Hisehope Burn Valley, North Pennines

Name: Hisehope Burn Valley
Address: North Pennines, United Kingdom

#8 among attractions in North Pennines

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Hisehope Burn Valley is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Derwentside district of Durham, England. It consists of two separate parcels of land, one on the west bank of Hisehope Burn, the other a few hundred yards to the east, straddling the headwaters of another small burn. The site is some 3 km west of the village of Castleside and 1 km north of the Smiddy Shaw Reservoir. The larger area adjoins the Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor SSSI. ()

Coordinates: 54°49'21"N, 1°55'56"W

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North Pennines United Kingdom

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Hisehope Burn Valley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pow Hill Bog, Hisehope Reservoir, Hownsgill Viaduct, Blanchland Abbey.

3.5 miNW
Park
Pow Hill Bog
89 min walk • Pow Hill Bog is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of County Durham, England. It lies alongside Derwent Reservoir, approximately 2 km north-west of the village of Edmundbyers and adjacent to the Edmundbyers Common portion of the Muggleswick, Stanhope and Edmundbyers Commons and Blanchland Moor SSSI.
1.6 miSW
Lake
Hisehope Reservoir, North Pennines
40 min walk • Hisehope Reservoir is the smallest of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being Waskerley and Smiddy Shaw Reservoirs. The reservoir was completed 1906, and is owned and operated by Northumbrian Water.
3.3 miE
Bridge
Hownsgill Viaduct
85 min walk • The Hownsgill Viaduct is a former railway bridge located west of Consett in County Durham, England. It is currently used as a footpath and cycleway.
5.3 miW
Monastery, Sacred and religious sites, Historical place
Blanchland Abbey
134 min walk • Blanchland Abbey at Blanchland, in the English county of Northumberland, was founded as a premonstratensian priory in 1165 by Walter de Bolbec II, and was a daughter house of Croxton Abbey in Leicestershire. It became an abbey in the late 13th century.
0.9 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine
25 min walk • Derwent Gorge and Horsleyhope Ravine is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Derwentside district of north County Durham and the Tynedale district of south Northumberland, England.
4.8 miN
Church
St Andrew's Church
122 min walk • St Andrew's Church, Shotley, is a redundant Anglican church standing in an isolated position at a height of 960 feet on Greymare Hill in Northumberland, England.
4.5 miNE
54°51'10"N • 1°49'60"W
The Derwent Centre, Consett
114 min walk • Shopping, Shopping centre
4.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Tunstall Reservoir
106 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.
0.8 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Smiddy Shaw Reservoir
21 min walk • Smiddy Shaw Reservoir is one of a group of three reservoirs located on Muggleswick Common, County Durham, the others being Waskerley and Hisehope Reservoirs. The reservoir, which was completed by 1872, is owned and operated by Northumbrian Water.
6.2 miNE
Forts and castles
Vindomora
158 min walk • Vindomora was an auxiliary fort on Dere Street, in the province of Lower Britain. Its ruins, now known as Ebchester Roman Fort, are situated at Ebchester in the English county of Durham, to the north of Consett and 12 miles west-south-west from Newcastle upon Tyne.
5.5 miSE
Farm
Hall Hill Farm, Durham
142 min walk • Hall Hill Farm is a tourist attraction located in County Durham, near Tow Law, England.