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

North PenninesPhoto Ian Cylkowski / Unsplash

Places to explore near Stanhope StationStanhope

23 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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.

0 km S

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

North Pennines

National Landscape near Wearhead

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

0.5 km E

Photo: Hamsterley Forest, a viewpoint near Eggleston, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Hamsterley Forest

Viewpoint near Eggleston

Two thousand hectares of forest in a Durham dales valley, laced with walking and mountain-bike trails.

9.5 km S

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Stanhope

Village

Capital of Weardale, a market town with a ford and stepping stones across the Wear and a fossil tree in the churchyard.

0 km E · County Durham

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.

0.3 km SW · County Durham & Tyne and Wear

Photo of The Black Lion (Wolsingham), a pub in County Durham, north east England.

The Black Lion (Wolsingham)

Pub near Wolsingham

Weardale local in Wolsingham with a rotating range of real ales and CAMRA awards.

7.9 km E

Everything else within 10 km (17) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.