Places To See

Eggleston Hall is ideally located for visits to the following (approximate journey times by car noted in brackets)

Bowes Museum
The world renowned Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle which is home to examples of French landscapes (Boucher, Boudin, Courbet), the Italian School (Canaletto, Sasseta, Tiepolo), the Spanish School (El Greco, Goya) and watercolours and drawings including two Turners, and many exhibitions (10 minutes away by car).

Egglestone Abbey (15 minutes)
A ruined 12th century abbey in a picturesque setting above the River Tees.

Rokeby Park (15 minutes)
Palladian style country house which was the setting for Sir Walter Scott's ballad "Rokeby". The house contains a unique collection of 18th Century needlepainting pictures, period furniture and an interesting "Print Room". Greta Bridge, where Sir Walter Scott and John Sell Cotman drew inspiration is also nearby.

High Force (15 minutes)
England's highest waterfall, near Middleton-in-Teesdale, is easily reached from Eggleston and the Pennine Way and Teesdale Way pass close by.

Visits can be made to delightful stone villages such as Lartington, Cotherstone and Romaldkirk (where the vicar's daughter Alice Liddell charmed Lewis Carroll into writing Alice in Wonderland!).

Durham Cathedral (40 minutes)
This magnificent Norman cathedral is one of the great architectural experiences of Europe. Founded in 1093, it is the shrine of St. Cuthbert and the focus of Christian worship in the Diocese of Durham.

Raby Castle (15 minutes)
Outside Staindrop, is set in a 200 acre (80ha) deer park. It houses a fine art collection and has sumptuous interiors with an important Meissen porcelain collection, tapestries, period furniture, furnishings and paintings.

The Bishop's Palace (25 minutes)
Auckland Castle has been the principal country residence of the Prince Bishops since Norman times and is now the official residence of the Bishop of Durham. St Peter's Chapel, reputedly one of the largest private chapels in Europe, the Zurbaran paintings of the disciples and the State Rooms are all open to the public. There is also access to the adjacent Bishop's deer park with its 18th Century deer house.

Other places of local interest include; Durham Botanic Gardens, The Otter Trust, Killhope Wheel, Beamish Open Air Museum, Diggerland, Blanchland Abbey, Durham County's Riverside cricket ground at Chester-le-Street and from Eggleston it is only a short journey over to the Lake District.

To the south lies the cobbled market town of Richmond with its noted Georgian theatre, Herriot country, Thorp Perrow Arboretum, Fountains Abbey and the Yorkshire Dales National Park.