Wright’s Groove
Wright’s Groove is a quarry in Stanhope, County Durham, England. Wright’s Groove is situated nearby to the peak Long Law, as well as near Greenhill Quarry.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St John the Evangelist and Rookhope War Memorial.
Church of St John the Evangelist
Church
Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St John the Evangelist is situated 2,700 feet southwest of Wright’s Groove.
Rookhope War Memorial
Memorial
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rookhope War Memorial is situated 4,100 feet west of Wright’s Groove.
The Rookhope Inn
Pub
Photo: Rodge500, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Rookhope Inn is a pub, which is situated 3,900 feet west of Wright’s Groove.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rookhope and Lintzgarth.
Rookhope
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rookhope is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. A former lead and fluorspar mining community, it first existed as a group of cattle farms in the 13th century.
Lintzgarth
Hamlet
Lintzgarth is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated to the west of Rookhope. The Lintzgarth smeltmill was built in 1737 and was used for smelting lead by all of the leadmines in the Rookhope valley.
Eastgate
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Quinn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eastgate is a village in the civil parish of Stanhope, in County Durham, England. It is situated in Weardale, a few miles west of Stanhope. In the 2001 census Eastgate had a population of 163. Eastgate is situated 2½ miles south of Wright’s Groove.
Wright’s Groove
- Type: Quarry
- Category: industry
- Location: Stanhope, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.77904° or 54° 46′ 45″ northLongitude
-2.07879° or 2° 4′ 44″ westOpen location code
9C6VQWHC+JFOpenStreetMap ID
way 529355567OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Long Law and Greenhill Quarry.
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