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Stanhope / ˈ s t æ n ə p / is a market town [1] and civil parish in the County Durham district, in the ceremonial county of Durham, England. It lies on the River Wear between Eastgate and Frosterley, in the north-east of Weardale. The main A689 road over the Pennines is crossed by the B6278 between Barnard Castle and Shotley Bridge.
The Apple & Grape Harvest Festival is a biennial festival held in Stanthorpe, Queensland, Australia, taking place over 10 days at the beginning of March.It is one of Queensland's longest-running festivals, first held in 1966 as a celebration of the Granite Belt region’s wine and produce industry.
These elements are illustrative of the establishment of market gardens in and around Stanthorpe from the 1880s. [1] El Arish is a characteristic and rare example of a summer residence established in Stanthorpe in the 1920s during a period of intense tourist activity which saw many buildings constructed to support this new industry. [1]
The area is a popular tourist destination, particularly for the short-break drive market from South East Queensland and northern New South Wales. The boom in wine tourism has been a key driver, and while winter is popular, the region benefits from being a cool contrast to coastal humidity in the summer. Despite spring frosts and variable soils ...
The Shire of Stanthorpe was a local government area of Queensland, Australia on the Queensland-New South Wales border. It was on the Great Dividing Range and was part of the Granite Belt . Its main industries included fruit and vegetable growing, wineries and tourism, and sheep and cattle grazing.
Sundown Tin and Copper Mine is a heritage-listed mine at Little Sundown Creek, Stanthorpe, Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It was built from c. 1897 to 1920s. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 28 July 2000.
Stanthorpe Soldiers Memorial; Sundown Tin and Copper Mine This page was last edited on 3 October 2018, at 20:21 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Stanthorpe is a rural town and locality in the Southern Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In the 2021 census , the locality of Stanthorpe had a population of 5,286 people. [ 1 ]