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Memorable Moments at The Bowes Museum
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Awards
- Green Awards
Green Tourism Business Scheme - Gold 2014
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Opening Times
| 2022 (1 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2022) |
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| 2023 (1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023) |
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Highlights...
Bowlees Picnic Area, NewbigginThe picnic area is in a sheltered side valley of Teesdale. There are 4 waterfalls in the site and more falls alongside a footpath to Gibson's Cave.
Stargazing in the North Pennines, StanhopeSome of the darkest skies in England are found in the North Pennines. Much of the area is remote, wild countryside with little development and the views of the night sky are second to none.
The Way of Light, HexhamWelcome to a breath-taking trail that transports you from the dawn of Christianity through to contemporary pilgrimage via Dark Ages battles that changed a region’s faith, abbeys that matched Rome for majesty and a stunning seminary that taught England ’s leading ecclesiastics.
Bowlees Visitor Centre to Gibsons Cave, NewbigginCenturies ago Viking invaders and settlers left their mark in the local dialect words of the Durham Dales. The Old Norse word “foss” referred to a waterfall and still it echoes down the ages in the modern word “force”. Close to Bowlees Visitor Centre a short walk leads to the local beauty spot of…
