The Peak

The Peak is a forest in Lamesley, Gateshead, England. The Peak is situated nearby to the hamlet Street Gate, as well as near the village Sunniside.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Beamish Museum and Ravensworth Castle.

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.

Ravensworth Castle

Ruins

Photo: john tollitt, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ravensworth Castle is a ruinous Grade II* listed building and a scheduled monument situated at Lamesley, Tyne and Wear, England. The building has been destroyed and rebuilt a number of times, and was the seat of the Ravensworth barons, the Liddells.

Washing Wells Roman Fort

Archaeological site

Washing Wells Roman Fort, was a fort in the Roman province of Britannia. Its ruins are located at southeast of Whickham in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beamish and Gateshead.

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.

Gateshead

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It stands on the south bank of the River Tyne looking across to Newcastle upon Tyne on the north bank.