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Beamish, in the county of County Durham (7.7 miles, 12.4 km, direction E)
Beamish is famous for its lovely open-air museum which so vividly brings to life how the folk of the region lived at the turn of the 20th century.
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Blanchland, in the county of Northumberland (8.5 miles, 13.6 km, direction W)
Blanchland, Northumberland is a village located close to the Derwentwater reservoir in Durham and Hexham in Northumberland.
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Wolsingham, in the county of County Durham (8.5 miles, 13.7 km, direction S)
This is a lovely village lying on the edge of the North Pennines in an area of great scenic beauty. It is a wild and beautiful landscape dotted only by scattered farms with meadows full of grazing sheep and cattle.
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Craigside, in the county of County Durham (9.6 miles, 15.4 km, direction S)
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Stanhope, in the county of County Durham (10.0 miles, 16.2 km, direction SW)
This is a lovely, bustling little town is set amidst the charm of Weardale, it is almost entirely built of stone particularly around the old Market Square, dominated by a fine stone cross.
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Corbridge, in the county of Northumberland (11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction NW)
Marvellous resort town, lying in a peaceful favoured position on the River Tyne, yet within easy reach of the heaving city of Newcastle.
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Durham, in the county of County Durham (11.2 miles, 18.1 km, direction SE)
Welcome to the City of Durham in the North East of England. Durham as a town reflects the long history of its magnificent castle...
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Gateshead, in the county of Tyne & Wear (11.6 miles, 18.6 km, direction NE)
The urban sprawl of Gateshead rises majestically skywards in a seemingly endless mixture of concrete and glass. Gateshead stretches for almost 13 miles along the banks of the River Tyne.
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Newcastle upon Tyne, a Historic City in the county of Tyne & Wear (12.2 miles, 19.7 km, direction NE)
This important City was known as Pons Aelii in Roman times; the Romans built the first bridge over the River Tyne, it was guarded...
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Washington, in the county of Tyne & Wear (13.0 miles, 20.9 km, direction E)
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Escomb, in the county of County Durham (13.8 miles, 22.2 km, direction S)
Lying in a prominent position ringed by the River Wear, Escomb is best known for its magnificent Saxon Church reputed to be built from stones brought from the near-by ruined Roman Fort at Binchester.
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Hexham, a Historic Market Town in the county of Northumberland (13.9 miles, 22.4 km, direction NW)
Historic market town where for centuries the sheep and cattle farmers of Northumberland gathered for the Tuesday market beside Hexham Abbey.
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Penshaw, in the county of Tyne & Wear (14.1 miles, 22.7 km, direction E)
Penshaw lies in open countryside between the urban sprawl of Sunderland and Washington.
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Bishop Auckland, a Historic Market Town in the county of County Durham (14.4 miles, 23.2 km, direction SE)
This was the busy social and commercial centre of the south-west Durham coalfield, but the town is actually much older than the...
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Kirk Merrington, in the county of County Durham (15.3 miles, 24.5 km, direction SE)
Kirk Merrington is a pretty, hilltop village overlooking the Wear Valley and the Cleveland Hills.
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