County Durham

County Durham is a county in north-east England. Its county town is Durham. It is a county of contrasts: the remote and sparsely populated dales and moors of the Pennines characterise the interior; while nearer the coast the county is highly urbanised, and was once dominated by the coal mining industry.

Places of interest

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• Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland
• Barnard Castle
• Beamish Museum in Stanley
• Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle
• Causey Arch near Stanley
• Durham Cathedral and Castle, a World Heritage Site
• Escomb Saxon Church, near Bishop Auckland
• Finchale Priory, near Durham city
• High Force and Low Force waterfalls on the River Tees
• Raby Castle, near Staindrop
• Tanfield Railway in Tanfield