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Rookhope County Durham Map

Traditional county: County Durham · Region: North East

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Place	Rookhope
Traditional County	County Durham
Region	North East
Country	England, United Kingdom

Latitude	54.779747
Longitude	-2.095521
Place Type	Village

About Rookhope

Rookhope clings to the high, bracing contours of the North Pennines, where the sky exerts a heavy, luminous pressure upon the heather-darkened slopes. It lies 4.0 miles west-north-west of Stanhope (from Stanhope: bearing 302°T, OS grid NY 939 427), and is situated north-east of Westgate village. The burn water of Stotfield Burn runs cold and clear through the limestone, carving a path that once dictated the movement of lead ore from the deep veins hidden beneath the earth. Industrial ambition has long since faded, leaving behind the skeletal remains of the Old Rookhope Ore Hearth Lead Smeltmill as a silent, grey monument to a harder century. Beyond the houses, the terrain rises toward the rugged shoulder of Dodder Hill, where the wind carries no scent of industry, only the sharp, clean tang of wet peat and exposed rock. Rookhope remains defined by this thin, vertical geography, where the houses huddle against the incline as if wary of the vastness of the moorland above. The light here shifts with sudden, dramatic intensity, catching the pale stone of the cottages before retreating into the deep, bruised shadows of the valley. Every path leading away from the centre dissolves into the silence of the high fells, where the only sound is the rhythmic, singular call of a lapwing circling the empty air.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Stotfield Burn (River) — 0.3 mi, 155° SSE
Lintzgarth Cleugh (Valley) — 0.8 mi, 265° W
Smail's Burn (River) — 0.8 mi, 159° SSE
Dodder Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 0.9 mi, 122° ESE
Brandon Walls Lead Mine And Ore Works (Scheduled Monument) — 1.2 mi, 155° SSE
Long Hill (Hill / Mountain) — 1.3 mi, 104° ESE
Old Rookhope Ore Hearth Lead Smeltmill, 630M North West Of Lintzgarth Plantation (Scheduled Monument) — 1.5 mi, 270° W
Burnt Walls (Historic Ruins) — 1.6 mi, 156° SSE
Camp At High Northgate (Scheduled Monument) — 1.7 mi, 182° S · 1 ha
Burnhead Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 1.8 mi, 004° N
Turn Wheel (Waterfall) — 1.9 mi, 160° SSE
Park Plantation (Forest / Woodland) — 2.2 mi, 118° ESE
Holm Linn (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.2 mi, 160° SSE
Whiteheaps Dam (Lake / Reservoir) — 2.4 mi, 010° N
Low Linn (Waterfall) — 2.5 mi, 160° SSE
West Rigg Open Cutting Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 2.8 mi, 217° SW · 5 ha
Slit Woods Sssi (Site of Special Scientific Interest) — 3.1 mi, 221° SW · 14 ha
Frazer's hush (Viewpoint) — 3.2 mi, 288° WNW
Waskerley Park (Forest / Woodland) — 3.3 mi, 087° E
Regenerare (Public Artwork) — 4.1 mi, 122° ESE
Shorngate Cross currick (Monument) — 4.4 mi, 288° WNW
Weardale Railway (Attraction) — 4.5 mi, 124° SE
Middle Level Mine Shop (Historic Ruins) — 4.8 mi, 221° SW
Allenheads Heritage Centre (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 288° WNW
The Blacksmith's Shop (Museum) — 5.2 mi, 288° WNW
The Green (Park) — 6.7 mi, 123° ESE
Pow Hill Country Park (Park) — 7.0 mi, 039° NE
Killhope Lead Mining Museum (Museum) — 7.0 mi, 272° W
Ladycross Quarry Nature Reserve (Viewpoint) — 7.7 mi, 006° N
Derwent Gorge And Muggleswick Woods (National Nature Reserve) — 8.1 mi, 063° ENE · 69 ha

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