54°38′54″N 2°08′48″W / 54.64833°N 2.14667°W / 54.64833; -2.14667

Bowlees Visitor Centre is based in a former Primitive Methodist chapel (photographed in 2005)

Bowlees is a small village in County Durham, England.[1][2] It is situated near Newbiggin, on the other side of Teesdale from Holwick.

The visitor centre in the village was formerly run by the Durham Wildlife Trust.[3] It is now managed by the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Partnership. In 2016 the visitor centre was named Small Visitor Attraction of the Year at the North East England Tourism Awards ceremony.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 92 Barnard Castle & Richmond (Teesdale) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2011. ISBN 9780319228982.
  2. ↑ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ↑ "New jobs plan for Bowlees". Teesdale Mercury. 2012. Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Winners announced for North East England Tourism Awards". 2016.

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