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Pow Hill Country Park

Photo of Pow Hill Country Park, a country park near Edmundbyers in the North Pennines, County Durham, north east England.

Pow Hill Country Park

© Andrew Curtis / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

© Andrew Curtis / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Pow Hill Country Park

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Pow Hill Country Park is a country park in County Durham, covering 0.19 km². The Albion Guide maps ten country parks in the county; this is one of them. Only one is smaller. It lies inside the North Pennines National Landscape.

The nearest railway station is Riding Mill, about 9.7 km to the north. Nearby nature reserves include Muggleswick Common and Blanchland Moor and Derwent Gorge and Muggleswick Woods.

More places to visit near Pow Hill Country Park

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.

4.6 km W · Northumberland

Photo of Allensford Country Park, a country park near Edmundbyers, County Durham, north east England.

Allensford Country Park

Country park near Edmundbyers

A country park in County Durham.

6.9 km E

Photo of The Feathers Inn (Hedley-on-the-Hill), a pub in Northumberland, north east England.

The Feathers Inn (Hedley-on-the-Hill)

Pub near Hedley-on-the-Hill

Cosy hilltop foodie pub at Hedley-on-the-Hill, its snug rooms each warmed by a wood-burning stove.

10.3 km NE

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.

11.3 km SW · 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.

12.9 km S