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Barnard Castle

Barnard Castle

(1.3 miles, 2.1 km, direction NW)

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Langthwaite

Langthwaite

(8.6 miles, 13.9 km, direction SW)

A picturesque village famous for the opening title shot in the famous TV series 'All Creatures Great and Small'..

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Reeth in Swaledale

Reeth

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction S)

An area of startling clarity, populated with beautiful old stone buildings, Reeth is a famous centre from which to tour the beautiful Yorkshire Dales...

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Richmond Market Place, North Yorkshire

Richmond

(11.2 miles, 18.0 km, direction SE)

Richmond is a lovely old market town on the River Swale in North Yorkshire...

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Escomb Saxon Church, near Bishop Auckland 15th June 2009

Escomb

(12.2 miles, 19.6 km, direction NE)

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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Gunnerside

Gunnerside

(12.3 miles, 19.8 km, direction SW)

This is an attractive village lying at the heart of a landscape made famous in the TV series "All Creatures Great and Small"...

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The Bishops Park, Bishop Auckland

Bishop Auckland

(13.1 miles, 21.0 km, direction NE)

This was the busy social and commercial centre of the south-west Durham coalfield, but the town is actually much older than the Industrial Revolution, although that historic.....

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Fall Berries at Craigside, England

Craigside

(13.4 miles, 21.6 km, direction N)

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Farmhouse near Keld, North Yorkshire.

Keld

(13.5 miles, 21.8 km, direction SW)

Keld is a wonderfully scenic area at the head of Swalesdale. It is a lonely landscape with a small hamlet of stone cottages and outlying farms...

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Pak Lodge, South Park, Darlington, Co. Durham

Darlington

(14.0 miles, 22.5 km, direction E)

Darlington, bustling though it is today was once a small Saxon settlement, this flourished as evidenced by the beautiful building of the church dedicated to Saint Cuthbert which lies at the heart of the town...

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Bowes Museum.. Near Barnard Castle...3rd October 2004.

Bowes Museum

(0.9 miles, 1.5 km)

Josephine Bowes, wife of John Bowes was a Parisian actress, and perhaps this shows in the choice of building they chose as a.....

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A view of the Castle at Barnard Castle, County Durham

Barnard Castle

(1.1 miles, 1.7 km)

This historic town is a picturesque centre for discovering the delights of Teesdale. The town occupies a clifftop site above.....

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Bowes Castle

(4.6 miles, 7.5 km, direction W)

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The magnificent Raby Castle, Staindrop, Co. Durham.

Raby Castle

(6.0 miles, 9.6 km, direction NE)

Arriving close to Staindrop from almost any direction the view of Raby Castle, built by the powerful Nevill family in the.....

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Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire

Arkengarthdale

(8.5 miles, 13.6 km, direction SW)

A picturesque dale on the east side of the Pennines in North Yorkshire, and once the centre of a thriving local lead mining.....

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Double rainbow

Hamsterley Forest

(8.5 miles, 13.6 km, direction N)

Hampsterley Forest encompasses over five thousand acres, it is a combination of parkland and forest, giving access to some of the.....

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Approaching Swaledale between Keld & Thwaite

Swaledale

(9.9 miles, 15.9 km, direction S)

Swaledale is one of the northernmost dales in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. Less visited, but just as stunning as the more.....

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Low Force, at Bowlees on the River Tees, Upper Teesdale, County Durham.

Teesdale

(10.4 miles, 16.7 km, direction NW)

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Richmond Castle

Richmond Castle

(11.3 miles, 18.2 km, direction SE)

This castle, occupying a dramatic cliff-top site above the River Swale, led a fairly quiet life without any military action to.....

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Easby Abbey, Richmond, Yorkshire, South Wall

Easby Abbey

(12.1 miles, 19.4 km, direction SE)

This pleasant place is interesting for the remarkable ruins of a 12th century Premonstratensian Abbey. Here in an idyllic.....

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