Visitor attractions and information for
Consett
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 Derwent Valley Railway Path, Consett. Enquiries
to Durham County Council, Environment, County Hall, Durham Tel:
0191 383 3594 The Derwent Valley Railway Path shadows the River
Derwent for 11 miles between Swalwell and Consett, passing through
the villages of Shotley Bridge, Ebchester and Rowlands Gill.
It passes through woodland, meadow and along side ponds and riverside
areas. In addition there are two visitor centres, Swalwell and
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Derwentcote
Steel Furnace, Forge Lane, Hamsterley, Rowlands Gill, Tyne and
Wear, NE39 1BATel :0191 269 1200 Built in the 1720s, Derwentcote
is the earliest and most complete steel-making furnace in Britain.
It produced high-grade steel for springs and cutting tools. Production
ceased in the 1870’s and the furnace soon fell into disrepair.
Fortunately, in 1985 it was taken into the care of English Heritage
and carefully restored. About 5 miles north of Consett. |
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Beamish - The North of England Open Air Museum,
Co. Durham Tel: 0191 370 4000. Visit the town, colliery village,
farm, railway station, Pockerley Manor and 1825 railway, recreating
life in the North East in the early 1800's and 1900's. Beamish
Museum is an open air museum where you can go underground in
a drift mine, visit the pit cottages, Victorian schoolroom, a
Victorian dentist and an old fashioned sweet shop. Step on board
our trams and we'll transport you into the past. www.beamish.org.uk.
About 10 miles east of
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Gateshead
Angel of the North, Durham Road, Low Eighton, Gateshead Tel:
0191 477 3478 The Angel of the North is Britain's largest and
most impressive sculpture. It stands near the A1 in Gateshead.
Designed by Antony Gormley, it weighs 200 tons, is 20- metres
high and has a 54-metre wing span. About 15 miles northeast of Consett. |
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Consett is in County Durham, a county whose southern
boundary is formed by the River Tees, its northern boundary by
the River Tyne, its western boundary high in the Pennine Hills
and to the east, the limestone cliffs of its North Sea coastline,
the unspoilt Durham Heritage Coast. Here you will find the magnificent
World Heritage site Durham Cathedral and Durham Castle. The county
is mainly rural with the moors and valleys of Teesdale and Weardale,
bustling market towns, former colliery villages, majestic castles
and living museums.
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