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 St Paul.

Castle Steads camp

Archaeological site

Photo: peter robinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Castle Steads camp is an archaeological site.

St Paul

Church

Photo: Robert Graham, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Paul is a church.

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 and Esh Winning.

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.

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.

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″ north

Longitude

-1.7418° or 1° 44′ 31″ west

Open location code

9C6WQ7M5+F7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 729699440

OpenStreetMap 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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