Howl Quarry

Howl Quarry is a protected area in Lanchester, County Durham, England. Howl Quarry is situated nearby to Burnhope Primary School, as well as near the coniferous forest Standagainstall Plantation.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St John the Evangelist and Longovicium.

St John the Evangelist

Church

Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St John the Evangelist is a church, which is situated 1 mile north of Howl Quarry.

Longovicium

Archaeological site

Photo: David Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Longovicium was an auxiliary fort located on Roman Dere Street, in the Roman province of Britannia Inferior. It is located just southwest of Lanchester in the English county of Durham, roughly 8 miles to the west of the city of Durham and 5 miles from Consett. Longovicium is situated 2 miles west of Howl Quarry.

Langley Hall

Archaeological site

Photo: Sparrowhawk18, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Langley Hall is an archaeological site, which is situated 1¼ miles east of Howl Quarry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Burnhope and Lanchester.

Burnhope

Village

Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Burnhope is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is located in the Craghead valley on the opposite side to Stanley and has 1,564 inhabitants, as measured in the 2011 census.

Lanchester

Village

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, 8 miles west of Durham and 5 miles from Consett. It had a population at the 2011 Census of 4,054.

Ornsby Hill

Hamlet

Ornsby Hill is a village in County Durham, in England. Ornsby Hill is situated immediately to the north of Lanchester at the junction of the A691 and A6076 roads. Administratively it forms part of the civil parish of Lanchester. Ornsby Hill is situated 1½ miles northwest of Howl Quarry.

Howl Quarry

Type: Protected area
Location: Lanchester, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.8188° or 54° 49′ 8″ north

Longitude

-1.70633° or 1° 42′ 23″ west

Open location code

9C6WR79V+GF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1167526592

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