Houghall Colliery
Houghall Colliery is a ruins in County Durham, North East England, England. Houghall Colliery is situated nearby to the ruins Houghall Pit Village, as well as near the college Houghall Equine Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Durham University Oriental Museum and Maiden Castle.
Durham University Oriental Museum
Museum
The Oriental Museum, formerly the Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, is a museum of the University of Durham in England. The museum has a collection of more than 23,500 Chinese, Egyptian, Korean, Indian, Japanese and other Far East and Asian artefacts. Durham University Oriental Museum is situated 4,000 feet northwest of Houghall Colliery.
Maiden Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Jim Barton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maiden Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort in Durham, England. It is listed as a scheduled monument. Maiden Castle is situated 3,800 feet north of Houghall Colliery.
Durham Castle
University building
Photo: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Durham Castle is a Norman castle in the city of Durham, England, which has been occupied since 1837 by University College, Durham after its previous role as the residence of the Bishops of Durham. Durham Castle is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Houghall Colliery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Houghall and Shincliffe.
Houghall
Hamlet
Houghall is a hamlet in County Durham, in England. It is situated approximately 1.5 miles to the south of Durham city centre. It is also the location of the Houghall Campus of East Durham College, associated gardens, a small number of houses and a restaurant.
Shincliffe
Village
Photo: Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shincliffe is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. The parish population was 1,796. It is situated just over 1 mile to the south-east of Durham city centre, on the A177 road to Stockton.
Old Durham
Hamlet
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Old Durham is a hamlet in County Durham, in England. It is situated approximately 1 mile east of central Durham and south of Gilesgate. The most northerly remains of a Romanised farmstead in the Roman Empire were excavated at Old Durham during 1940s.
Houghall Colliery
- Type: Ruins
- Category: historic site
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.75919° or 54° 45′ 33″ northLongitude
-1.5642° or 1° 33′ 51″ westInception
1840Operator
Love & BellOpen location code
9C6WQC5P+M8OpenStreetMap ID
node 366416006OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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Highlights include Houghall Pit Village and Houghall Equine Centre.
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