Gibson's Cave & Summerhill Force

A Teesdale waterfall you can stand behind: Summerhill Force curtains Gibson's Cave, once the hideout of an obliging local outlaw.

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Gibson's Cave, Bowlees, Newbiggin-in-Teesdale, Barnard Castle, County Durham DL12 0XE

Opening times aren’t listed here — worth checking ahead before you travel.

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Worth the short hop

County Durham · Attractions & days out

A volunteer-run cottage museum beside a 1760 chapel where Wesley preached, keeping the world of Weardale's lead-mining families alive.

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County Durham · Garden centres

Historic walled gardens and a characterful nursery in the folds of Teesdale, near Barnard Castle.

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County Durham · Country pubs

An eighteenth-century coaching inn on Romaldkirk's green, owned by Teesdale farmers, beside the Saxon church they call the Cathedral of the Dale.

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County Durham · Farm shops

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