Skipton Close

Skipton Close is a bus stop in Ferryhill, County Durham, England. Skipton Close is situated near Ferryhill Indoor Bowls Club, as well as near the sports venue Ferryhill Sport & Education Centre.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ferryhill War Memorial and St Aidan’s Church.

Ferryhill War Memorial

Memorial

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ferryhill War Memorial is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Skipton Close.

St Aidan’s Church

Church

Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Aidan’s Church is situated 1½ miles south of Skipton Close.

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 2 miles east of Skipton Close.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ferryhill Station and Ferryhill.

Ferryhill Station

Village

Ferryhill Station is situated to the south east of Ferryhill, next to Chilton Lane and near the site of Ferryhill railway station, a few miles south of Durham.

Ferryhill

Town

Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ferryhill is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England, with an estimated population in 2018 of 8,857. The town grew in the 1900s around the coal mining industry.

Chilton Lane

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chilton Lane is a village in County Durham, England, situated a short distance to the south-east of Ferryhill, and immediately to the south of Ferryhill Station. Nearby are Great Chilton, East Chilton, Chilton Grange and Little Chilton.

Skipton Close

Type: Bus stop
Category: transport
Location: Ferryhill, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.68507° or 54° 41′ 6″ north

Longitude

-1.541° or 1° 32′ 28″ west

Open location code

9C6WMFP5+2J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 489383238

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=bus_stop

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=platform

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ferryhill Indoor Bowls Club and Ferryhill Sport & Education Centre.

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Places to explore: Leisure Centre and Lambton Road.

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