Theme park · near Langley Park · County Durham

Diggerland

Diggerland is a digger theme park. The site is 100 m north of Langley Park. Add Durham Castle, 7.1 km away, to a visit; it leads 31 places within 15 km.

Photo: Diggerland, Roger Smith (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

100 m

north of Langley Park

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Theme park near Langley Park

Just outside Langley Park

Diggerland is 100 m north of Langley Park. Towns near it ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

The climate through the year

From June to September, Langley Park sees highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 1°62 mm

Feb8° / 1°53 mm

Mar10° / 2°45 mm

Apr12° / 4°53 mm

May15° / 6°49 mm

Jun18° / 9°74 mm

Jul20° / 11°65 mm

Aug20° / 11°71 mm

Sep17° / 9°59 mm

Oct14° / 7°66 mm

Nov10° / 3°75 mm

Dec7° / 1°65 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Langley Park, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Langley Park. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Langley Park’s full climate →

About

Diggerland

Digger theme park in Durham.

Type: Theme park
Town: 100 m north of Langley Park
Official site: diggerland.com/diggerland-durham

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Diggerland on the map

The map centres on Diggerland, in orange, with nearby places numbered.

Towns near it

The nearest towns

The biggest base of the 8 is Durham (50,502 people). The list runs from its own town outward.

1 · 100 m south of it

Langley Park

4,031 people · 4 places to visit

2 · 2.1 km east of it

Witton Gilbert

2,525 people · 8 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km southeast of it

Ushaw Moor and Bearpark

6,483 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 3 km northwest of it

Burnhope

1,465 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Diggerland is	People	Places to visit
Langley Park	100 m south of it	4,031	4
Witton Gilbert	2.1 km east of it	2,525	8
Ushaw Moor and Bearpark	2.8 km southeast of it	6,483	11
Burnhope	3 km northwest of it	1,465	4
Esh Winning	3.2 km southwest of it	3,877	4
Sacriston	3.2 km northeast of it	5,186	7
New Brancepeth	3.7 km southeast of it	1,280	11
Durham	3.9 km east of it	50,502	15

Make a day of it

Close to Diggerland

Within 15 km are 31 places, among them 3 castles, 2 museums and a cathedral.

CastleDurham Castle7.1 km away 2

CathedralDurham Cathedral7.2 km away 3

MuseumBeamish Museum9.4 km away · 350K visitors a year 4

MuseumOriental Museum7.4 km away · 19K visitors a year 5

CastleLumley Castle9.8 km away 6

CastleBrancepeth Castle7.6 km away 7

Historic house · English HeritageAuckland Castle15 km away 8

Abbey or priory · English HeritageFinchale Priory9 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Your questions on Diggerland

Where is Diggerland?

Diggerland is 100 m north of Langley Park, County Durham.

What is Diggerland?

Digger theme park in Durham.

When is the best time to visit Diggerland?

June to September are the warmest months in Langley Park, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Diggerland?

Within 15 km: Durham Castle (7.1 km), Durham Cathedral (7.2 km), Beamish Museum (9.4 km) and Oriental Museum (7.4 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Diggerland: Roger Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham Castle: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Durham Cathedral: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Beamish Museum: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Oriental Museum: Wereon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Lumley Castle: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Brancepeth Castle: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Auckland Castle: Pit-yacker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Finchale Priory: Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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