Egglesburn

Village in County Durham, England

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54°36′58″N 2°01′34″W / 54.616°N 2.026°W / 54.616; -2.026

Egglesburn is a village in County Durham, Northern England. It is in the Teesdale, Mickleton is on opposite bank of the River Tees.

In the 1960s Durham County Council bought a former sand and gravel quarry which they turned into a wild life reserve. It is now the woodland known as Egglesburn Wood and open as a public recreation area.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Egglesburn Wood". Explore Woodlands. Woodlands Trust. Retrieved 19 September 2015.


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