Gold Hill
Gold Hill is a locality in Stanhope, County Durham, England. Gold Hill is situated nearby to the locality Snodbury, as well as near Slit Foot.Places of Interest
Highlights include North of England Lead Mining Museum and Park Level Mine Jigger House And Crushing Mill Water Wheel.
North of England Lead Mining Museum
Museum
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The North of England Lead Mining Museum, better known as Killhope, is an industrial museum near the village of Cowshill, County Durham, England. The museum stands on the site of the former Park Level Mine, which is being restored to show the workings of a 19th-century lead mine.
Park Level Mine Jigger House And Crushing Mill Water Wheel
Industrial building
Photo: Gordon Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Park Level Mine Jigger House And Crushing Mill Water Wheel is an industrial building.
St Thomas‘ Church
Church
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St Thomas‘ Church is situated 2 miles southeast of Gold Hill.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lanehead and Cowshill.
Lanehead
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lanehead is a hamlet in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It lies at the head of Weardale, approximately 2 km west of Cowshill. It is also located near to Killhope, and the boundary of the county of Cumbria.
Cowshill
Hamlet
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Cowshill is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated at the top of Weardale, between Lanehead and Wearhead. Cowshill is situated 2 miles southeast of Gold Hill.
Allenheads
Village
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allenheads is a former mining village in the Pennines to the north of Weardale in Northumberland, England. Lead extraction was the settlement's industry until the mine closed in the late 19th century. Allenheads is situated 2½ miles northeast of Gold Hill.
Gold Hill
- Type: Locality
- Location: Stanhope, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.77895° or 54° 46′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.25912° or 2° 15′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C6VQPHR+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 323140275OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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