Holly Wood

Wood, Forest in Durham

England

Holly Wood

A track through the delightfully named Hellhole Wood
A track through the delightfully named Hellhole Wood Credit: Mick Garratt

Holly Wood, Durham (also referred to as Wood or Forest) is a small suburban neighborhood located in Durham, North Carolina. Situated on the eastern side of the city, Holly Wood is known for its lush greenery and tree-lined streets, providing residents with a serene and peaceful atmosphere.

The neighborhood is primarily residential, consisting of single-family homes and a few apartment complexes. The architecture in Holly Wood is varied, with a mix of traditional and contemporary designs. The homes are typically well-maintained, and many feature spacious yards and well-manicured gardens.

Holly Wood benefits from its close proximity to several amenities and attractions. The neighborhood is just a short drive away from the bustling downtown area of Durham, offering residents easy access to a wide range of shops, restaurants, and entertainment options. Additionally, nearby parks and recreational areas, such as Duke Forest and Little River Regional Park, provide opportunities for outdoor activities like hiking, biking, and picnicking.

The community in Holly Wood is known for being friendly and tight-knit. Neighbors often come together for various events and gatherings, fostering a sense of camaraderie among residents. The neighborhood also has a strong focus on education, with several highly-rated schools located nearby.

Overall, Holly Wood, Durham is a charming suburban neighborhood that offers a tranquil living environment while providing easy access to the amenities of city life. Its beautiful surroundings and welcoming community make it an attractive place to call home.

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Holly Wood Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 54.89046/-1.6621535 or Grid Reference NZ2155. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

A track through the delightfully named Hellhole Wood
A track through the delightfully named Hellhole Wood
Beech woodland, Hellhole Wood
Beech woodland, Hellhole Wood
Beamish Burn
Beamish Burn
Bench, Carrickshill Wood
Bench, Carrickshill Wood
The old Causey Arch station
The old Causey Arch station
Footbridge over the Causey Burn With some other bridge behind.
Footbridge over the Causey Burn
With some other bridge behind.
View to Andrew's House
View to Andrew's House
Small pond, Hellhole Wood
Small pond, Hellhole Wood
Beech woodland, Hellhole Wood
Beech woodland, Hellhole Wood
Hedley Hall Farm
Hedley Hall Farm
Mill Wood
Mill Wood
Pond, Mill Wood
Pond, Mill Wood
Footpath to Hedley Lane
Footpath to Hedley Lane
Track, Hedley Fell
Track, Hedley Fell
Industrial Ruins Probably boiler and engine houses associated with nearby drift.

sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, engine house and windlass. [online] Available at: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6960" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6960">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].

‌sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, boilers. [online] Available at: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6961" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6961">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
Industrial Ruins
Probably boiler and engine houses associated with nearby drift. sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, engine house and windlass. [online] Available at: LinkExternal link [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021]. ‌sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, boilers. [online] Available at: LinkExternal link [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
Industrial Ruins Probably boiler and engine houses associated with nearby drift.

sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, engine house and windlass. [online] Available at: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6960" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6960">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].

‌sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, boilers. [online] Available at: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6961" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6961">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
Industrial Ruins
Probably boiler and engine houses associated with nearby drift. sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, engine house and windlass. [online] Available at: LinkExternal link [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021]. ‌sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, boilers. [online] Available at: LinkExternal link [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
Industrial Ruins - dressed stone scatter Probably boiler and engine houses associated with nearby drift.

sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, engine house and windlass. [online] Available at: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6960" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6960">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].

‌sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, boilers. [online] Available at: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6961" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://twsitelines.info/SMR/6961">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
Industrial Ruins - dressed stone scatter
Probably boiler and engine houses associated with nearby drift. sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, engine house and windlass. [online] Available at: LinkExternal link [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021]. ‌sitelines.newcastle.gov.uk. (2021). Beamish Burn, boilers. [online] Available at: LinkExternal link [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
Flint Saw Mill A water-powered corn, flint, fulling, and saw mill.

Annotated as 'Flint Saw Mill' on the 1898 O.S. ordnance Survey map.

Maps.nls.uk. (2021). View map: Durham XII.NE (includes: Lamesley; Pelton; Urpeth.) - Ordnance Survey Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952. [online] Available at: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://maps.nls.uk/view/101099582" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://maps.nls.uk/view/101099582">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].

For more details:
Millsarchive.org. (2021). Pockerley Flint Mill, Beamish – The Mills Archive. [online] Available at: <span class="nowrap"><a title="https://new.millsarchive.org/mills/index/?action=show&which=10294" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" href="https://new.millsarchive.org/mills/index/?action=show&which=10294">Link</a><img style="margin-left:2px;" alt="External link" title="External link - shift click to open in new window" src="https://s1.geograph.org.uk/img/external.png" width="10" height="10"/></span> [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
Flint Saw Mill
A water-powered corn, flint, fulling, and saw mill. Annotated as 'Flint Saw Mill' on the 1898 O.S. ordnance Survey map. Maps.nls.uk. (2021). View map: Durham XII.NE (includes: Lamesley; Pelton; Urpeth.) - Ordnance Survey Six-inch England and Wales, 1842-1952. [online] Available at: LinkExternal link [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021]. For more details: Millsarchive.org. (2021). Pockerley Flint Mill, Beamish – The Mills Archive. [online] Available at: LinkExternal link [Accessed 2 Dec. 2021].
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Holly Wood is located at Grid Ref: NZ2155 (Lat: 54.89046, Lng: -1.6621535)

