Visit Peterlee Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Peterlee

  

Peterlee Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Peterlee

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Peterlee history

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The case for founding Peterlee as a new town was put forward in Farewell Squalor by Easington Rural District Council Surveyor C. W. Clarke. Clarke proposed that the town be named after the celebrated Durham miners’ leader Peter Lee.

Peterlee culture & places

Castle Eden Dene, most of which is within the boundaries of Peterlee, is a national nature reserve. Most of the castle is within Peterlee’s borders.

Peterlee landmarks

Apollo Pavilion

The Apollo Pavilion (1970) was designed by Victor Pasmore. It provided a focal point for the Sunny Blunts estate as well as a bridge across a water-course. From the late 1970s the Pavilion suffered from vandals and anti-social behaviour.

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

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

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

  

Best Peterlee places to visit

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Easington Greyhound Stadium Easington Greyhound Stadium, also known as Moorfield Stadium, was a greyhound racing stadium in County Durham. The stadium was built in the 1960s and 1960s.

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