National landscapes (AONB) · North East England
Weardale
Weardale in England North East, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Weardale is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Weardale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in County Durham, England. Large parts of Weardale fall within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) – the second-largest AONB in England and Wales. The upper dale is surrounded by high fells (up to 2,454 feet (748 m) O.D. at Burnhope Seat) and heather grouse moors. The River Wear flows through Weardale before reaching Bishop Auckland and then Durham, meeting the sea at Sunderland. The Wear Valley local government district covered the upper part of the dale, including Weardale, between 1974 and 2009, when it was abolished on County Durham's becoming a unitary authority. (From 1894 to 1974 there was a Weardale Rural District.) Upper Weardale is in the parliamentary constituency of North West Durham. The dale's principal settlements include St John's Chapel and the towns of Crook, Stanhope and Wolsingham.
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Background
History
Past occupation or activity by man is attested by evidence such as the Heatheryburn Bronze Age collection of gold and other objects, now in the British Museum; altars placed by Roman officers who took hunting trips out from forts in present-day County Durham; and the use from Norman times of Frosterley Marble, a black fossiliferous layer of limestone occurring near that village, as an ornamental material in Durham Cathedral and many other churches and public buildings. The small towns of Stanhope and Wolsingham appear to have existed as Anglo-Saxon settlements before the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Normans extended farming in this part of the dale, and later in the Middle Ages the upper…
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- Coordinates
- 54.7160, -1.9250
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Wolsingham
- Postcode
- DL13 3BG
- Parliamentary constituency
- Bishop Auckland
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Weardale?
- Weardale is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DL13 3BG), in the parish of Wolsingham.
- Is Weardale free to visit?
- Yes, Weardale is free to enter.
- How do I get to Weardale?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode DL13 3BG. It sits within the Bishop Auckland parliamentary constituency.