Attractions near Hamsterley Forest Bed and Breakfast

This is a list of the attractions near this bed and breakfast that are featured on AboutBritain.com
It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all attractions near this bed and breakfast.
Low Barns Nature Reserve (5 Miles)*
Regarded as one of Durham Wildlife Trust's premier reserves, this 50 hectare wetland site contains mixed woodlands and grasslands. A recently refurbished visitor centre is open to the public and something of interest can be seen throughout the year.
Raby Castle (6 Miles)*
Built for the mighty dynasty of the Nevills, this great fortress stands proud and defiant, its history rolling back almost a thousand years.
Auckland Castle (9 Miles)*
Auckland Castle is the home of the Bishop of Durham, and has been for the past 800 years.
The Bowes Museum (9 Miles)*
Where else in the world can you see a 230-year-old mechanical silver swan, still in working order, alongside a Turner or a Canaletto?
Durham Castle (14 Miles)*
Durham Castle dates from 1072 and was the seat of the Prince Bishops of Durham until 1832.
Darlington Railway Centre and Museum (16 Miles)*
The museum collection covers the railways of North-East England, with particular emphasis on the Darlington area. Of greatest significance is Stephenson's "Locomotion" (1825), which hauled the inaugural train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum (17 Miles)*
Beamish is no ordinary museum but a living, working experience of life as it was in the Great North in the early 1800s and 1900s. Beamish is a world famous open air museum.
Georgian Theatre Royal (19 Miles)*
The Georgian Theatre Royal is Britain's most complete Georgian playhouse. It was built by the actor-manager Samuel Butler in 1788.
Richmondshire Museum (19 Miles)*
Richmondshire Museum, which was opened in 1978, began in a former joiner's workshop and tells the story of Richmond and its people from early times until the present day.
Green Howards Regimental Museum (19 Miles)*
The museum's collection spans three centuries of travel, campaigning and war.
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.

Towns near Hamsterley Forest Bed and Breakfast

This is a list of the towns near this bed and breakfast that are featured on AboutBritain.com
It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all towns near this bed and breakfast.
Bedburn (2 Miles)*
Woodland (3 Miles)*
Hamsterley (3 Miles)*
Copley (4 Miles)*
Wolsingham (4 Miles)*
Wolsingham is often called the 'Gateway to Weardale'. Originally a Saxon settlement but became for many centuries the market town for lower Weardale.
Fir Tree (5 Miles)*
Frosterley (5 Miles)*
Frosterley was once an important centre for the limestone industry. Its renowned marble, an ornate limestone containing 323 million year old fossil corals, can be seen in Frosterley Parish Church.
Witton le Wear (5 Miles)*
Tow Law (5 Miles)*
Cockfield (5 Miles)*
* Distances shown are in a direct line. Distances by road will be longer.


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