Bowlees
Bowlees is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated near Newbiggin, on the other side of Teesdale from Holwick. The visitor centre in the village was formerly run by the Durham Wildlife Trust.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Low Force and High Force.
Low Force
Waterfall
Low Force is an 18-foot high set of falls on the River Tees, England, UK. Further upstream is the High Force waterfall. Low Force is also the site of the Wynch Bridge, completed in 1830.
High Force
Waterfall
Photo: StoatBringer, Public domain.
High Force is a waterfall on the River Tees, near Middleton-in-Teesdale, Teesdale, England. The waterfall is within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the European Geopark. High Force is situated 1½ miles west of Bowlees.
Park End Wood
Forest
Park End Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of west County Durham, England. The site occupies a low hill of Whin Sill on the southern edge of the River Tees floodplain just over 2 km upstream from the village of Middleton-in-Teesdale. Park End Wood is situated 1½ miles southeast of Bowlees.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newbiggin and Holwick.
Newbiggin
Village
Newbiggin is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. At the 2011 census the parish had a population of 146. It is situated on the north side of Teesdale, opposite Holwick.
Holwick
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holwick is a hamlet and civil parish in Teesdale, County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, the hamlet consists of a few houses spread along a road in the pattern of a linear settlement.
Dent Bank
Hamlet
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dent Bank is a hamlet in the civil parish of Middleton in Teesdale, in County Durham, England. It is situated on the north side of Teesdale between Middleton-in-Teesdale and Newbiggin. Dent Bank is situated 2 miles southeast of Bowlees.
Bowlees
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in County Durham, United Kingdom
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Newbiggin, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.64787° or 54° 38′ 52″ northLongitude
-2.14675° or 2° 8′ 48″ westElevation
1,017 feet (310 metres)Open location code
9C6VJVX3+48OpenStreetMap ID
node 29537180OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Bowlees” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Bowlees”
- French: “Bowlees”
- Irish: “Bowlees”
- Polish: “Bowlees”
- Welsh: “Bowlees”
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