Steely Hill Local Nature Reserve
Steely Hill Local Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Cornsay, County Durham, England. Steely Hill Local Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the village Cornsay Colliery, as well as near the hamlet Wilk’s Hill.Places of Interest
Highlights include Castle Steads camp and Longovicium.
Castle Steads camp
Archaeological site
Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Castle Steads camp is an archaeological site.
Longovicium
Archaeological site
Photo: David Collins, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longovicium was an auxiliary fort located on Roman Dere Street, in the Roman province of Britannia Inferior. It is located just southwest of Lanchester in the English county of Durham, roughly 8 miles to the west of the city of Durham and 5 miles from Consett.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Esh Winning and Lanchester.
Esh Winning
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Esh Winning is a village, and location of a former colliery, in County Durham, England. It is situated in the Deerness Valley 5 miles to the west of Durham.
Lanchester
Village
Photo: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lanchester is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, 8 miles west of Durham and 5 miles from Consett. It had a population at the 2011 Census of 4,054.
Esh
Village
Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Esh is a village and civil parish situated around five miles north-west of Durham in County Durham, England. The central area of the village contains a stone cross, which probably replaced a former market cross.
Steely Hill Local Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Category: recreation area
- Location: Cornsay, County Durham, North East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.7837° or 54° 47′ 1″ northLongitude
-1.7418° or 1° 44′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C6WQ7M5+F7OpenStreetMap ID
way 729699440OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserve
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cornsay Colliery and Wilk’s Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cornsay Colliery and Burnhope Wood.
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