Staple Crag
Staple Crag is a locality in Newbiggin, County Durham, England. Staple Crag is situated nearby to the hamlet Bowlees, as well as near the locality How Gill.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Low Force and High Force.
Low Force
Waterfall
Low Force is an 18-foot high set of falls on the River Tees, England, UK. Further upstream is the High Force waterfall. Low Force is also the site of the Wynch Bridge, completed in 1830.
High Force
Waterfall
Photo: StoatBringer, Public domain.
High Force is a waterfall on the River Tees, near Middleton-in-Teesdale, Teesdale, England. The waterfall is within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the European Geopark. High Force is situated 1½ miles west of Staple Crag.
Park End Wood
Forest
Park End Wood is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of west County Durham, England. The site occupies a low hill of Whin Sill on the southern edge of the River Tees floodplain just over 2 km upstream from the village of Middleton-in-Teesdale. Park End Wood is situated 1½ miles southeast of Staple Crag.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bowlees and Holwick.
Bowlees
Hamlet
Bowlees is a small village in County Durham, England. It is situated near Newbiggin, on the other side of Teesdale from Holwick. The visitor centre in the village was formerly run by the Durham Wildlife Trust.
Holwick
Hamlet
Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holwick is a hamlet and civil parish in Teesdale, County Durham, England. Located in the Pennine hills, the hamlet consists of a few houses spread along a road in the pattern of a linear settlement.
Newbiggin
Village
Newbiggin is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. At the 2011 census the parish had a population of 146. It is situated on the north side of Teesdale, opposite Holwick.
Staple Crag
- Type: Locality
- Location: Newbiggin, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.6456° or 54° 38′ 44″ northLongitude
-2.1501° or 2° 9′ 0″ westOpen location code
9C6VJRWX+6XOpenStreetMap ID
node 8717996439OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Roman period native settlement and field system 260m west of Wynch Bridge and Wynch Bank Plantation.
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