the B6277 or from Garrigill village, downstream of the fall.
5.6 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Slit Woods
142 min walk • Slitt Woods is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of County Durham, England. It occupies the valley of Middlehope Burn, a tributary of the River Wear, which it joins at Westgate, just south of the site.
5.8 miSE
Church
Westgate Methodist Chapel
149 min walk • Westgate Methodist Chapel stands on the A689 road in the village of Westgate, some 5 miles west of Stanhope, County Durham, England.
4.5 miNW
Monastery
Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey
116 min walk • Throssel Hole Buddhist Abbey is a Buddhist monastery and retreat centre located in Northumberland, in northern England. The monastic order is equally for men and women.
1.7 miW
Mountain pass
Killhope Cross, Alston
43 min walk • Killhope Cross is a mountain pass in the English Pennines. The pass divides Weardale to the east and Cumbria to the west. The road over the pass, the from Hartlepool to Carlisle, Cumbria, connects the hamlet of Cornriggs in County Durham with the town of Alston, Cumbria.
2.8 miS
Dam
Burnhope Reservoir, North Pennines
72 min walk • Burnhope Reservoir is a reservoir above the village of Wearhead, County Durham, England. The reservoir was created by the construction of an earth embankment dam across the valley of Burnhope Burn, a tributary of the River Wear, 1 kilometre above Wearhead.
4.2 miSW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Burnhope Seat
107 min walk • Burnhope Seat is a high moorland fell in the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in northern England. It lies between the heads of the Rivers Tees, South Tyne and Wear. The summit is crossed by the boundary between County Durham and Cumbria. The trig point is the highest point in historic County Durham.
5.5 miSE
Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Harthope Moss
141 min walk • Harthope Moss, also known as Chapel Fell is a mountain pass in the English Pennines. The pass divides Weardale to the north and Teesdale to the south.