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Strother Hills

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Strother Hills is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Tyne and Wear, covering 0.09 km². It is one of 36 Sites of Special Scientific Interest in the county. The closest station is Blaydon, about 6.3 km to the north-east. Other SSSIs nearby include Thornley Wood, Lower Derwent Meadows and Green Croft and Langley Moor.

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Photo of Derwentcote Steel Furnace, a landmark near Wylam, Tyne and Wear, north east England.

Derwentcote Steel Furnace

Landmark near Wylam

Britain's oldest and most intact cementation furnace, built around 1730 in the Derwent valley to turn iron bars into steel for tools.

2.5 km SW

Photo of Gibside, a Grade I registered house & garden near Wylam, Tyne and Wear, north east England.Highlight

Gibside

House & garden near Wylam

A Georgian landscape estate with a ruined hall and Palladian chapel by James Paine.

2.6 km E

Photo of Causey Arch, a landmark near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Causey Arch

Landmark near Chester-le-Street

The world's oldest surviving railway bridge of 1726, a single stone arch high above the wooded Causey Burn.

5.2 km SE

Photo of Tanfield Railway, a visitor attraction near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Tanfield Railway

Attraction near Chester-le-Street

The world's oldest railway, now a heritage steam line through the Causey valley from Europe's oldest engine shed.

5.7 km E

Photo along the Hadrian's Wall Path, an 84-mile National Trail running from Wallsend to Bowness-on-Solway, England.Iconic

Hadrian's Wall Path

National Trail

Coast to coast along the Roman frontier, milecastle by milecastle.

7.3 km N · Northumberland, Cumbria & Tyne and Wear

Photo of Beamish, The Living Museum of the North, a visitor attraction near Chester-le-Street, County Durham, north east England.Iconic

Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

Attraction near Chester-le-Street

Vast open-air museum near Stanley recreating northern life across the 1820s, 1900s and 1940s with trams and shops.

7.7 km SE