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 St Thomas‘ Church.

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.

St Thomas‘ Church

Church

Photo: Victuallers, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St Thomas‘ Church is situated 2 miles southeast of Gold Hill.

Cowshill War Memorial

Memorial

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Cowshill War Memorial is situated 1½ 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″ north

Longitude

-2.25912° or 2° 15′ 33″ west

Open location code

9C6VQPHR+H9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 323140275

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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