English Heritage sites near Great Lumley Parish
FINCHALE PRIORY
1 miles from Great Lumley Parish
The very extensive remains of a 13th-century priory, founded on the site of a retired pirate's hermitage. Part of it later served as a holiday retreat for the monks of Durham Cathedral.
HYLTON CASTLE
7 miles from Great Lumley Parish
The distinctive and highly decorative gatehouse-tower of a castle built by the wealthy Sir William Hylton, shortly before 1400. Originally containing four floors of self-contained family.
ST PAUL'S MONASTERY, JARROW
10 miles from Great Lumley Parish
The home of the Venerable Bede, chronicler of the beginnings of English Christianity, Jarrow has become one of the best-understood Anglo-Saxon monastic sites.
BENWELL ROMAN TEMPLE - HADRIAN'S WALL
10 miles from Great Lumley Parish
The remains of a small temple to the native god 'Antenociticus', in the 'vicus' (civilian settlement) which stood outside Benwell fort.
BENWELL VALLUM CROSSING
11 miles from Great Lumley Parish
A stone-built causeway, where the road from the south crossed the Vallum earthwork on its way to Benwell fort.
DERWENTCOTE STEEL FURNACE
11 miles from Great Lumley Parish
Built in the 1720s, Derwentcote is the earliest and most complete steel-making furnace in Britain. It produced high-grade steel for springs and cutting tools.
No churches found in Great Lumley Parish
Pubs in Great Lumley Parish
Old England
Only surviving pub in the village, centrally situated next to local shops. Holds quiz nights, pool and darts. On all visits in 2015 real ale has not been available from the three handpumps. December 2016 real ale intermittently available. S...
Smiths Arms
Forge Lane, Castle Dene, CHESTER LE STREET, DH3 4HE
(0191) 385 7559
smiths-arms.co.uk/
Snooks
Real ale reintroduced July 2020 but withdrawn March 2022.
Warriors Arms
Pub closed for some time. A picture in happier times at http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2272564 Now housing