Rookery Wood

Places of Interest

Auckland Castle

Photo: Pit-yacker, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Auckland Castle, also known as Auckland Palace, is a former bishop's palace located in the town of Bishop Auckland in County Durham, England. The castle was a residence of the bishops of Durham from approximately 1183 and was their primary residence between 1832 and 2012, when the castle and its contents were sold to the Auckland Castle Trust.

Vinovia

Photo: rob bishop, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Vinovia or Vinovium was a Roman fort and settlement situated just over 1 mile to the north of the town of Bishop Auckland on the banks of the River Wear in County Durham, England.

Bishop Auckland Town Hall

Town hall

Photo: Dave Bevis, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bishop Auckland Town Hall is a municipal facility in the Market Place, Bishop Auckland, Co Durham, England. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Places in the Area

Bishop Auckland

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Bishop Auckland is a town in County Durham in northeast England, with a population of 23,000 in 2021. The main reason to visit is the fine castle, for eight centuries a bishop's residence.

Shildon

Town

Photo: David Robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first station, built in 1825, and locomotive works on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

Willington

Village

Photo: David Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Willington is a town and former civil parish, now in the parish of Greater Willington, in County Durham and the ceremonial county of Durham, England. Willington stands in the foothills of the Pennines and near the River Wear close to Crook, Bishop Auckland and Durham.

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