Biddick Gill Wood

Places of Interest

Lambton Castle

Castle

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Lambton Castle stands above Chester-le-Street, County Durham and is a stately home, the ancestral seat of the Lambton family, the Earls of Durham. It is listed in the mid-category of listed building, Grade II*.

Biddick Hall

Manor estate

Photo: P Glenwright, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Biddick Hall is a small privately owned 18th-century country mansion at Bournmoor, County Durham, near the City of Sunderland and Chester-le-Street. It is a Grade I listed building and the home of the Lambton family.

Herrington Country Park

Park

Photo: Ajguy94, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Herrington Country Park is a country park and open public space in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. Located adjacent to Penshaw Monument, the park was built on the site of a former colliery.

Places in the Area

Washington

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Washington is a town in Tyne and Wear in the northeast of England. It was a small mining village but from 1964 became the core of a planned New Town, with a population of over 67,000 in 2011.

Chester-le-Street

Photo: JohnBlackburne, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, with a population of 23,500 in 2021. It's a commuter town for Newcastle 8 miles north; the main reason to visit is Durham CCC cricket ground, which stages county and international matches.

Houghton-Le-Spring

Town

Photo: Malc McDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Houghton-le-Spring is a town in the Sunderland district, in Tyne and Wear, England which has its recorded origins in Norman times. Historically in County Durham.

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