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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Howden-le-Wear

  

Howden-le-Wear Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Howden-le-Wear

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You can visit Howden-le-Wear places with Walkfo Howden-le-Wear to hear history at Howden-le-Wear’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Howden-le-Wear has 20 places to visit in our interactive Howden-le-Wear 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 Howden-le-Wear, 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 Howden-le-Wear places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Howden-le-Wear & the surrounding areas.

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Walkfo: Visit Howden-le-Wear Places Map
20 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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

  

Best Howden-le-Wear places to visit

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

Crook, County Durham Crook is located 9 miles (14.5 km) south-west of the historic city of Durham. It lies on the edge of Weardale, therefore sometimes referred to as the “Gateway to Weardal” The town is in an unparished area, until 1974 it was in Crook and Willington Urban District.

Harperley POW Camp 93 Harperley POW Camp 93 is a surviving purpose-built World War II Prisoner of War (PoW) camp built to accommodate up to 1,400 inmates at Fir Tree near Crook, County Durham. It was built, initially in 1943 by Italian PoWs to similar plans of other existing Ministry of War Standard Camps.

Witton Park Colliery Witton Park Colliery was a coal mine in Witton-le-Wear, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Northern England.

Witton Castle Witton Castle is the centrepiece of a holiday and caravan country park at Witton le Wear, near Bishop Auckland, County Durham. The 15th-century castle is a Grade II* listed building.

Witton-le-Wear (SSSI) Witton-le-Wear (SSSI) is a Site of Special Scientific Interest located in the valley of the River Wear in County Durham, England. It is important as the only extensive body of biologically-significant open water in West Durham.

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