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Durham Mining Museum
Museum Durham County DurhamA multitude of artifacts, equipment, models, photographs,and information on all things mining.

Reveal by Richard Cole
Art Durham County DurhamA tall pyramidical structure made with repurposed stone from a Durham Cathedral turret.

The Brothers
Statue Seaham County DurhamA sculpture of three miners waiting to go down the pit. It’s a reminder of the three mines that Seaham once had.

St Thomas the Apostle Church
Religious Place Stanhope County DurhamA Grade II* listed Church, dedicated to St Thomas the Apostle, in Stanhope.

Raby Castle, County Durham.
Castle Barnard Castle County DurhamMedieval, Regency, and Victorian splendour all under several roofs. A wonderful deer park and woods. Oh and of course, it's haunted!

Blackhall Rocks
Landscape Hartlepool County DurhamDramatic landscape and panoramic views of the coast. Stone art with science, history and mythology.

Durham Museum and Heritage Center.
Museum Durham County DurhamFormer St Mary le-Bow Church, hosting displays on Durham history.

Waldridge Fell
Landscape Chester-le-Street County DurhamStunning 284 acre country park with woodlands, wetlands and lowland heath.

Murals at The Headland, Hartlepool
Art Hartlepool County DurhamStunning art around the Headland at Hartlepool. Each one has a story.

Clemmy Bank Bridge
Bridge Witton le Wear County DurhamPretty little 18th century bridge over the River Wear in Witton Le Wear.

Bishopley Lime Kilns
Lime Kiln Frosterley County DurhamLime kilns built in 1847, hidden away in the beautiful Weardale countryside.

Kirkcarrion
Landmark Middleton-in-Teesdale County DurhamAn ancient burial ground for a Bronze Age chieftain called Prince Caryn.

Blast Beach at Nose's Point Seaham
Landscape Seaham County DurhamA coastal success in the Turning of the Tide Project and something for all the senses


Crook Hall Gardens
Building Durham County DurhamSmall National Trust site with medieval hall dating back to the 13th century.

Botanic Gardens Durham
Landscape Durham County Durham25 acres of plants from five continents. Also eye-catching art installations such as boots, bugs, and fungi.

Kathedra
Statue Durham County DurhamA stone chair of carved gargoyles situated in Durham on the banks of the river Wear.

Oriental Museum
Museum Durham County DurhamA museum containing collections from cultures and histories of northern Africa to Asia including more than 30,000 objects of art, textiles, ceramics, and manuscripts.

Saint Oswald's Church Durham
Religious Place Durham County DurhamA lovely church in a quintessentially British setting. Possibly the oldest in the Durham diocese.

Warren House Gill, Horden
Landscape Horden County DurhamA gem on the County Durham coast in terms of variety, scenery, history and passive science at work.

Stanhope Market Place
Landmark Stanhope County DurhamAn historic market place in the centre of Stanhope and the location of the Market Cross, a Petrified Tree Stump, the War Memorial and St Thomas Church.

Wharton Park
Landscape Durham County DurhamA feast for photographers, natural history enthusiasts, structure admirers, sculpture lovers and children

Durham Castle
Castle Durham County DurhamA castle dating back to the Normans in Durham city centre.

Wheatley Hill Heritage Center
Building Peterlee County DurhamOnce a former chapel, but is now a museum, packed full of local heritage.

Boxing Gloves
Art Peterlee County DurhamSix foot pair of boxing gloves commemorating the achievements of Maurice Cullen.

Relative Treats
Statue Horden County DurhamA life size sculpture of grandmother and granddaughter by Ray Lonsdale.

Hownsgill Viaduct
Bridge Consett County Durham54m high viaduct, built with the help of Robert Stephenson.

Low Barnes Nature Reserve
Landscape Bishop Auckland County DurhamA 47 hectare nature reserve near Witton le Wear created on an area of former sand and gravel quarry and sewerage treatment works.

Durham Cow
Art Durham County DurhamLife size sculpture referring to the legend of Durham's founding on the banks of the River Wear

Mural and the Village Remains
Statue Horden County DurhamStriking mural and sculpture, depicting South Hetton's mining heritage.

Kingsgate Footbridge
Bridge Durham County DurhamModernist footbridge completed without using scaffolding in 1963

Spanish Gallery and Mining Art Gallery
Museum Bishop Auckland County DurhamTwo fantastic galleries in the heart of Bishop Auckland.

Auckland Castle
Castle Bishop Auckland County DurhamCastle dating back to the 17th century and home to the bishops of Durham.

Auckland Tower
Building Bishop Auckland County DurhamA tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

Durham Angel
Statue Peterlee County DurhamDesigned by local sculpturer Ray Lonsdale, this statue Horns could be the Angel Of Durham.

