Lanehead is a
hamlet
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in
County Durham, England.
It lies at the head of
Weardale
Weardale is a dale, or valley, on the east side of the Pennines in County Durham, England. Large parts of Weardale fall within the North Pennines Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) – the second-largest AONB in England and Wales ...
, approximately 2 km west of
Cowshill. It is also located near to
Killhope, and the boundary of the county of
Cumbria
Cumbria ( ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England, bordering Scotland. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local government, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. ...
. In the
2001 census Lanehead had a population of 40.
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The primary industry in the area is
farming
Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled peop ...
, and the
River Wear
The River Wear (, ) in North East England rises in the Pennines and flows eastwards, mostly through County Durham to the North Sea in the City of Sunderland. At long, it is one of the region's longest rivers, wends in a steep valley through ...
runs through the area. It is the first village encountered when entering County Durham from the West, from
Alston.
References
External links
Hamlets in County Durham
Stanhope, County Durham
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