East Castle
East Castle is a hamlet in north west County Durham, lying on the A693 between Consett and Leadgate to the north west and Greencroft, Annfield Plain and Stanley to the south east. It is situated on a crossroads, with Dipton and Pontop Pike Television Transmitter (which towers over East Castle) to the north east and Stony Heap to the south west.
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East Castle consists of a terrace of four houses of the same name and a farm (the farmhouse used to be "East Castle Inn"[1]), all to the south east of the crossroads. A much larger settlement used to exist at this location, with a now demolished street to the north east of the A693. A village shop also used to exist here.
The C2C cross-country cycle route passes through East Castle to the south west of the four terrace houses, the route passing virtually parallel to the A693 and coming from Greencroft to the south east toward Leadgate to the north west. The route of the cycle path follows the line of the old Stanhope and Tyne Railway. The Old Transformers[2] is a dual sculpture sitting on the C2C and created by David Kemp, facing south east towards Iveston, just to the north west of East Castle.
Bantling Lime Kilns [3][4] are also adjacent to the C2C, just to the east of East Castle and heading towards Greencroft. The C2C was diverted off the top of the Bantling Lime Kilns some years ago due to safety concerns. A stream, Newhouse Burn, flows south west away from the lime kilns before eventually joining the River Browney nearer Lanchester.
To the north west of East Castle towards Leadgate and Brooms, with access off the C2C 200 m and 400 m north west of the Old Transformers, is an open park area (access both off the south west side). There are three ponds on this reclaimed site, with the largest of these being Pontop Water towards the west. The two smaller ponds are to the extreme south west of the site towards Stoney Heap.
References
- ↑ "East castle Street and inn near annfield plain. demolished 1950s. | West road, Street view, Castle". Pinterest.
- ↑ North, Fabulous. "Old Transformers in Consett". Fabulous North.
- ↑ "East Castle/ Bantling Kilns".
- ↑ "Library". archaeologydataservice.ac.uk.
External links
Coordinates: 54°52′N 1°46′W / 54.86°N 1.77°W
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