Cobby Castle

Cobby Castle is a castle in County Durham, North East England, England. Cobby Castle is situated nearby to the hamlet Sunniside, as well as near the village Tow Law.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Philip and St James and War Memorial.

Church of St Philip and St James

Church

Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Church of St Philip and St James is a church in Tow Law, County Durham, England. The church was designed by architect Charles Hodgson Fowler and completed in 1869. Church of St Philip and St James is situated 4,100 feet west of Cobby Castle.

War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Ian Porter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

War Memorial is situated 1 mile southwest of Cobby Castle.

Church of St Bartholomew

Church

Photo: Ian Porter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Bartholomew is situated 2 miles southwest of Cobby Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sunniside and Tow Law.

Sunniside

Hamlet

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Sunniside is a small rural village to the east of Tow Law and north of Crook in County Durham, England. Sunniside has one pub, and a former post office.

Tow Law

Village

Photo: Smiler03, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tow Law is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles to the south of Consett and 5 miles to the north west of Crook.

Inkerman

Hamlet

Photo: Alan Murray-Rust, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Inkerman was a village in County Durham, England. Built in 1854–1855 a short distance to the north-west of Tow Law to house ironstone miners, it was named after the victorious Battle of Inkerman of the Crimean War, similarly to Balaclava, another County Durham village.

Cobby Castle

Type: Castle
Description: former building near Tow Law, County Durham, England
Categories: peel tower, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.74938° or 54° 44′ 58″ north

Longitude

-1.7918° or 1° 47′ 31″ west

Elevation

817 feet (249 metres)

Open location code

9C6WP6X5+Q7

GeoNames ID

6287986

Wikidata ID

Q24662633

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Cobby Castle” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Cobby Castle”
Swedish: “Cobby Castle”

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