Peelflats Plantation
Peelflats Plantation is a forest in County Durham, North East England, England. Peelflats Plantation is situated nearby to the hamlet High Westwood, as well as near Allendale Cottages.Places of Interest
Highlights include Vindomora and Hamsterley Hall.
Vindomora
Archaeological site
Photo: Clive Nicholson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Vindomora was an auxiliary fort on Dere Street, in the province of Lower Britain. Its ruins, now known as Ebchester Roman Fort, are situated at Ebchester in the English county of Durham, to the north of Consett and 12 miles west-south-west from Newcastle upon Tyne.
Hamsterley Hall
Castle
Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hamsterley Hall is an 18th-century English country house at Hamsterley, Rowlands Gill, County Durham, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The estate at Hamsterley was given, in 1762, by Sir John Swinburne Bt to his younger brother Henry Swinburne.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Consett and Shotley Bridge.
Consett
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Consett is a former steel-making town in County Durham, in the hills 14 miles southwest of Newcastle. In 2021 the population was 29,885.
Shotley Bridge
Village
Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Shotley Bridge is a village, adjoining the town of Consett to the south in County Durham, England, 15 miles northwest of Durham. It is located on the A694 road starting from Consett and Blackhill to the south, then continuing north east to East Law, Ebchester and onward to Swalwell within the borough of Gateshead.
Rowlands Gill
Village
Rowlands Gill is a village on the north bank of the River Derwent, in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. The Gibside Estate is near the town.
Peelflats Plantation
- Type: Forest
- Location: County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.8934° or 54° 53′ 36″ northLongitude
-1.8082° or 1° 48′ 29″ westOpen location code
9C6WV5VR+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 253896599OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=forest
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