Vigo Wood

Vigo Wood is a forest in , . Vigo Wood is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lambton Castle and Concangis.

Castle
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stands above , 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*.

Archaeological site
Photo: JohnBlackburne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
was an auxiliary castra in the Roman province of Lower Britain. Its ruins are located in , County , in , and are now known as Chester-le-Street Roman Fort.

Stadium
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The , known for sponsorship reasons as the Banks Homes Riverside, is a cricket venue in , , England. It is home to Durham County Cricket Club, and has also hosted several international matches.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Chester-le-Street and Washington.

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is a town in , 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.

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is a town in 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.

Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.
is a village in in northeast England. The village is just a straggle of miners' houses and the only reason to visit is the extensive open-air museum. Stanley is a former mining town two miles west, with a population of 19,427 in 2021.

Vigo Wood

Latitude
54.8821° or 54° 52′ 56″ north
Longitude
-1.5541° or 1° 33′ 15″ west
Open location code
9C6WVCJW+R9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 76827624
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­wood
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