Ludworth, a populous colliery village, is situated about three-quarters of a mile north-east from the village of Shadforth and 2 south-east from Haswell station on the Hartlepool and Sunderland branch of the North Eastern railway. Divine service is held in the National school during the winter months. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, a building of stone, in the Early English style, erected in 1876, at a cost of £750, with sittings for 300 persons; and a small Wesleyan chapel formed out of two cottages, seating 150 persons. Ludworth colliery is worked by the Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Limited, who have recently (1889) acquired it. Ludworth Tower, which stands near a rivulet at the head of a small valley, consists of an oblong square tower constructed of rude masonry, containing a vaulted dungeon, and an upper chamber lighted by a few narrow casements, entrance is obtained by a small arched door, communicating with a spiral stone staircase, which projects from the northwest corner of the tower; it is fast falling into ruin.