Businesses excited to reopen as covid restrictions ease thenorthernecho.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thenorthernecho.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A COUNTY Durham hotel has completed the final phase of an extensive refurbishment in time for its reopening tomorrow. The reopening of High Force Hotel, in upper Teesdale, is in line with Step Three of the road map to reopening following lockdown. The hotel, which is owned by Raby Estates, revealed a new look restaurant and function room last year. The final phase of the refurbishment includes a new look bar and communal areas. It features vintage tiles which were reclaimed from Raby Castle. The tiles, which were originally part of the former fish yard at the castle, are on display behind the bar.
9 Apr 2021
ISOLATED REPAIRS: Material had to be flown in by helicopter, picture below, so repairs to the boardwalk at Falcon Clints, on the Pennine Way, could take place
A HELICOPTER was drafted in to ensure repairs to a popular countryside path in an isolated part of rural Teesdale could be carried out.
Two areas of the boardwalk at Falcon Clints, on the Pennine Way, which runs down the valley from Cow Green Reservoir across land managed by Natural England required replacement.
The two are a mile apart and are also cut off by a rugged cliff.
The remote area has limited access and the team carrying out the work did not know how they were going to get the required seven tonnes of timber to the site – and a similar amount of waste removed.
Just weeks to raise funds so little people can take on lord of manor teesdalemercury.co.uk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from teesdalemercury.co.uk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
VILLAGERS hope to raise thousands of pounds in a fortnight to continue fighting a country estate’s housing plan. Many residents of Staindrop and Gainford, in County Durham, opposed plans by Raby Estates to build a total of 151 new homes on land it owns at both villages. Objections included the loss of greenfield land, building outside the settlement boundaries, road safety and flood risk but, in December, planning permission was approved for 72 houses at Winston Road, in Staindrop, and 79 off Spa Road, Gainford. The housing schemes got the green light from Durham County Council on the grounds they were ‘enabling developments’ that would pay for work at Raby Castle, Park and Gardens – which aims to become one of the region’s leading tourist attractions – and restoration of Grade I listed Gainford Hall.