page_title: Rookhope
hierarchical_section_title: Rookhope
caption_attribution_description: Rookhope Arch, remains of chimney viaduct from Lintzgarth lead smelting works, Rookhope, Co. Durham
context_page_description: Rookhope is a village in County Durham, in England. A former lead and fluorspar mining community, it first existed as a group of cattle farms in the 13th Century. It is situated in the Pennines to the north of Weardale. W. H. Auden once called Rookhope "the most wonderfully desolate of all the dales".
  In the 2001 census Rookhope had a population of 267.
  The village has two public houses, the Rookhope Inn and the Swallow's Rest on the fell surrounding Rookhope, both are popular with cyclists on the coast to coast cycling route which runs from Sunderland on the east coast to Whitehaven or Workington on the West Cumbrian coast of northern England.
  Travelling by road, Rookhope is 25.4 miles to the west of Durham, 37.4 miles to the west of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 48.5 miles to the north west of Middlesbrough and 47.2 miles to the east of Carlisle.
context_section_description: Rookhope is a village in County Durham, in England. A former lead and fluorspar mining community, it first existed as a group of cattle farms in the 13th Century. It is situated in the Pennines to the north of Weardale. W. H. Auden once called Rookhope "the most wonderfully desolate of all the dales".
  In the 2001 census Rookhope had a population of 267.
  The village has two public houses, the Rookhope Inn and the Swallow's Rest on the fell surrounding Rookhope, both are popular with cyclists on the coast to coast cycling route which runs from Sunderland on the east coast to Whitehaven or Workington  on the West Cumbrian coast of northern England.
  Travelling by road, Rookhope is 25.4 miles (40.9 km) to the west of Durham, 37.4 miles (60.2 km) to the west of Newcastle Upon Tyne, 48.5 miles (78.1 km) to the north west of Middlesbrough and 47.2 miles (76.0 km) to the east of Carlisle.
caption: The Rookhope Arch
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