Wear Valley

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Wear Valley is a district in County Durham, England, characterized by its rural landscapes, former mining communities, and the course of the River Wear running through it.

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Label Occurrences
Wear Valley canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former non-metropolitan district
local government district
abolishedOn 2009-04-01
administrativeHeadquarters Crook NERFINISHED
borderedBy North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (partly) NERFINISHED
containsRegion Weardale NERFINISHED
parts of the Durham Coalfield
containsSettlement Bishop Auckland NERFINISHED
Coundon NERFINISHED
Crook NERFINISHED
Frosterley NERFINISHED
Howden-le-Wear NERFINISHED
Hunwick NERFINISHED
Ireshopeburn NERFINISHED
Rookhope NERFINISHED
Shildon (part) NERFINISHED
Stanhope NERFINISHED
Stanley Crook NERFINISHED
Tow Law NERFINISHED
Wearhead NERFINISHED
Willington NERFINISHED
Wolsingham NERFINISHED
country United Kingdom
dateEstablished 1974-04-01
economicHistory coal mining
limestone quarrying
establishedBy Local Government Act 1972 NERFINISHED
governingBody Wear Valley District Council NERFINISHED
governmentType non-metropolitan district council
hasCharacteristic former mining communities
rural landscapes
hasLandscapeFeature moorland
river valley
upland dales
landUse agriculture
forestry
pasture
locatedIn County Durham NERFINISHED
England
North East England
mergedInto County Durham unitary authority NERFINISHED
namedAfter River Wear NERFINISHED
partOf River Wear catchment area
predecessor Bishop Auckland Urban District NERFINISHED
Crook and Willington Urban District NERFINISHED
Weardale Rural District NERFINISHED
part of Auckland Rural District
regionType valley
tourismAttractionType countryside tourism
traversedBy River Wear NERFINISHED

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River Wear flowsThrough Wear Valley
Weardale partOf Wear Valley
Penshaw Monument hasViewOf Wear Valley