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Gibside, only 3 miles from Gateshead's MetroCentre, offers the visitor forests and parkland with over 15 miles of woodland and walks alongside the River Derwent with views of dramatically staged romantic ruins. A view along the avenue of turkey oaks towards the Column of British Liberty. The Statue which stands on a 140ft column was originally adorned with 66 blocks of gold leaf. According to popular local myth, there was a bag of gold coins or a golden apple hidden under Liberty's cap - and in the 19thC a miner fell to his death as he tried to reach the non-existent treasure. Location: Near Rowlands Gill, 6 miles South West of Gateshead. Telephone: (01207) 542255.

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