12 miles from Wolsingham Park Moor lands cmn to Stanhope, Tow Law and Wolsingham Parish

Built in the 1720s, Derwentcote is the earliest and most complete steel-making furnace in Britain. It produced high-grade steel for springs and cutting tools.

12 miles from Wolsingham Park Moor lands cmn to Stanhope, Tow Law and Wolsingham 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.

15 miles from Wolsingham Park Moor lands cmn to Stanhope, Tow Law and Wolsingham Parish

Begun between 1100 and 1120 to defend a strategic crossing of the River Tyne against Scottish invaders, Prudhoe Castle has been continuously occupied for over nine centuries.

15 miles from Wolsingham Park Moor lands cmn to Stanhope, Tow Law and Wolsingham 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.

16 miles from Wolsingham Park Moor lands cmn to Stanhope, Tow Law and Wolsingham Parish

The charming ruins of a small monastery of Premonstratensian 'white canons', picturesquely set above a bend in the River Tees near Barnard Castle.

16 miles from Wolsingham Park Moor lands cmn to Stanhope, Tow Law and Wolsingham Parish

Visitors to Corbridge can walk along the main street of this Roman garrison town, flanked by the remains of granaries, a fountain house, markets, workshops and temples.