Stanhope

Stanhope combines the working character of a Weardale market town with the open moorland setting of the North Pennines, a contrast that reflects its position in the upper valley of the River Wear. The town lies within the North Pennines National Landscape, an area shaped by upland pastures, dry-stone walls and a long legacy of lead mining. Beside St Thomas’s Church stands the Stanhope Fossil Tree, a fossilised tree stump dating from the Carboniferous period, when this area lay in a very different environment. The Weardale Railway station recalls the valley’s transport and industrial heritage. Move on to other webcams in County Durham to compare landscapes and settings around Weardale.

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