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William Salvin Chartered Surveyors
The Estate Office Egglestone Abbey Barnard Castle DL12 9TN
Since 1992 we have provided a dedicated Estate Management Service for a number of private clients in County Durham and North Yorkshire.
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The Tees Rivers Trust
Sedbury Stables, Gilling West North Yorkshire DL10 5LQ
The Tees Rivers Trust has been established to protect and enhance the environment of the River Tees and its catchment, and to encourage public understanding and community involvement.
More information
Many thanks to William HT Salvin Chartered Surveyor and Land Agent for facilitating this camera's location and to The Tees Rivers Trust for capitally funding its installation. The River Tees rises on the eastern slope of Cross Fell in the Pennines, and flows eastwards for about 85 miles to reach the North Sea between Hartlepool and Redcar. It drains an area of 708 square miles and subsumes no important tributaries. The head of the valley, whose upper portion is known as Teesdale, has a desolate grandeur, surrounded by hills, some exceeding 2500 feet, and bleak moorland. This area is part of the North Pennine Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, recently designated a geological Europark, the first in the UK. The castle stands high above the river and the bridge apparently built or rebuilt in 1569, though a stone on the parapet says 1596. It is likely that other bridges existed here before the 16th century and that the last of these was the existing bridge, rebuilt in the 16th century, though much altered since.