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Shildon
County Durham, North East · population 10,049 · Photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Shildon
Shildon is a town and civil parish in County Durham, in England. The population taken at the 2011 Census was 9,976. The town has the Locomotion Museum, due to it having the first station, built in 1825, and locomotive works on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
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The Southmartins
Sat 10 Oct, 19:30The Forum Music Centre, Darlington
Michael Spicer - Hope All's Well
Tue 20 Oct, 19:30Durham Gala Theatre, Neville's Cross ED
John Kearns - Tilting At Windmills
Thu 22 Oct, 19:30Durham Gala Theatre, Neville's Cross ED
Hilarity Bites Comedy Club feat. Mick Ferry & Steve Day
Sat 7 Nov, 19:30The Forum Music Centre, Darlington
Chris Ramsey: Here Man
Sat 21 Nov, 19:30Darlington Hippodrome, Darlington
The Big Christmas Sing A-Long with Aled Jones and Alexander Armstrong
Wed 2 Dec, 19:30Durham Cathedral, Durham
Days out around Shildon
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Fatfield War Memorial
Mount Pleasant · 18 miles
Drinkfield Marsh Nature Reserve
Harrowgate Hill · 6.2 miles
Local nature reserve hidden away between a school and a waste recycling depot but home to a wide variety of wildlife
Stony Beck Lake
Bishop Middleham · 7.5 miles
Formerly seasonal lake that is now virtually permanent
William T Stead Memorial
Darlington · 8.1 miles
This stone originally belonging to W Stead to which he tethered his dogs and pony is probably the only monument to his memory in Darlington. The boulder is a fitting symbol of his indomitable courage. He perished on the TITANIC April 15th 2012.
Riverside Park
Darlington · 8.1 miles
New park area which sits on the site once inhabited by the Bishop of Durham in a 12th century palace, which stood on the banks of the Skerne directly behind the Town Hall.
View of Cathedral, Mill and weir
Durham · 9.9 miles
the classic view of the wier on the River Wear, the Old Fulling Mill, and Durham Cathedral
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Driving Theory Test Practice
8 Hackworth Street, Shildon
Hackworth Park Rest House
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Shildon Railway Sports & Social Club
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Shildon Railway Bowls Club
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The Recreation Ground
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Shildon Masonic Hall
Middleton Road, Shildon
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