Dowson’s Gill
Dowson’s Gill is a forest in Egglestone Abbey, County Durham, England. Dowson’s Gill is situated nearby to the hamlet Westwick, as well as near Lendings.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bowes Museum and Rokeby Park.
Bowes Museum
Museum
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.
Rokeby Park
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rokeby Park is a country house in the Palladian style in the civil parish of Rokeby, in Northern England. It is close to the confluence of the River Tees and River Greta, near Greta Bridge in what is now County Durham.
Greta Bridge Roman fort, vicus and section of Roman road
Archaeological site
Photo: Sandy Gerrard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Greta Bridge Roman fort, vicus and section of Roman road is an archaeological site.
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.
Dowson’s Gill
Latitude
54.5221° or 54° 31′ 20″ northLongitude
-1.9041° or 1° 54′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C6WG3CW+R9OpenStreetMap ID
way 164305347OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Westwick and Lendings.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Colton Plantation and Graham’s Wood.
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