Historic churches · North East England
Pittington
In or near West Rainton.
Pittington in England North East, United Kingdom.
Oliver Dixon — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 30 min–1 h
- Nearest railway station
- Durham · 6.7 km
- Free entry
Getting there & planning your visit
To visit Pittington church, the nearest railway station is Durham, which is 6.7 km away. The postcode for navigation is DH6 1BE, and entry to the church is free.
About
Pittington is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: High Moorsley SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Pittington is a village and civil parish in County Durham, in England. It is situated a few miles north-east of Durham. The population as taken at the 2011 census was 2,534. Pittington is made up of the neighbouring settlements of Low Pittington and High Pittington, which were developed for coal mining by Lambton Collieries from the 1820s. High Pittington, the larger of the two, now includes the old hamlet of Hallgarth. Hallgarth is a conservation area, designated in 1981. It is a small conservation area focussed on the Church of St Laurence, a Grade I listed building, and Hallgarth Manor Hotel (Grade II). The civil parish of Pittington includes both villages and the neighbouring village of Littletown. Pittington Hill is a Site of Special Scientific Interest.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
Description
The water mill, about half a mile to the south west of Hallgarth, was the scene of the 1830 murder of Mary Ann Westhorpe, a servant girl of about 17 years old. Her body was discovered at 6 o'clock in the evening of Sunday 8 August 1830. While the mill owners, the miller Mr S. Oliver and his wife were at church, Thomas Clarke, a 19-year-old fellow servant, in a distressed state, alarmed residents of Sherburn with the information that six Irishmen had broken into the mill house at Hallgarth. He claimed that they had ransacked the house for money and then assaulted him with a poker before brutally murdering Westhorpe. Returning to the mill with the people he had informed, the girl's body was…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 54.8000, -1.4833
- District
- County Durham
- Parish
- Pittington
- Postcode
- DH6 1BE
- Parliamentary constituency
- City of Durham
- Nearest railway station
- Durham — 6.7 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q7199121 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Pittington (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Pittington Hill
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Mountains & hills · 0.6 km
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Pittington railway station
Heritage railway stations · 0.9 km
Kip The Pit Pony and Coal Tub
Public art & sculpture · 1.0 km
Low Moorsley
Other places · 1.1 km
Hallgarth Manor
Hotels · 1.5 km
Hallgarth
Other places · 1.5 km
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Church of St Laurence
Historic churches · 1.6 km
Hallgarth War Memorial
Memorials & monuments · 1.6 km
Low Moorsley
Villages · 1.7 km
Rainton Gate
Other places · 1.7 km
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Pittington?
- Pittington is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode DH6 1BE), in the parish of Pittington.
- What is Pittington?
- Pittington in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Pittington?
- The nearest railway station is Durham, about 6.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode DH6 1BE.
- Is Pittington a protected site?
- Yes — Pittington is part of the High Moorsley SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Pittington free to visit?
- Yes, Pittington is free to enter.
- How do I get to Pittington?
- The nearest railway station is Durham, about 6.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode DH6 1BE.