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Blanchland Premonstratensian Abbey

Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Blanchland Premonstratensian Abbey is an abbey in Northumberland. The Albion Guide charts three abbeys in the county; this is one of them. It sits inside the North Pennines National Landscape.

The nearest railway station is Stanhope, 12.1 km to the south. The nearest other abbey is Monastic grange at Priory Farm, 7.8 km to the east.

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Photo of High Cup Nick, the glacial valley cut into the North Pennines escarpment, Cumbria, north west England.Highlight

North Pennines

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Wearhead

England's high, quiet backbone of moorland tops, waterfalls and old lead-mining dales, designated in 1988

Photo of Blanchland, a village in the North Pennines, Northumberland, north east England.Highlight

Blanchland

Village

Cobbled abbey village of honey-coloured stone in the Derwent valley, reputed one of England's prettiest.

0.1 km SW · Northumberland

Photo along the Weardale Way, a 74-mile long-distance path running from Sunderland to Cowshill, north east England.

Weardale Way

Long-distance path

The Wear from mouth to moor — Roker pier to Cowshill, passing beneath Durham Cathedral on the way up the dale.

8.1 km S · County Durham & Tyne and Wear

Photo of Weardale Railway, a visitor attraction near Stanhope, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Weardale Railway

Attraction near Stanhope

Heritage line running up the dale between Bishop Auckland and Stanhope through Frosterley and Wolsingham.

12.1 km S

Photo along the Isaac's Tea Trail, a 36-mile long-distance path in England.

Isaac's Tea Trail

Long-distance path

A North Pennines round from Allendale in the footsteps of Isaac Holden, the lead miner turned tea seller who fundraised village to village.

12.6 km W · Northumberland & Cumbria

Photo of Allendale, a village in the North Pennines, Northumberland, north east England.

Allendale

Village

Moorland village in the East Allen valley, its square famed for the flaming tar-barrel procession that sees in the new year.

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