Rookhope
Rookhope is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. A former lead and fluorspar mining community, it first existed as a group of cattle farms in the 13th Century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 267 residents
- Description: village in County Durham, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Bolts Burn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Rookhope Inn and Rookhope War Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lintzgarth and Eastgate.
Lintzgarth
Hamlet
Lintzgarth is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated to the west of Rookhope. The Lintzgarth smeltmill was built in 1737 and was used for smelting lead by all of the leadmines in the Rookhope valley.
Eastgate
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eastgate is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated in Weardale, a few miles west of Stanhope. In the 2001 census Eastgate had a population of 163. Eastgate is situated 2½ miles south of Rookhope.
Ramshaw
Hamlet
Ramshaw is a small village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the south of Hunstanworth, a few miles west of Consett. Lead mining was an important industry from the 1650s. Ramshaw is situated 3 miles north of Rookhope.
Rookhope
- Category: locality
- Location: Stanhope, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.78079° or 54° 46′ 51″ northLongitude
-2.09716° or 2° 5′ 50″ westPopulation
267Elevation
1,089 feet (332 metres)Open location code
9C6VQWJ3+84OpenStreetMap ID
node 29270062OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2639171Wikidata ID
Q7366215
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Rookhope” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Rookhope”
- French: “Rookhope”
- Irish: “Rookhope”
- Polish: “Rookhope”
- Swedish: “Rookhope”
- Welsh: “Rookhope”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bolt’s Walls and Northgate Lodge.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rookhope Newsagent and Rookhope Village Hall.
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