War Memorial
War Memorial is a memorial in Stanley, County Durham, England. War Memorial is situated nearby to the place of worship Craghead Spiritualist Church, as well as near the historic site William Pit.Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: war memorial in Craghead, Stanley, County Durham, England, UK
- Also known as: “Craghead War Memorial”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beamish Museum and Holmside Hall.
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 2½ miles north of War Memorial.
Holmside Hall
Farm
Holmside Hall is an early 19th-century farmhouse and equestrian centre at Holmside, Burnhope, County Durham, England. The farm is built on the site of a medieval manor house which until 1570 was the home of Robert Tempest. Holmside Hall is situated 1 mile southwest of War Memorial.
Church of St Paul
Church
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Paul is situated 1½ miles northeast of War Memorial.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Holmside and Quaking Houses.
Holmside
Hamlet
Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holmside is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated to the north-west of Sacriston. The village has a 5.5 MW wind farm, Holmside Hall Wind Farm, which became operational in May 2004 and consists of two 60 m high wind turbines.
Quaking Houses
Village
Quaking Houses is a small village near to the town of Stanley in County Durham, in England. It may have been originally settled by Quakers, but during the Industrial Revolution it developed into a mining village with traditional terraced houses.
South Moor
Hamlet
Photo: The JPS, Public domain.
South Moor is a village in the civil parish of Stanley, in County Durham, England. It is located to the south-west of Stanley on the northern slope of the Craghead valley.
War Memorial
- Categories: war memorial and historic site
- Location: Stanley, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.8522° or 54° 51′ 8″ northLongitude
-1.66953° or 1° 40′ 10″ westOpen location code
9C6WV82J+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 9261908724OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q26680757
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