Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre heads the list around Peterlee
Our list finds nothing inside Peterlee’s built-up area, but 3 places within 5 km of its edge. They include a museum, a theme park and an attraction. Out of town, Durham Castle is 15 km away.
The names to know near Peterlee
Along with Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre, see a theme park and an attraction.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
The layout
The farthest of them, Tweddle Farm, is 5.2 km out.
The dashed line is Peterlee’s built-up area; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Kind by kind
The list holds a museum, a theme park and an attraction.
Green: inside Peterlee. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The places, one by one
Everything here is within 5 km of its edge, 3 places in all.
Close and well known first. Churches and listed buildings are on the History page, not here.
1 listed building is on Peterlee’s History page → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Peterlee →
Names further out
Day trips number 12; the best known is Durham Castle, 15 km off.
CastleDurham Castle15 km west
CathedralDurham Cathedral15 km west
Abbey or priory · English HeritageMonkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey17 km north
MuseumBeamish Museum25 km northwest · 350K visitors a year
MuseumTurbinia29 km northwest
Historic shipHMS Trincomalee12 km southeast
CathedralNewcastle Cathedral29 km northwest
MuseumLocomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon24 km southwest · 94K visitors a year
CastleNewcastle upon Tyne Castle29 km northwest
CastleLumley Castle17 km northwest
MuseumArbeia Roman Fort Museum28 km north
Big drawMuseumGreat North Museum: Hancock30 km northwest · 638K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Peterlee (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a National Trust, English Heritage or Cadw property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Peterlee: questions and answers
What is there to see near Peterlee?
No attraction is mapped inside Peterlee itself. Within 5 km of it are Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre, Tweddle Farm and Apollo Pavilion.
Does Peterlee have a museum?
1 museum or gallery is in or within 5 km of Peterlee: Wheatley Hill Heritage Centre.
Is there a National Trust or English Heritage property near Peterlee?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey (English Heritage), 17 km north.
What are the best-known days out near Peterlee?
Within 40 km: Durham Castle (15 km), Durham Cathedral (15 km), Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey (17 km), Beamish Museum (25 km).
Where are Peterlee’s historic buildings listed?
Peterlee has 1 listed buildings. They are on its History page, from Historic England’s list, not repeated here.
How is this list made?
From OpenStreetMap (museums, galleries, zoos, theme parks and attractions, castles, forts and abbeys, and historic houses and gardens that are open to visitors) and Wikidata (what each place is, who runs it, its website and visitor counts). A place counts for Peterlee when it is inside the ONS 2022 built-up area, and as nearby within 5 km of its edge. Opening times and prices are not shown: check the official site.
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 (12)
- Durham Castle: Carla Brain, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Durham Cathedral: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey: R J McNaughton, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Beamish Museum: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Turbinia: Alfred John West, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- HMS Trincomalee: David Manley at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle Cathedral: The original uploader was Soloist at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Locomotion - The National Railway Museum at Shildon: Hugh Mortimer, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Newcastle upon Tyne Castle: Benjamin Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Lumley Castle: Bill Henderson, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Arbeia Roman Fort Museum: Agnete, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Great North Museum: Hancock: TubularWorld, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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