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The main road through Burnhope
Looking southwest down Holmside Lane in this old former mining village.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 28 Nov 2012
0.02 miles
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Abandoned allotments
Larger scale maps name this area of ground at Burnhope as allotments but all that's there presently is barren ground, broken wood and dilapidated sheds.
Image: © Trevor Littlewood
Taken: 19 Feb 2023
0.14 miles
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Pavilion Terrace, Burnhope
Looking north along the main village street. This is the old part of the village, with houses dating back to the 19th century.
Image: © Robert Graham
Taken: 28 Nov 2012
0.14 miles
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The first and last house in Burnhope
Burnhope was categorised as a "category D village" by Durham County Council. With the decline of coal-mining locally, 114 villages were classified in this way in 1951, and another seven in 1964. They were left to wither and die, without economic assistance or development. The policy ended in 1977, but many still have an old fashioned air, contrasting with newer areas of commuter housing.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 14 Apr 2012
0.15 miles
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Burnhope Pond Plantation
Image: © brian clark
Taken: 21 Jan 2007
0.16 miles
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Burnhope Village Pit wheel
Commemorative pit wheels, together with coal trucks, are a characteristic feature of former coal mining villages in county Durham. In the distance can be seen the wind turbines at Craghead
Image typifying a more modern energy source.
Image: © Oliver Dixon
Taken: 13 Nov 2012
0.22 miles
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Nature reserve at Burnhope Pond
Burnhope Pond, a reserve of the Durham Wildlife Trust, with the remnants of the first snow of winter 2015/2016. The pond itself which developed as a result of mining subsidence, is hardly seen in this image.
Image: © Trevor Littlewood
Taken: 21 Nov 2015
0.22 miles
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Coal Chauldrons and pit wheel sculpture at Burnhope
Image: © P Glenwright
Taken: 24 Sep 2006
0.23 miles
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Burnhope Village asserts its mining heritage
Name sign on Holmside Lane at the west end of the village. Burnhope was categorised as a "category D village" by Durham County Council. With the decline of coal-mining locally, 114 villages were classified in this way in 1951, and another seven in 1964. They were left to wither and die, without economic assistance or development. The policy ended in 1977, but many still have an old fashioned air, contrasting with newer areas of commuter housing.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 14 Apr 2012
0.23 miles
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Somewhere to enjoy the view
These benches, in the middle of a minor road junction, enjoy a fine view towards Lanchester.
Image: © Christine Johnstone
Taken: 14 Apr 2012
0.24 miles