Visit Egglescliffe Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Egglescliffe

  

Egglescliffe Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Egglescliffe

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Egglescliffe history

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North of the River Tees was not recorded in the 1068 Domesday Book. Bishop Skirlaw of Durham built a stone bridge across the Tees in 1400 which still stands. An iron replacement was built in 1805, but it fell down in 1806.

Egglescliffe etymology

The second element of Egglescliffe is from Old English clif, ‘steep slope’ The first element has been etymologised as Latin ecclesia ‘church’ or the form it took when borrowed into Cumbric, represented today by Welsh eglwys.

Egglescliffe geography / climate

The parish includes the villages of Egglescliffe, Eaglescliffe and Urlay Nook. The main road through eastern parish is the A135 Yarm Road which was part of the old route of the A19 until the 1970s when it was diverted east of Thornaby. Nearby large towns include Stockton-on-Tees, Middlesbrough, Darlington and Hartlepool.

You can visit Egglescliffe places with Walkfo Egglescliffe to hear history at Egglescliffe’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Egglescliffe has 27 places to visit in our interactive Egglescliffe map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Egglescliffe, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Egglescliffe places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Egglescliffe & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Egglescliffe Places Map
27 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Egglescliffe historic spots	Egglescliffe tourist destinations	Egglescliffe plaques	Egglescliffe geographic features
Walkfo Egglescliffe tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Egglescliffe

  

Best Egglescliffe places to visit

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Egglescliffe has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Egglescliffe’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Egglescliffe’s information audio spots:

Ingleby Barwick Ingleby Barwick is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire. It is south of the River Tees and north-east of River Leven. Large scale development of the town started in the late 1970s on farm land south-west of Thornaby.

HM Prison Kirklevington Grange HM Prison Kirklevington Grange is a Category D men’s prison, and young offenders institute. It is located in the village near Yarm, North Yorkshire. The prison is operated by Her Majesty’s Prison Service.

Preston-on-Tees Preston-on-Tees is a village and civil parish on the northern edge of Eaglescliffe, in the borough of Stockton. The civil parish population at the 2011 census was 1,689. It is home to Preston Park and Preston Hall.

Kirklevington Kirklevington (also known as Kirk Leavington) is a village in the borough of Stockton-on-Tees, North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 census, the village had a population of 809. The civil parish had a total of 1,361.

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