Visit Castle Eden Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Castle Eden

  

Castle Eden Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Castle Eden

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Castle Eden history

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Castle Eden has its origins in the 10th century when King Reinwald led a campaign of Danish raids and land acquisition. Ownership passed among various Danes until it was eventually taken by Bishop Cutheard and given to Ealfrith. Castle Eden became the seat of Robert de Brus who may have had a castle near the settlement.

20th and 21st century

Until the 1980s, the village still had a post office, which subsequently closed, leaving the Castle Eden Inn, the cricket club, the golf club and the village hall as the only amenities. In 1998, the national brewer Whitbreads, which had purchased the brewery from the Nimmo family in the 1960s, announced its closure. For a short while, brewing continued there but the site was finally sold and, in 2003, redeveloped as houses.

Castle Eden etymology

Castle Eden is a fairly common outcome in English of a Brittonic river name that can be reconstructed as *ituna. The name is first attested around 1050 as Geodene and Iodene, both representing the pronunciation [‘jo:dene].

You can visit Castle Eden places with Walkfo Castle Eden to hear history at Castle Eden’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Castle Eden has 22 places to visit in our interactive Castle Eden 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 Castle Eden, 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 Castle Eden places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Castle Eden & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 22 audio facts unique to Castle Eden places in an interactive Castle Eden map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Castle Eden Places Map
22 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Castle Eden places to visit

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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