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All Saints Church, Penshaw, County Durham

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About Penshaw

Penshaw lies in open countryside between the urban sprawl of Sunderland and Washington. It is an attractive residential town for people escaping from the ever encroaching commercial towns and the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

It is perhaps best known for the fine Penshaw Monument, a distinctive local landmark built in honour of the Ist Earl of Durham, who in 1844 became the first High Commissioner for Canada. The monument is built to resemble a roofless Doric temple, it stands on top of lofty Penshaw Hill which is now owned by the National Trust.

Visitors to the monument are rewarded with views over north Durham, a sweeping landscape of former collieries and quarries which extends towards the Sunderland coast.

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Nearby travel help

A1(M) Junction 64	(3.1 miles, 4.9 km, direction W)
A1(M) Junction 63	(3.4 miles, 5.4 km, direction W)
Chester-le-Street Station	(4.2 miles, 6.7 km, direction W)
Sunderland Station	(4.4 miles, 7.1 km, direction NE)
Newcastle International Airport	(13.9 miles, 22.3 km, direction NW)
Teesside International Airport	(25.4 miles, 40.8 km, direction S)
Penshaw to London	(239.5 miles, 385.4 km, direction S)