Thorns Wood
Thorns Wood is a forest in Scargill, County Durham, England. Thorns Wood is situated nearby to the locality Gillbeck Foot, as well as near Chapel Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St. Michael, Barningham and Ruins of Old Church of St Mary.
Greta Bridge Roman fort, vicus and section of Roman road
Archaeological site
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greta Bridge Roman fort, vicus and section of Roman road is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barnard Castle and Brignall.
Barnard Castle
Photo: Nick Bramhall, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barnard Castle is a market town in County Durham in northeast England, with a population of 5800 in 2021. It has a picturesque ruined castle and the over-the-top Bowes Museum.
Brignall
Hamlet
Photo: Alexander P Kapp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brignall is a village and civil parish in the south-west of County Durham, England. It is located in an elevated position adjacent to the River Greta, 1.2 miles upstream from Greta Bridge.
Barningham
Village
Photo: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Barningham is a village in County Durham, in the Pennines of England.
Thorns Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Scargill, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.496° or 54° 29′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.9079° or 1° 54′ 28″ westOpen location code
9C6WF3WR+CROpenStreetMap ID
node 5333307331OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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