Other sights in County DurhamCounty Durham, England

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

The largest ancient woodland in north-east England, a deep wooded ravine running down to the coast at Horden.

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

Natural limestone bridge carrying the moor over the River Greta near Bowes, on the Pennine Way.

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

Reconstructed Georgian seaport on the marina, centred on HMS Trincomalee, Europe's oldest floating warship.

Line of dark dolerite crags above Holwick, part of the same Whin Sill that carries High Force.

Best-preserved lead-mining site in Britain, its huge working waterwheel turning at the head of Weardale.

Outdoor live-action night spectacular near Bishop Auckland, staging 2,000 years of English history and myth.

Headland south of Seaham looking over the once-blackened, now-recovering sands of Blast Beach.

Graceful three-arch bridge over the Wear giving Durham's most-painted view of cathedral and wooded banks.

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

French chateau-style museum in Barnard Castle housing fine art and the celebrated Silver Swan automaton.

Museum at the Auckland Project telling 6,000 years of belief in Britain through 250 objects.

Ray Lonsdale's weathered-steel First World War soldier sitting on Seaham seafront, head bowed.

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