Thats creepy as fuck lenny. There's a status update on facebook from a guy I used to play music with who now lives out of the US - anyway he has a very similar picture. Is that called the wickerman?
here's how he said you get to it o.O
"Parking is off South Road, just before the A167. It's not very noticeable but if heading S from Durham on South Road, the car park is on the left--off a small gravel drive before the A167 roundabout."
That is creepy as fuck - it's the same wicker man.
I took a walk with a couple of postgrads a few weeks back, which took us along the same route as the A167, and up to that statue, amongst other places.