Unitary Authority: County Durham

Police Authority: Durham

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Located within 500m of 54.89046,-1.6621535
Railway: switch
Lat/Long: 54.8889155/-1.6582557
Stone beetle
Tourism: artwork
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Barrier: stile
Foot: yes
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Mill Wood
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Natural: wood
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Railway: switch
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Railway: switch
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Railway: switch
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Crossing Barrier: full
Railway: level_crossing
Lat/Long: 54.888302/-1.6652579
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Railway: level_crossing
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Railway: switch
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Beamish Town
Description: Usually used in a Clockwise direction only
Operator: Beamish Museum - Transport Department
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Tram: yes
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Historic: memorial
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Dentist
J. Jones
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Cafe
Tea Rooms
Level: 1
Lat/Long: 54.8890258/-1.660763
Fairground
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Entrance: yes
Level: 1
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Dipwood Halt
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Station: miniature
Usage: tourism
Lat/Long: 54.8862872/-1.6645975
Pockerley Old Hall
Information: map
Map Size: site
Mapillary: 343357074212339
Tourism: information
Lat/Long: 54.8883946/-1.6571594
The Town
Information: map
Map Size: site
Tourism: information
Lat/Long: 54.8887603/-1.6596435
Entrance: yes
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Bench
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Leisure: picnic_table
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Bench
Inscription: Donated by Royal British Legion; Women's Section Durham County; In celebration of the millennium; 9th June 2000
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Bench
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Waste Basket
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Bench
Lat/Long: 54.8887901/-1.6593936
Image: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3751734
Railway: turntable
Lat/Long: 54.8863159/-1.6644925
Mini Roundabout
Lat/Long: 54.8878831/-1.6596851
Entrance: main
Lat/Long: 54.8881177/-1.6580981
Joseph Herrons Bakery
Addr City: Stanley
Addr Housename: Beamish Museum
Addr Postcode: DH9 0RG
Addr Village: Beamish
Fhrs Id: 655264
Shop: bakery
Source Addr: FHRS Open Data
Lat/Long: 54.8889717/-1.6602304
JR & D Edis Photographers
Craft: photographer
Website: https://www.beamish.org.uk/photographers/
Lat/Long: 54.8890506/-1.6603239
W Smith's Chemist
Addr City: Stanley
Addr Housename: Beamish Museum
Addr Postcode: DH9 0RG
Addr Village: Beamish
Fhrs Id: 879418
Shop: chemist
Source Addr: FHRS Open Data
Website: https://www.beamish.org.uk/chemist/
Lat/Long: 54.8891685/-1.6604011
Annfeld Plain Industrial Co-Operative Society
Shop: general
Lat/Long: 54.8891691/-1.6608111
Toilets
Male: yes
Lat/Long: 54.8894034/-1.6605807
Toilets
Female: yes
Lat/Long: 54.88944/-1.6603909
WHSmith
Addr City: Stanley
Addr Postcode: DH9 0RG
Addr Suburb: Beamish
Fhrs Id: 996257
Shop: newsagent
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Entrance: yes
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Railway: switch
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Man Made: crane
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Solicitor's office
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Printer
Level: 1
Shop: copyshop
Lat/Long: 54.8893289/-1.6609217
Stationer & Newspaper Branch Office
Shop: stationery
Lat/Long: 54.8893143/-1.6610156
Toilets
Access: yes
Fee: no
Lat/Long: 54.8881036/-1.6580458
Cafe
John's Café
Addr City: Stanley
Addr Postcode: DH9 0RG
Addr Suburb: Beamish
Fhrs Id: 1469332
Website: https://www.beamish.org.uk/exhibits/johns-cafe/
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Bench
Backrest: yes
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Bench
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Information: map
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Bench
Backrest: yes
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Bench
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Barrier: entrance
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Waste Basket
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Bench
Backrest: yes
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Bench
Backrest: yes
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Bench
Backrest: yes
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Bench
Backrest: yes
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Bench
Backrest: yes
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Bench
Backrest: yes
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Content: water
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Exhibit: post_box
Image: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5581269
Listed Status: Grade II
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Post Box Design: penfold
Post Box Type: pillar
Royal Cypher: VR
Lat/Long: 54.8888245/-1.6599655
Leisure: picnic_table
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Leisure: picnic_table
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1900's Town
Place: neighbourhood
Website: https://www.beamish.org.uk/explore-discover/1900s-town/
Lat/Long: 54.8893714/-1.6604376
Exhibit: water_trough
Mapillary: 6369612899746463
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1950's Town
Place: neighbourhood
Lat/Long: 54.8884257/-1.6586298
Seaham Harbour Coal Drops
Image: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5652052
Lat/Long: 54.8871977/-1.6569293
Bench
Backrest: yes
Lat/Long: 54.8878664/-1.6571371
1950's Farm
Place: neighbourhood
Website: https://www.beamish.org.uk/explore-discover/1950s-farm/
Lat/Long: 54.8859958/-1.6622414
Bus Stop
Beamish Town
Bus: yes
Description: Usually used in an Anti-Clockwise direction only
Operator: Beamish Museum - Transport Department
Public Transport: stop_position
Railway: tram_stop
Shelter: no
Tram: yes
Lat/Long: 54.8890718/-1.6617266
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