Pockerley Pele
Pockerley Pele is a tower in Urpeth, County Durham, England. Pockerley Pele is situated nearby to Pockerley Farmhouse, as well as near Beamish Museum.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beamish Museum and Pockerley Farmhouse.
Beamish Museum
Museum
Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.
Beamish Museum is an open-air museum located in County Durham, England. Beamish pioneered the concept of a living museum. By displaying duplicates or replaceable items, it was also an early example of the now commonplace practice of museums allowing visitors to touch objects. Beamish Museum is situated 740 feet west of Pockerley Pele.
Winding Engine House And Boiler House At The Colliery
Industrial building
Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Winding Engine House And Boiler House At The Colliery is an industrial building, which is situated 1,100 feet southwest of Pockerley Pele.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beamish and No Place.
Beamish
Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.
Beamish is a village in County Durham in northeast England. The village is just a straggle of miners' houses and the only reason to visit is the extensive open-air museum. Stanley is a former mining town two miles west, with a population of 19,427 in 2021.
No Place
Village
No Place is a small village near the town of Stanley in County Durham, England, east of Stanley and west of Beamish. Situated to the south of the A693, it is home to an award-winning real ale pub, the Beamish Mary Inn, and lies near the Beamish Mary coal pit.
High Urpeth
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
High Urpeth is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Urpeth, and a short distance to the north of High Handenhold.
Pockerley Pele
- Type: Tower
- Location: Urpeth, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.88522° or 54° 53′ 7″ northLongitude
-1.65487° or 1° 39′ 18″ westElevation
328 feet (100 metres)Open location code
9C6WV8PW+33GeoNames ID
6288435
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