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Places of Interest Nearby

Church of St James

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St James is situated 1 mile west of Coundon Road End.

Auckland Castle

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Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, is a former bishop's palace located in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England. The castle was a residence of the bishops of Durham from approximately 1183 and was their primary residence between 1832 and 2012, when the castle and its contents were sold to the Auckland Castle Trust. Auckland Castle is situated 2½ miles west of Coundon Road End.

Locomotion Museum

Museum

Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Locomotion, previously known as Locomotion the National Railway Museum at Shildon, is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England. The museum was renamed in 2017 when it became part of the Science Museum Group. Locomotion Museum is situated 2½ miles south of Coundon Road End.

Places in the Area

Leasingthorne

Hamlet

Photo: Trevor Littlewood, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leasingthorne is a hamlet and former pit village in County Durham, England. It is situated to the east of Bishop Auckland, near Coundon. Located in the Durham Coalfield, most of the former pit village of Leasingthorne was demolished in 1969 after the colliery closed, as Durham County Council's policy at the time preferred demolition over regeneration.

Coundon

Village

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coundon is an old mining village and former civil parish in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. The Boldon Book mentions a mine in Coundon in the twelfth century.

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