South Flats

South Flats is a locality in Boldron, County Durham, England. South Flats is situated nearby to the hamlet Boldron, as well as near the locality The Birks.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Barnard Castle and Bowes Museum.

Barnard Castle

Park

Photo: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barnard Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated in the town of the same name in County Durham, England. Barnard Castle is situated 2 miles north of South Flats.

The Bowes Museum is an art gallery in the town of Barnard Castle, in County Durham in northern England. It was built to designs by Jules Pellechet and John Edward Watson to house the art collection of John Bowes and his wife Joséphine Benoîte Coffin-Chevallier, and opened in 1892. Bowes Museum is situated 2 miles northeast of South Flats.

Egglestone Abbey

Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Egglestone Abbey is a ruined Premonstratensian abbey in County Durham, England. It is 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of Barnard Castle, on the south bank of the River Tees, and was historically within the North Riding of Yorkshire. Egglestone Abbey is situated 2 miles northeast of South Flats.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boldron and Kilmond Scar.

Boldron

Hamlet

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boldron is a village in the Pennines of England, situated close to Barnard Castle. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.

Kilmond Scar

Locality

Kilmond Scar is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the County Durham district of south-west County Durham, England. It lies just south of the A66 road, about 3 km east of the village of Bowes.

Startforth

Village

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Startforth is a village on the Pennines end of south Teesdale, England. The population of Startforth taken at the 2011 Census was 1,361. It was in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire. Startforth is situated 1½ miles north of South Flats.

South Flats

Type: Locality
Location: Boldron, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.51747° or 54° 31′ 3″ north

Longitude

-1.94221° or 1° 56′ 32″ west

Open location code

9C6WG385+X4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 5331213593

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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