The Waiting Room

The Waiting Room is a café in Stanley, County Durham, England. The Waiting Room is situated nearby to East Tanfield Railway Station, as well as near the church Saint Margaret of Antioch, Tanfield.

Type: Café
Also known as: “Tommy Armstrong Tea Room”
Address: Stanley, DH9 9UY

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Andrew and Beamish Hall.

Church of St Andrew

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Andrew is situated 1 mile south of The Waiting Room.

Beamish Hall is a mid-18th-century country house, now converted to a hotel, which stands in 24 acres of grounds near the town of Stanley, County Durham. It is a Grade II* listed building. Beamish Hall is situated 1 mile east of The Waiting Room.

Derwentside Area Council Offices

Building

Photo: Graham Robson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Derwentside Area Council Offices is a building, which is situated 1¼ miles south of The Waiting Room.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tanfield and Kip Hill.

Tanfield

Hamlet

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tanfield is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Stanley, in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England.

Kip Hill

Hamlet

Kip Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated directly to the north of Stanley, near Shield Row. It has two pubs, the Blue Bell Inn and the Ball Alley* 2The 3rd Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1921 The area was once known as Kiphill but sometime between 1895 and 1898 this changed to the current Kip Hill.