Places to go

Darlington
Market town with long industrial history and Quaker origins.

Durham City
Durham is spectacularly dominated by it's 1000 year old cathedral set high above a loop in the river Wear.

York City

Newcastle-Upon-Tyne

MetroCentre - Gateshead
One of the largest purpose built shopping centres in the country.

Barnard Castle
Situated at the centre of Teesdale and built around the ruins of Barnard's Castle.

Richmond, North Yorkshire
Great little market town with castle and town square on the northern edge of the Yorkshire Dales.

Northallerton
Another small market town set amongst the farm lands of the lower river Swale.

Whitby

Yorkshire Dales
Stone walls, sheep, walking and great English views.

North Yorkshire Moors
Wilder than the Dales, the Moors is Herriot and Heartbeat country.

Teesdale
From the high, lonely Pennine moors, over some of the most spectacular waterfalls in England, through meadows and farmland, the river Tees flows to the sea.

High & Low Force
High force, and Low Force just down stream, offer some of the most spectacular river scenery in the British Isles, especially after rain!

Weardale
Running parallel to Teesdale, Weardale is as remote and beautifully wild as you can get in England .