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Houghton Bank
Houghton Bank is a village in County Durham. It is located in the A68 road, about 5 miles north-west of Darlington and 4 miles south-east of West Auckland. The village of Houghton-le-Side is nearly - about a quarter of a mile to the south. The area around Houghton Bank is mainly enclosed farmland situated on high land - on a sandstone ridge (the Pennine Lower Coal Measures and Stainmore Formation), which extends east to Heighington and west to Bolam.[1]
Houghton Bank is a village in the borough of Darlington and the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles west of Newton Aycliffe, on the A68 between Darlington and Bishop Auckland.
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United Methodist Free Church : Built 1866 : Houghton Bank.
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Darlington Landscape Character Assessment and Sensitivity Study (2015)
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Houghton-le-Side
- Overview About Houghton-le-Side Map Street View Houghton-le-Side is a village in the Borough of Darlington, in the ceremonial county of County Durham. Houghton-le-Side is a small village in the borough …
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Borough of Darlington
- Overview About the Borough of Darlington Map Darlington Borough Council is a unitary authority in the ceremonial county of County Durham. The borough is part of the Tees Valley combined …
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United Methodist Free Church : Built 1866 : Houghton Bank.
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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Darlington Landscape Character Assessment and Sensitivity Study (2015)
- "This report presents a description and evaluation of the landscape of the Borough of Darlington. It has been prepared on behalf of Darlington Borough Council to provide part of the …
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Simon Cotterill
![Houghton-le-Side](http://s0.geograph.org.uk/photos/08/00/080022_1cb22613.jpg)
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Houghton-le-Side
- Overview About Houghton-le-Side Map Street View Houghton-le-Side is a village in the Borough of Darlington, in the ceremonial county of County Durham. Houghton-le-Side is a small village in the borough …
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