Boldron Whins

Boldron Whins is a forest in Startforth, County Durham, England. Boldron Whins is situated nearby to the hamlet Lendings, as well as near the locality South Flats.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bowes Museum and Barnard Castle.

Bowes Museum

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

The Bowes Museum is an art gallery in the town of Barnard Castle, in County Durham in northern England. It was built to designs by Jules Pellechet and John Edward Watson to house the art collection of John Bowes and his wife Joséphine Benoîte Coffin-Chevallier, and opened in 1892.

Barnard Castle

Park

Photo: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barnard Castle is a ruined medieval castle situated in the town of the same name in County Durham, England.

Egglestone Abbey

Photo: Jonathan Oldenbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Egglestone Abbey is a ruined Premonstratensian abbey in County Durham, England. It is 1+1⁄2 miles southeast of Barnard Castle, on the south bank of the River Tees, and was historically within the North Riding of Yorkshire.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Barnard Castle and Startforth.

Barnard Castle

Photo: Nick Bramhall, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Barnard Castle is a market town in County Durham in northeast England, with a population of 5800 in 2021. It has a picturesque ruined castle and the over-the-top Bowes Museum.

Startforth

Village

Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Startforth is a village on the Pennines end of south Teesdale, England. The population of Startforth taken at the 2011 Census was 1,361. It was in the historic North Riding of Yorkshire.

Boldron

Hamlet

Photo: Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Boldron is a village in the Pennines of England, situated close to Barnard Castle. It was historically located in the North Riding of Yorkshire, but along with the rest of the former Startforth Rural District it was transferred to County Durham for administrative and ceremonial purposes on 1 April 1974, under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972.

Boldron Whins

Type: Forest
Location: Startforth, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.5286° or 54° 31′ 43″ north

Longitude

-1.9349° or 1° 56′ 6″ west

Open location code

9C6WG3H8+F2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1484056751

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=wood

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Localities in the Area

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