Garmondsway

Garmondsway is a small dispersed hamlet in the parish of Kelloe in County Durham, England situated between Durham and Sedgefield. It is notable as including substantial remains of an abandoned village including an extant ridge and furrow field system and became a scheduled monument in 1957.

Type: Hamlet
Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
Also known as: “Garmondsway Village” and “Garmondsway, County Durham”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fishburn and Coxhoe Hall.

Fishburn

Aerodrome

Fishburn Airfield is a small grass strip airfield in Fishburn, County Durham. The airfield was opened on 30 June 1995 by the then local MP and Leader of the Opposition Tony Blair.

Coxhoe Hall

Ruins

Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coxhoe Hall is a ruins.

Bishop Middleham Quarry

Nature reserve

Photo: Andrew Curtis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bishop Middleham Quarry is a disused quarry, about 4 kilometres north-west of Sedgefield, County Durham, England. Quarry-working here ceased in 1934, and the site has since been colonised by vegetation. Bishop Middleham Quarry is situated 1½ miles southwest of Garmondsway.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kelloe and Town Kelloe.

Kelloe

Village

Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Kelloe is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. The population of the civil parish as taken at the 2011 Census was 1,502. It is situated to the south-east of Durham.