Visit Wingate, County Durham Places

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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Wingate, County Durham

  

Wingate, County Durham Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Wingate, County Durham

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Wingate, County Durham history

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There is no evidence of settlement at Wingate until the 16th century. Coal was discovered in 1839 when two shafts were sunk; coal was drawn in December 1839. In 1906, an explosion in the mine killed 26 pit workers in Wingate.

You can visit Wingate, County Durham places with Walkfo Wingate, County Durham to hear history at Wingate, County Durham’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Wingate, County Durham has 25 places to visit in our interactive Wingate, County Durham 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 Wingate, County Durham, 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 Wingate, County Durham places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Wingate, County Durham & the surrounding areas.

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25 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Best Wingate, County Durham places to visit

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

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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