East Tanfield

East Tanfield is in Stanley, County Durham, England. East Tanfield is situated nearby to the forest Folly Wood, as well as near the church Saint Margaret of Antioch, Tanfield.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Beamish Museum and Church of St Andrew.

Beamish Museum

Museum

Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.

Beamish Museum is an open-air museum located in County Durham, England. Beamish pioneered the concept of a living museum. By displaying duplicates or replaceable items, it was also an early example of the now commonplace practice of museums allowing visitors to touch objects. Beamish Museum is situated 1½ miles east of East Tanfield.

Church of St Andrew

Church

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Andrew is situated 1¼ miles south of East Tanfield.

Beamish Hall

Hotel

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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 East Tanfield.

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.