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Bowlees Visitor Centre


Bowlees Visitor Centre is run by the North Pennines AONB Partnership, providing information about the North Pennines, and the countryside of Upper Teesdale, including the nearby Gibson's Cave, High Force and Low Force waterfalls.The centre had 49k visitors in 2018.[1] The visitor centre is hosted in a former Primitive Methodist chapel. A date stone on the front of the building is inscribed 1904; an earlier chapel on this site was recorded in the 1851 Census. It ceased being used as a place of worship in 1968 and became a visitor centre in 1975.[2]

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Bowlees Visitor Centre
- "...Bowlees Visitor Centre is run by the North Pennines AONB Partnership, and is a gateway to the AONB and UNESCO Global Geopark. Visitors can access information about things to see …
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High Force Waterfall
- Overview About High Force Map Street View High Force is a waterfall on the River Tees in Upper Teesdale, located about 4 miles north-west of Middleton-in-Teesdale. The falls drop a …
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Low Force Waterfalls
- Overview About Low Force Map Street View Low Force is series of waterfalls on the River Tees in Upper Teesdale, which has a drop of 5.5m. The Wynch Bridge, built in …

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