Easington Colliery
Landmark Peterlee County DurhamA town with a nature reserve, memorial garden, cemetry and a reconstructed miners pit cage, celebrating the times of mining in Easington Colliery.

Castle Eden Dene
Landscape Peterlee County Durham221 hectares of woodland, grassland and paths leading to the beautiful Durham coast.

Little Tern Sculpture
Art Horden County DurhamArtwork inspired by the Little Tern colony which return to nest in Horden every spring.

Apollo Pavilion
Art Peterlee County DurhamA Brutalist public work of art in Peterlee, designed by British Artist and Architect, Victor Pasmore.

Steetley Pier
Landmark Hartlepool County DurhamA 2,000 foot long pier built in the 1960's to pipe sea water for the magnesia treatment works.

Haswell Colliery Engine House
Building Shotton County DurhamA ruined colliery engine house that was part of a monumental mining disaster.

Beamish Museum
Estate Stanley County Durham350 acre world famous open air museum set in rural County Durham.

Beamish Shorthorns
Art Consett County DurhamA sculpture of four metal cows constructed from old JCB parts, grazing on the C2C route near Beamish.

Beaurepaire Priory
Religious Place Durham County DurhamA 13th century priory twixt manor house that was a retirement home and also a retreat for the Durham Monks.

Egglestone Abbey
Religious Place Barnard Castle County DurhamBeautiful ruins of small monastery founded by White Canons set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.

Groverake Mine
Machinery Bishop Auckland County DurhamThe ruins of an old lead and fluorspar mine in the Pennines with the headframe and some buildings still visible.

Tees Cottage Pumping Station
Machinery Darlington County DurhamA 19th century Victorian pumping station used to provide drinking water to the Darlington area.

Rookhope Arch
Chimney Bishop Auckland County DurhamOne of the remaining arches carrying a two mile horizontal chimney as part of a flue system.


Cauldron Snout
Waterfall Barnard Castle County DurhamAt 180m it is the longest waterfall in the UK and is fed from Cow Green Reservoir.

The Journey
Art Durham County DurhamA bronze sculpture depicting six monks transporting St Cuthbert's coffin in Durham City centre by Fenwick Lawson.

Lumley Castle
Castle Chester-le-Street County DurhamA grade I listed castle built in 1392, now a stunning hotel.

The Ball and The Bradford Boy
Statue Bishop Auckland County DurhamA memorial to the Bradford brothers and other soldiers from Witton Park who fought in World War 1 and both received the Victoria Cross.

Eleven O One
Statue Seaham County DurhamA statue of a British infantryman commemorating the end of World War 1.


Barnard Castle
Castle Barnard Castle County DurhamA Grade I listed, 12th Century ruined castle on the banks of the River Tees in Barnard Castle

Killhope Lead Mine
Building Bishop Auckland County DurhamA restored 19th century mining museum in the centre of the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, where you can experience the life and work of the lead mining families of the North Pennines.

Terris Novalis
Art Consett County DurhamTwo huge sculptures of 19th century surveyor's instruments standing on freaky feet!

Old King Coal
Art Chester-le-Street County DurhamA sculpture called Old King Coal celebrating the area's proud coal mining history.

Old Transformers
Art Consett County DurhamStatues of the Ironmaster and Coal Miner made from obselete components representing the legacy of the local steelworks.

Hardwick Hall Park
Landscape Sedgefield County DurhamAn 18th century, 40 acre park designed by London architect, James Paine.

Durham Cathedral
Religious Place Durham County DurhamA stunning 900 year old cathedral built on a peninsula formed by the River Wear.

Escomb Saxon Church
Religious Place Bishop Auckland County DurhamFounded about AD 670–675, it is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England.

The Count's House
Building Durham County DurhamA Grecian style summerhouse on the banks of the River Wear named after a Polish entertainer.

Wharnley Burn Waterfall
Waterfall Consett County DurhamA beautiful little waterfall located in Allensford near Consett.

Causey Arch
Bridge Stanley County DurhamCausey Arch is the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world.

St Andrew's Church And Hopper Mausoleum
Religious Place Consett County DurhamAn atmospheric Anglican church and mausoleum abandoned in the 1970s.

Ushaw College
Religious Place Ushaw Moor County DurhamUshaw College is a former Catholic seminary, partially designed by Augustus Pugin.

EM Perkins Monument
Statue Birtley, Co Durham County DurhamStatue dedicated to EM Perkins whose company supplied materials for the High Level Bridge in Newcastle.

Auckland Castle Deer House
Building Bishop Auckland County DurhamThe deer house is a rare and well preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture built in 1760.

Finchale Priory
Religious Place Framwellgate Moor County DurhamFinchale Priory was a benedictine priory founded in 1196 on the site of the hermitage of Saint Godric.
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