County Durham - Places of Interest

Places of Interest

• County Hall
• Apollo Pavilion, Peterlee, controversial piece of concrete art designed by art designed by Victor Pasmore in 1969.
• Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland
• Barnard Castle
• Beamish Museum, in Stanley
• Binchester Roman Fort
• Bowes Museum, in Barnard Castle
• Castle Eden, a castle with adjoining village, famous for the Castle Eden Brewery.
• Castle Eden Dene, Nature reserve with coal mining heritage.
• Causey Arch, near Stanley
• Crook Hall and Gardens
• Durham Cathedral and Castle, a World Heritage Site
• Durham Dales
• Durham Light Infantry Museum, Aykley Heads, Near Durham
• Escomb Saxon Church, near Bishop Auckland
• Finchale Priory, near Durham city
• Hamsterley Forest
• Hardwick Hall Country Park near Sedgefield
• High Force and Low Force waterfalls, on the River Tees
• Ireshopeburn - oldest Methodist chapel in the world to have held continuous services. Site of the 'Weardale Museum'
• Killhope Wheel, part of the North of England Lead Mining Museum in Weardale
• Longovicium Roman Fort, Lanchester - ruined auxiliary fort.
• Oriental Museum, Durham City - Asian artifacts and information.
• Raby Castle, near Staindrop
• Seaham Hall
• Sedgefield - St. Edmund's Church has notable Cosin woodwork. Home to Sedgefield Racecourse.
• Locomotion railway museum, in Shildon
• Tanfield Railway, in Tanfield
• Ushaw College, Catholic Seminary of great religious heritage.
• Weardale Railway, at Stanhope, County Durham, Wolsingham and Bishop Auckland