Find Places To Visit In County Durham

A gem on the County Durham coast in terms of variety, scenery, history and passive science at work.

An 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.

A feast for photographers, natural history enthusiasts, structure admirers, sculpture lovers and children

The West House Field trig point sits in a hedge (82m) near Sedgefield.

The Black Hill trig point sits north of Westernhope Moor (559m) near Stanhope.

The East Grange trig point sits in a hedge (103m) near Durham.

A castle dating back to the Normans in Durham city centre.

Once a former chapel, but is now a museum, packed full of local heritage.

Six foot pair of boxing gloves commemorating the achievements of Maurice Cullen.

A life size sculpture of grandmother and granddaughter by Ray Lonsdale.

54m high viaduct, built with the help of Robert Stephenson.

A 47 hectare nature reserve near Witton le Wear created on an area of former sand and gravel quarry and sewerage treatment works.

Life size sculpture referring to the legend of Durham's founding on the banks of the River Wear

Striking mural and sculpture, depicting South Hetton's mining heritage.

Modernist footbridge completed without using scaffolding in 1963

Two fantastic galleries in the heart of Bishop Auckland.

Castle dating back to the 17th century and home to the bishops of Durham.

A tower based on a siege engine amongst eclectic buildings

Designed by local sculpturer Ray Lonsdale, this statue Horns could be the Angel Of Durham.

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

221 hectares of woodland, grassland and paths leading to the beautiful Durham coast.

Artwork inspired by the Little Tern colony which return to nest in Horden every spring.

A Brutalist public work of art in Peterlee, designed by British Artist and Architect, Victor Pasmore.

A 2,000 foot long pier built in the 1960's to pipe sea water for the magnesia treatment works.

A ruined colliery engine house that was part of a monumental mining disaster.

350 acre world famous open air museum set in rural County Durham.

A sculpture of four metal cows constructed from old JCB parts, grazing on the C2C route near Beamish.

This is the trig point for Old Cassop (194m) near Durham.

The Fendrith Hill trig point sits south of Chapel Fell (696m) near Stanhope.

A 13th century priory twixt manor house that was a retirement home and also a retreat for the Durham Monks.

Beautiful ruins of small monastery founded by White Canons set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.

The ruins of an old lead and fluorspar mine in the Pennines with the headframe and some buildings still visible.

A 19th century Victorian pumping station used to provide drinking water to the Darlington area.

One of the remaining arches carrying a two mile horizontal chimney as part of a flue system.

The Reddings Hill trig point sits in the corner of a field (147m) near Hurworth Burn Reservoir, Wingate, Hartlepool.

A natural limestone bridge on the Pennine Way.

At 180m it is the longest waterfall in the UK and is fed from Cow Green Reservoir.

The Burnhope Seat trig point is at the top of Yad Moss Ski Tow (746m) near Alston.

The Harter Fell trig point sits on Crossthwaite Common (481m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

A bronze sculpture depicting six monks transporting St Cuthbert's coffin in Durham City centre by Fenwick Lawson.

A grade I listed castle built in 1392, now a stunning hotel.

The Raven Seat trig point sits on Harnisha Hill (589m) near Middleton-in-Teesdale.

A memorial to the Bradford brothers and other soldiers from Witton Park who fought in World War 1 and both received the Victoria Cross.

A statue of a British infantryman commemorating the end of World War 1.

A ruined manor home complex with a tower in Seaham.

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

A 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.

Two huge sculptures of 19th century surveyor's instruments standing on freaky feet!

A sculpture called Old King Coal celebrating the area's proud coal mining history.

Statues of the Ironmaster and Coal Miner made from obselete components representing the legacy of the local steelworks.

An 18th century, 40 acre park designed by London architect, James Paine.

A stunning 900 year old cathedral built on a peninsula formed by the River Wear.

Founded about AD 670–675, it is one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England.

A Grecian style summerhouse on the banks of the River Wear named after a Polish entertainer.

A beautiful little waterfall located in Allensford near Consett.

Causey Arch is the oldest surviving single-arch railway bridge in the world.

An atmospheric Anglican church and mausoleum abandoned in the 1970s.

Ushaw College is a former Catholic seminary, partially designed by Augustus Pugin.

Statue dedicated to EM Perkins whose company supplied materials for the High Level Bridge in Newcastle.

The deer house is a rare and well preserved example of Gothic Revival architecture built in 1760.

Finchale Priory was a benedictine priory founded in 1196 on the site of the hermitage of Saint Godric.

The Embleton Old Hall trig point sits by a hedge (114m) north of Embleton Old Hall near Sedgefield.

The Catterick Moss trig point is on moorland (426m) near Stanhope.

The Bollihope Carrs trig point sits on Snowhope Moor (541m) near Stanhope.

The Tuthill Quarry trig point is sitting on top of a quarry (164m) near Seaham.

The Sand Edge Common trig point is on Wolsingham North Moor (353m) near Stanhope.

The Pontop Pike trig point is sitting next to the Pontop Pike Masts (313m) near Consett.

This is the trig point for Pit House Plantation (266m) near Durham.

This is the trig point for Pikestone Fell (387m) near Stanhope.

This is the trig point for Mayland Lea Farm sitting by a wall in a field (305m) near Bishop Auckland.

The Humber Hill trig point is sitting in a field west of Lanchester (270m) near Consett.

The Horseshoe Hill trig point is sitting on Edmundbyers Common (520m) near Stanhope.

The Hoove Faggergill trig point is sitting on Faggergill Moor (554m) near Barnard Castle.

The Grange Farm trig point is sitting in a field in Cornsay (280m) near Consett.

The Findon Cottages trig point is sitting in a field in Witton Gilbert (153m) near Durham.

The Charlaw Moor trig point is Sacriston (232m) near Durham.

The Beacon Hill North trig point overlooks the North Sea (87m) near Seaham.

The Batter Law Hill trig point (143m) overlooking Dalton Park near Seaham.

The Bolts Law Hunstanworth trig point sits on Stanhope Common (541m) near Rookhope.

The Dry Rigg trig point sits on Redburn Common (561m) near Rookhope.

The Collier Law trig point sits on Wolsingham Park Moor (517m) near Stanhope.

The Five Pikes trig point sits on moorland south of Bollihope (479m) near Stanhope.

The Oxen Law trig point sits in a field at Oxen Law (346m) near Consett.

The Knitsley Fell trig point sits on Knitsley Fell (284m) near Wolsingham.

The Stoterley Hill trig point is sitting on Muggleswick Common (376m) near Consett.

The Roughside Moor trig point sits on top of Edmondbyers Common (384m) near Consett.

The High House trig point is sitting in a hedge next to the High House Reservoir (172m) near Bishop Auckland.

The Tripsy Bank trig point sitting on top of Greater Willington Common (152m) in Willington near Bishop Auckland.