Best Western Whitworth Hall Hotel

Brancepeth, DL16 7QX Spennymoor

GBP 66 - 148

guest review score: N/A

South of Durham city and close to the A1, the welcoming Whitworth Hall Hotel is set in the heart of a 73-acre deer park. The parkland setting is hom… More

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Spennymoor: Guide

Spennymoor is a town in County Durham, England, standing above the River Wear|Wear Valley approximately seven miles south of Durham. The Town Council area, which includes the villages of Kirk Merrington, Byers Green and Tudhoe, has a population of approximately 20,000.

Like much of the Sedgefield (borough)|Sedgefield district, it has suffered severe economic depression since the decline of the coal mining industry. Local schemes funded by the Single Regeneration Budget are aiming to re-establish the area as a location of economic competitive advantage.

The main attractions in Spennymoor are the local leisure centre, and Jubilee Park. Jubilee Park underwent construction in 2000, with the erection of the Millennium Arch, and a miniature golf course. The leisure centre houses a swimming pool, and offers; swimming lessons, football coaching, martial arts tutoring, tennis lessons, badminton practice, a gym|gymnasium and gymnastic workouts.

Tudhoe Cricket Ground was the victim of a rogue V1 flying bomb during the second world war. The bomb was presumably aimed at Manchester, but travelled over a hundred miles North East of its target. The blast made a crater, still visible today, in the cricket ground, and blew out the windows of surrounding houses (including those of the local St. Charles' Church).

Town motto: Spe Nemo Ruet - With Hope No-One Shall Fail

Anne Wood, creator of the Teletubbies was brought up in Spennymoor.

Whitworth Hall

Dating from 1183, The Whitworth estate was owed by and home to the Shafto family for over 300 years, including County Durham MP "Bonnie Bobby Shafto", made famous by the well known ballad and nursery rhyme.

The Spennymoor Settlement

A local arts community founded in the 1930's by Bill & Betty Farrell with the aid of the Pilgrim Trust, "To encourage tolerant neighbourliness and voluntary social services and give its members opportunities for increasing their knowledge, widening their interests, and cultivating their creative powers in a friendly atmosphere".

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Local Arts and Artists

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