Dalden Tower — Attraction in Seaham

The tower is in a beautiful area, with a small free car park just across the main road. There are also some lovely footpaths along the nearby stream and through the woodland. Very interesting place that could be much improved with a little maintenance and some signs with information about the tower and local history. I get the feeling that this place is used by local teens, due to the numerous tyre tracks through the grass and the amount of empty alcohol cans and bottles. Dalden Tower is the ruins of a medieval manor house or pele tower. Also to the left along the main road there is a very interesting little well that is worth...

A beautifully tranquil place in the little village of Dalton le Dale, Dalden Tower is a medieval fortified manor house, it dates back to at least 1375 when the Escolland family occupied it who changed their name to Dalden, giving the name to the tower, it later changed hands with the Bowes family through marriage who occupied the tower for the next two centuries before being passed on the Collingwood's, Millbankes and the Londonderry's, it has been derelict since the early 1700's. Dalden Tower is a grade 2 listed structure and is a scheduled...

Lovely little gem of a place/area to walk around however it's spoilt somewhat, by the huge amount of litter ( beer cans /bottle cigarette packets etc)! The lovely community around Seaham requlary meet up to do litter picks, but sadly, due to gangs of youths mainly; litter & vandalism returns. Would love to see kids getting involved more to maintain & look after this otherwise...