Harperley POW Camp 93
Harperley POW Camp 93 is a surviving purpose-built World War II Prisoner of War camp built to accommodate up to 1,400 inmates at Fir Tree near Crook, County Durham in the northeast of England.Photo: Rolyat29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Rolyat29, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: world War 2 prisoner of war camp in England
- Also known as: “Harperley Camp (WW2 POW camp)” and “Harperley Working Camp, World War II prisoner of war camp at Craigside”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Bartholomew and Fir Tree War Memorial Drinking Fountain.
Church of St Bartholomew
Church
Photo: Ian Porter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Bartholomew is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Harperley POW Camp 93.
Fir Tree War Memorial Drinking Fountain
Memorial
Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fir Tree War Memorial Drinking Fountain is situated 1 mile southeast of Harperley POW Camp 93.
Bradley Hall fortified house and underground passages, moated site, pillow mound and fishponds
Ruins
Photo: Les Hull, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bradley Hall fortified house and underground passages, moated site, pillow mound and fishponds is a ruins, which is situated 1¼ miles west of Harperley POW Camp 93.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fir Tree and Thornley.
Fir Tree
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fir Tree is a village in County Durham, in England. It is west of Crook, near the River Wear. Fir Tree has a petrol station and two pubs: The Duke of York and The Fir Tree Country Hotel.
Thornley
Hamlet
Photo: Vivienne Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Thornley is a village in Weardale, County Durham, England, about 1 mile south of Tow Law. In 2001 it had a population of 184.
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. Sunniside is situated 2 miles northeast of Harperley POW Camp 93.
Harperley POW Camp 93
- Categories: archaeological site and tourism
- Location: Wolsingham, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.71445° or 54° 42′ 52″ northLongitude
-1.80457° or 1° 48′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C6WP57W+Q5OpenStreetMap ID
node 1571016300OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q15223074
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