Tow Law
Built-up area in County Durham, England
| Coordinates: | 54.747, -1.819 |
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| OS grid ref: | NZ 11 39 |
| Population: | 2,138 |
| Dialling code: | 01388 (Bishop Auckland) |
Tow Law is a small former industrial town in County Durham, England, perched on high ground near the headwaters of the River Wear and close to the North Pennines. Its exposed upland location gives it a windswept character and easy access to moorland walks.
Built up in the 19th century around ironworks and collieries, Tow Law still shows traces of that industrial past even as it has become a quiet residential community; local social life centres on village clubs, a strong neighbourhood identity and outdoor pursuits rather than heavy industry. The town’s story of rapid growth and later economic change is typical of Durham's former mining settlements.
Postcode districts covering Tow Law
Most populated places nearby
- Newcastle upon Tyne 18.8 miles
- Sunderland 19.1 miles
- Darlington 18.3 miles
- Hartlepool 24.8 miles
- South Shields 22.6 miles
- Stockton-on-Tees 23.3 miles
- Gateshead 16.2 miles
- Washington 16.2 miles
- Durham 10.3 miles
- Wallsend 21.2 miles
- Newburn 16.6 miles
- Houghton-le-Spring 15.3 miles
Neighbouring places
- Hedleyhope Parish 2 miles
- Satley Parish 2.4 miles
- Cornsay Parish 2.8 miles
- Wolsingham Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Billy Row Built-up area 3.2 miles
- Crook Built-up area 3.7 miles
- Esh and Witton Gilbert Ward 4.4 miles
- Howden-le-Wear Built-up area 4.6 miles
- Deerness Ward 4.7 miles
- Esh Winning Built-up area 4.8 miles
- Hamsterley Built-up area 5.1 miles
- Witton-le-Wear Built-up area 5.2 miles
Example postcodes in Tow Law
DL13 4DG, DL13 4BD, DL13 4DD, DL13 4AG, DL13 4EN, DL13 4HG, DL13 4ET, DL13 4BB, DL13 4DN … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 20.7 miles
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 22.7 miles
- Wolsingham Rail Station 3 miles
- Frosterley Rail Station 6 miles
Hotels near Tow Law Ad
- The Brown Horse Hotel 1.1 miles
- The Royal Oak 3 4.2 miles
- The Fir Tree Country Hotel 3.4 miles
- Thomas Wright House 7.3 miles
- Radisson Blu Hotel Durham 4 9.9 miles
- The Saxon Inn 4 7.2 miles
- Host & Stay | Jomor House 7.3 miles
- Host & Stay | Forest View Lodge 7.3 miles
- Manor House Hotel 4 8.8 miles
- Derwent Manor Boutique Hotel 4 7.7 miles
Schools in Tow Law
- Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law Primary
- Tow Law Millennium Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- University of Durham University 9.6 miles
- Raby Castle Archaeological site 10.8 miles
- Windlestone Country house 11.1 miles
- Beamish Museum Museum 11.2 miles
- Old Park Country house 11.9 miles
- Streatlam Castle Estate 12.6 miles
- Ravensworth Estate 14.4 miles
- Dunkeld Close Estate 14.8 miles
- Eggleston Abbey Archaeological site 15.4 miles
- Sedgefield racecourse Recreation 15.7 miles
- Life Science Musuem Museum 17.2 miles
- Discovery Museum Museum 17.2 miles