Byers Green Travel Guide

Tourist Guide

Byers Green Junction The Clarence Railway opened 1837, ran between Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland. The trackbed has now been converted into the Auckland Way http://www.cobr.co.uk/e-cobr_information/cycling_initiatives/sections/rail_trails/auckland_way/text.shtml ,an attractive path for walkers and cyclists, here seen diverging off to the left. To the right, the West Durham Railway, completed 1840 ran towards Willington.
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Byers Green Junction The Clarence Railway opened 1837, ran between Spennymoor and Bishop Auckland. The trackbed has now been converted into the Auckland Way http://www.cobr.co.uk/e-cobr_information/cycling_initiatives/sections/rail_trails/auckland_way/text.shtml ,an attractive path for walkers and cyclists, here seen diverging off to the left. To the right, the West Durham Railway, completed 1840 ran towards Willington.
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Whitworth Hall Lake. At Whitworth Hall Country Park.
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Parish Church, Whitworth Pevsner, County Durham: Parish Church, Whitworth: Built in 1850 and refurbished in the 1880s and 1890s. Parts are said to date back to the 13th Century and is on the site of a much earlier church.
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4 out of 5
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4 out of 5
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4 out of 5
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Popular places to visit

Whitworth Hall Country Park

Explore the great outdoors at Whitworth Hall Country Park, a lovely green space in Spennymoor. You can enjoy the restaurants while in the area.

Whitworth Hall Country Park

Spennymoor Leisure Centre

Enjoy an outing to Spennymoor Leisure Centre during your stay in Spennymoor. Amble around this relaxing area's riverfront or attend a sporting event.

Spennymoor Leisure Centre

Jubilee Park

Explore the great outdoors at Jubilee Park, a lovely green space in Spennymoor. Amble around this relaxing area's riverfront or attend a sporting event.

Jubilee Park

Cities near Byers Green

The historic Market Cross in the town of Castle Barnard, County Durham, UK

Spennymoor

Scripton Gill This pleasant path runs along a narrow strip of woodland beside the stream from Brandon up to Pithouse Plantation.
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Brancepeth