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Wolsingham

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Wolsingham is a small Weardale market town where the Waskerley Beck joins the Wear, and one of the oldest settlements in the dale. It has a cracking old pub in the Black Lion, a monthly market, and steam trains calling on the Weardale Railway. The station is on the edge of town.

More places to visit near Wolsingham

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.

here · County Durham & Tyne and Wear

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

0.8 km SW

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.

7.9 km W

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.

8.1 km SW

Photo of Escomb Church, a church in County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Escomb Church

Church near Escomb

One of the most complete Saxon churches in England, built around 670 from stone robbed from the Roman fort at Binchester.

13.2 km SE

Photo of Kynren, a visitor attraction near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, north east England.Highlight

Kynren

Attraction near Bishop Auckland

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

14.7 km SE