Ousterley Wood
Ousterley Wood is a forest in Stanley, County Durham, England. Ousterley Wood is situated nearby to the village Craghead, as well as near Quaking Houses.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Andrew and St John the Evangelist.
St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St John the Evangelist is a church.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beamish and Stanley.
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.
Stanley
Town
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanley is a town and civil parish in County Durham, England. Centred on a hilltop between Chester-le-Street and Consett, it lies south-west of Gateshead.
Annfield Plain
Village
Photo: Alan Fearon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Annfield Plain is a village in County Durham, in England. It is situated on a plateau between the towns of Stanley, 3 mi to the north-east, and Consett, 5 mi to the west.
Ousterley Wood
- Type: Forest
- Location: Stanley, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.852° or 54° 51′ 7″ northLongitude
-1.6804° or 1° 40′ 50″ westOpen location code
9C6WV829+QROpenStreetMap ID
way 424417608OpenStreetMap feature
natural=wood
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include The Middles Post Office and Craghead Village Hall.
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