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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Escomb

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Escomb, England

Updated January 13, 2025

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Escomb Church and graveyard.

Escomb, England

Escomb Church

A 7th-century church in northeast England built using stones from a nearby Roman fort.

Escomb, England

Escomb Anglo- Saxon Church

This Anglo-Saxon church is over 1300 years old and was constructed with stone robbed from a Roman fort.

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The part of the Etherley Incline which runs in a cutting

Bishop Auckland, England

Etherley and Brusselton Inclines

A length of abandoned railway track that was the real starting point of the worlds first steam hauled passenger railway.

1 mile from Escomb

The Mining Art Gallery.

Bishop Auckland, England

The Mining Art Gallery

An art gallery dedicated to art works by coal miners which depict work in the mines and life in the former British mining communities.

1 mile from Escomb

The deer house.

Bishop Auckland, England

Auckland Castle Deer House

This Georgian Gothic building was created to shelter and feed deer.

1 mile from Escomb

The memorial.

West Auckland, England

'First World Cup' Memorial

This memorial depicts the unlikely team that won England the Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy.

2 miles from Escomb

The funeral train when it was displayed in York.

Shildon, England

Winston Churchill's Funeral Train

The train that took the prime minister on his final journey now rests in a British museum.

4 miles from Escomb

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