English Heritage sites near Hamsterley Parish
AUCKLAND CASTLE DEER HOUSE
6 miles from Hamsterley Parish
A charming Gothic Revival 'eyecatcher' built in 1760 in the park of the Bishops of Durham. It provided deer with shelter and food, and had grounds for picnics and rooms for enjoying the view.
BARNARD CASTLE
10 miles from Hamsterley Parish
Set on a high rock, Barnard Castle takes it name from its 12th-century founder, Bernard de Balliol. It was later developed by the Beauchamp family and then passed into the hands of Richard III.
EGGLESTONE ABBEY
10 miles from Hamsterley Parish
The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.
PIERCEBRIDGE ROMAN BRIDGE
11 miles from Hamsterley Parish
Stonework foundations, now marooned in a field, of a bridge which once led to Piercebridge Roman Fort.
STANWICK IRON AGE FORTIFICATIONS
12 miles from Hamsterley Parish
An excavated section, part cut into rock, of the ramparts of the huge Iron Age trading and power-centre of the Brigantes, the most important tribe in pre- Roman northern Britain.
BOWES CASTLE
13 miles from Hamsterley Parish
The impressive ruins of Henry II's 12th-century keep, on the site of a Roman fort guarding the approach to strategic Stainmore Pass over the Pennines.
Churches in Hamsterley Parish
St James' Church
Pubs in Hamsterley Parish
Cross Keys
Hamsterley, DL13 3PX
(01388) 488457
crosskeyshamsterley.co.uk/