Cornriggs

Cornriggs is a hamlet in County Durham, England.[1][2] It is situated on the north side of Weardale in the North Pennines, which is designated as both an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a UNESCO Global Geopark.[3]

Cornriggs
Cornriggs
Location within County Durham
OS grid referenceNY 84567 41393
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townBISHOP AUCKLAND
Postcode districtDL13
Dialling code01388
PoliceDurham
FireCounty Durham and Darlington
AmbulanceNorth East
UK Parliament

The hamlet lies around the A689 road between the villages of Lanehead and Cowshill and is located near Killhope Burn, a tributary of the River Wear. It primarily consists of Low Cornriggs Farm and there is also a small number of other buildings around the area.[4]

Low Cornriggs Farm had fallen out of use by the early 1970s and the farmhouse remained empty and derelict for twenty years until purchased in the early 1990s. The new owner embarked on a series of renovations, including restoring footpaths and walls on the property, breeding animals native to the local area, and converting the farmhouse into a bed and breakfast. She was rewarded for her efforts in restoring the buildings and land in 1994 when she was presented with the North Pennines Green Tourism Award for that year.[5]

References
  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 86 Haltwhistle & Brampton (Bewcastle & Alston) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319231661.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  3. "Where is the North Pennines". North Pennines AONB Partnership. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  4. "Cornriggs, County Durham". Co-Curate. Learning Technology Support Unit, Newcastle University. Retrieved 8 March 2020.
  5. Henderson, Tony (24 November 1994). "Jan Reaps Rewards in her Upland Paradise". Newcastle Journal. Retrieved 8 March 2020 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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