Slit Woods

#1878 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Forest

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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. ()

Established: 1976 (49 years ago)Coordinates: 54°44'47"N, 2°8'48"W

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Slit Woods – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: North of England Lead Mining Museum, Fairy Holes Cave, Westernhope Burn Wood, Westgate Methodist Chapel.

5.6 miNW
History museum, Museum
North of England Lead Mining Museum, Stanhope
142 min walk • 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.
2.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Fairy Holes Cave
71 min walk • Fairy Holes Cave is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of west County Durham, England. It is located on the western flanks of Snowhope Moor, on the right bank of Westernhope Burn, some 3 km south-west of the village of Eastgate.
2.2 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Westernhope Burn Wood
55 min walk • Westernhope Burn Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of south-west County Durham, England.
0.6 miS
Church
Westgate Methodist Chapel
17 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 miW
Dam
Burnhope Reservoir, North Pennines
102 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.
5.2 miE
Archaeological site
Heathery Burn Cave
133 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.
3.8 miSW
Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Harthope Moss
96 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.

Slit Woods

Facts and practical information

Slit Woods – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

North of England Lead Mining Museum, Stanhope

Fairy Holes Cave

Westernhope Burn Wood

Westgate Methodist Chapel

Burnhope Reservoir, North Pennines

Heathery Burn Cave

Harthope Moss