Tanfield Lea is a former mining village which was home to Tommy Armstrong, who was known as the `Pitman Poet'
or the `Bard of the northern coalfield'.

Protocol Engineering
17 Stanelaw Way
Tanfield Lea South Industrial Estate
Stanley

Carrickhill Wood and Tanfield Lea Marsh
"A short walk of approximately 3 miles, through Carrickhill Wood and the Tanfield Marsh, over fields, through woodland and also a section on the Sustrans Consett - Sunderland cycle path." (www.whinside.freeserve.co.uk)

Tanfield Lea Colliery information at the Durham Mining Museum website

Tanfield Lea Marsh is a nature reserve beside Houghwell Burn to the north of Stanley - www.durham.gov.uk

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