High Urpeth
High Urpeth is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the west of Urpeth, and a short distance to the north of High Handenhold.Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Beamish Museum and Church of St Paul.
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.
High Forge
Building
High Forge is a hamlet in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance to the west of Urpeth, north of Beamish.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beamish and Urpeth.
Beamish
Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.
Beamish is a village in County Durham in northeast England. The village is just a straggle of miners' houses and the only reason to visit is the extensive open-air museum. Stanley is a former mining town two miles west, with a population of 19,427 in 2021.
Urpeth
Village
Urpeth is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a short distance from Ouston and Beamish, near the border with Tyne and Wear. The parish population taken at the 2011 census was 3,630.
Pelton
Village
Photo: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pelton is a village and electoral ward in County Durham, England. The population of the village and ward taken at the 2011 census was 8,250. It is located 1.8 miles north-west of Chester-le-Street and 4 miles east of Stanley; the village of West Pelton lies to the west of the village.
High Urpeth
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: village in County Durham, England, UK
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Urpeth, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.88091° or 54° 52′ 51″ northLongitude
-1.63077° or 1° 37′ 51″ westOpen location code
9C6WV9J9+9MOpenStreetMap ID
node 8016979985OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletWikidata ID
Q5757353
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“High Urpeth” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “High Urpeth”
- French: “High Urpeth”
- Irish: “High Urpeth”
- Polish: “High Urpeth”
- Welsh: “High Urpeth”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as High Handenhold and West Pelton.
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Highlights include Bobby Shafto Caravan Park and Rabbit Hills.
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