Barforth is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Barforth

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

Summerhill Force is one of Barforth's best, nearby waterfalls to visit in Barforth.

Towns to visit near Barforth include Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

There are a several good country parks in the area around Barforth like Hardwick Country Park.

Don't miss Teesside International Airport's airports if visiting the area around Barforth.

Barforth History

There are some historic monuments around Barforth:

• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 490m ENE of Shooters Well
• Piercebridge Bridge
• Cup marked stone 490m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Remains of the Stockton and Darlington Railway
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 370m ENE of Shooters Well
• Section of Scots Dike linear boundary south of Kirklands Farm
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 250m north of Langdale
• Whorlton suspension bridge
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 600m south east of Park House
• Manfield shrunken medieval village and associated field system
• Round barrow 190m south east of Cliffe Hall
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 235m south of Stanwick Hall Reservoir
• Ravensworth motte and bailey castle, water defence features, park pale and shrunken medieval village
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary, 650m ENE of Park House
• Summerhouse moated site and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system
• Roman fort and prehistoric enclosed settlement 400m west of Carkin Moor Farm
• Castle Steads slight univallate hillfort and associated outwork
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE of Shooters Well
• 18th century copper mill 80m north west of Copper Mill Bridge
• Cup and ring marked stone 350m north west of north corner of Folly Plantation
• Cup and ring marked stone 585m SSW of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup marked stone 18m south of Stone Man Plantation
• Roman bridge at Piercebridge
• Cup and ring marked stone 530m NNW of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 440m ENE of Shooters Well
• Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Hutton Hall
• Cup and ring marked stone 520m north east of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Round barrow 340m east of Cliffe Hall known as Betty Watson's Hill
• Cup and ring marked stone on Gayles Plantation 410m north of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup and ring marked stone 440m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Barforth Bridge
• Section of Scots Dike linear boundary north west of High Merrybent
• Packhorse bridge across Aldbrough Beck, immediately south west of High Green
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary east of Langdale Rush
• Cup marked stone 505m south east of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup marked stone 565m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Stanwick Late Iron Age oppidum, Iron Age and medieval settlement, early Christian church and sculpture and post-medieval emparkment
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m east of Shooters Well
• Packhorse bridge
• Cup and ring marked stone 465m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary in Low Wood, Langdale
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m ENE of Shooters Well
• Ring cairn on Gayles Moor
• Cup and ring marked stone 435m south of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup marked stone 525m SSW of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup marked stone 165m NNE of Folly Plantation
• Section of Scots Dike linear boundary north of Kirklands Farm
• Enclosures and industrial workings on Cockfield Fell
• Ring cairn on Gayles Plantation, 390m ENE of Shooters Well
• St Lawrence's Chapel, manorial settlement remains and dovecote
• Two moated sites, the site of a dovecote and further associated features 120m north west and 180m north of The Old Hall
• Cup marked stone 565m north of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Cup marked stone 370m NNW of north corner of Folly Plantation
• Cup marked stone 620m south of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup and ring marked stone 415m NNW of Folly Plantation
• Smotherlaw round barrow
• Cup marked stone 495m NNE of the triangulation point on Feldom Rigg
• Legs Cross
• Cup marked stone 495m south east of Jenny's Plantation
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well
• Cup and ring marked stone 650m SSE of Jenny's Plantation
• Piercebridge Roman fort