Tow Law
Ward in County Durham, England
| Coordinates: | 54.741, -1.792 |
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| OS grid ref: | NZ 13 38 |
| Dialling code: | 01388 (Bishop Auckland) |
Tow Law is a small former industrial town and electoral ward in County Durham, set on high moorland at the edge of the North Pennines. It grew up in the 19th century around ironworks and coal mining, and although heavy industry has long gone the streets and surviving buildings still hint at that industrial past while the surrounding open moorland gives the area dramatic, windswept scenery.
The community mixes a strong local identity with a largely residential character: there are village halls, grassroots sport and social clubs, and many people commute to larger towns for work. The ward’s location makes it popular with walkers and riders and gives it a distinctive feel where industrial heritage sits alongside rural living.
Postcode districts covering Tow Law
Most populated places nearby
- Newcastle upon Tyne 18.9 miles
- Sunderland 18.5 miles
- Darlington 17.3 miles
- Hartlepool 23.6 miles
- South Shields 22.2 miles
- Stockton-on-Tees 22.1 miles
- Gateshead 16.1 miles
- Washington 15.7 miles
- Durham 9.4 miles
- Wallsend 21 miles
- Newburn 16.9 miles
- Whitley Bay 24.9 miles
Neighbouring places
- Tow Law Built-up area 1.2 miles
- Hedleyhope Parish 1.6 miles
- Billy Row Built-up area 2 miles
- Cornsay Parish 2.5 miles
- Crook Built-up area 2.6 miles
- Satley Parish 3.2 miles
- Howden-le-Wear Built-up area 3.6 miles
- Wolsingham Built-up area 3.7 miles
- Esh and Witton Gilbert Ward 3.9 miles
- Deerness Ward 4 miles
- Esh Winning Built-up area 4.1 miles
- Greater Willington Parish 4.5 miles
Example postcodes in Tow Law
DL13 4QE, DL13 4DB, DL15 9AF, DL15 9QW, DL13 4LW, DL15 9QZ, DL13 4NS, DL15 9UG, DL15 9RD … See all
Transport links
- Newcastle International Airport 20.9 miles
- Durham Tees Valley Airport 21.6 miles
- Wolsingham Rail Station 3.8 miles
- Frosterley Rail Station 6.9 miles
Hotels near Tow Law Ad
- The Fir Tree Country Hotel 2.6 miles
- Thomas Wright House 6.1 miles
- The Brown Horse Hotel 2.2 miles
- Farnley Tower Guesthouse 4 8.4 miles
- Manor House Hotel 4 8 miles
- Park Head Hotel 3 7.7 miles
- Hotel Indigo Durham 4 9.2 miles
- Derwent Manor Boutique Hotel 4 8.5 miles
- Radisson Blu Hotel Durham 4 9 miles
- Delta Hotels Durham Royal County 4 9.1 miles
Schools in Tow Law
- Blessed John Duckett Catholic Primary School, Tow Law Primary
- Peases West Academy Primary
- Stanley (Crook) Primary School Primary
- Tow Law Millennium Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- University of Durham University 8.6 miles
- Windlestone Country house 9.9 miles
- Raby Castle Archaeological site 10.4 miles
- Beamish Museum Museum 10.9 miles
- Streatlam Castle Estate 12.4 miles
- Old Park Country house 13 miles
- Dunkeld Close Estate 14.1 miles
- Ravensworth Estate 14.3 miles
- Sedgefield racecourse Recreation 14.6 miles
- Eggleston Abbey Archaeological site 15.2 miles
- Life Science Musuem Museum 17.1 miles
- Discovery Museum Museum 17.1 miles