Allensford is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Allensford postcode: DH8 9AY

Retail in Allensford

There are great places to visit near Allensford including some great waterfalls, towns, country parks and airports.

Summerhill Force is a great place to visit close to Allensford if you like waterfalls.

There are a number of towns near Allensford including Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

The area around Allensford's best country parks can be found at Hardwick Country Park.

There are a several good airports in the area around Allensford like Teesside International Airport.

Allensford History

There are some historic monuments around Allensford:

• Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• Monastic grange at Priory Farm
• Allensford blast furnace
• Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
• Wheelbirks furnace
• Coke ovens at Inkerman Farm