West Rigg Open Cutting, North Pennines

Name: West Rigg Open Cutting
Address: North Pennines, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in North Pennines

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West Rigg Open Cutting is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of west County Durham, England. It is a disused ironstone quarry, located just over 1 km north of the village of Westgate, in Weardale. ()

Coordinates: 54°44'53"N, 2°8'27"W

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North Pennines United Kingdom

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West Rigg Open Cutting – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: North of England Lead Mining Museum, Slit Woods, Fairy Holes Cave, Westernhope Burn Wood.

5.7 miNW
History museum, Museum
North of England Lead Mining Museum, Stanhope
146 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.
~1380 ftSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Slit Woods
7 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.
2.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Cave
Fairy Holes Cave
69 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 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Westernhope Burn Wood
52 min walk • Westernhope Burn Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Wear Valley district of south-west County Durham, England.
0.8 miS
Church
Westgate Methodist Chapel
21 min walk • Westgate Methodist Chapel stands on the A689 road in the village of Westgate, some 5 miles west of Stanhope, County Durham, England.
4.2 miW
Dam
Burnhope Reservoir, North Pennines
108 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.
4.9 miE
Archaeological site
Heathery Burn Cave
126 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.
4 miSW
Natural attraction, Mountain pass
Harthope Moss
103 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.