Welcome to Visit Hesleden Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Hesleden


Visit Hesleden PlacesVisit Hesleden places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Hesleden places to visit. A unique way to experience Hesleden’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Hesleden as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.

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Hesleden is a village in County Durham, south of Peterlee. The name is a combination of Dene and Hesle, which is from “hazel” The combined population of the five communities making up the parish was 14,429 at the 2011 Census. When you visit Hesleden, Walkfo brings Hesleden places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.

  

Hesleden Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Hesleden


Visit Hesleden – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit

With 24 audio plaques & Hesleden places for you to explore in the Hesleden area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Hesleden places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.

Why visit Hesleden with Walkfo Travel Guide App?


Visit Hesleden PlacesYou can visit Hesleden places with Walkfo Hesleden to hear history at Hesleden’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Hesleden has 24 places to visit in our interactive Hesleden 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 Hesleden, 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 Hesleden places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Hesleden & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 24 audio facts unique to Hesleden places in an interactive Hesleden map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Hesleden Places Map
24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots


 

  Hesleden historic spots

  Hesleden tourist destinations

  Hesleden plaques

  Hesleden geographic features

Walkfo Hesleden tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Hesleden

  

Best Hesleden places to visit


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

Hesleden photo Peterlee Community Hospital
Peterlee Community Hospital is a health facility in Peterlee, County Durham, England. It is managed by North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust.
Hesleden photo Castle Eden Dene
Castle Eden Dene is the largest, and biologically the richest, of a series of deep ravines that have been incised through the Magnesian Limestone and overlying boulder clay of coastal Durham by streams flowing into the North Sea. Over 450 species of plants have been recorded in the wood, many of which date back to pre-medieval times.
Hesleden photo Peterlee Town F.C.
Peterlee Town F.C. are from Peterlee, England. They currently play in the Wearside Football League. Peterlee are currently in the Premier League.
Hesleden photo Horden railway station
Horden is a railway station on the Durham Coast Line, which runs between Newcastle and Middlesbrough via Hartlepool. The station is situated 10 miles 74 chains (20 km) south-east of Sunderland. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains. It opened on 29 June 2020, following a £10.55 million investment.
Hesleden photo Apollo Pavilion
The Apollo Pavilion, also known as the Pasmore Pavilion, is a piece of public art in the new town of Peterlee in County Durham in the North East of England. It was completed in 1969 and has been given a Grade-II* listing by English Heritage in December 2011.
Hesleden photo Horden Colliery
Horden Colliery was a coal mine situated near Peterlee in County Durham. It was situated in the area, near to Peterlee, County Durham, in the early 1900s.
Hesleden photo Shotton Hall
Shotton Hall is a Grade II listed building, formerly a mansion house, now operated by Peterlee Town Council as offices and a conference centre.
Hesleden photo Blackhall Colliery railway station
Blackhall Colliery railway station was located on the Durham Coast Line. It was located north of Blackhall Rocks and south of Horden.
Hesleden photo Wellfield railway station
Wellfield railway station was built by the North Eastern Railway (NER) on the route of the Hartlepool Dock & Railway (HD&R) to allow interchange between the existing line and their newly opened line from Stockton-on-Tees which had opened to passenger traffic just two years earlier. When first built, the station was located in a rural area, being located immediately to the north of the bridge carrying the Durham to Hartlept road over the railway line. However the village of Wingate in County Durham, North East England gradually expanded northwards over the course of the station’s life.

Visit Hesleden plaques


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Hesleden has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Hesleden plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Hesleden using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Hesleden plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.