Chester-le-Street
Chester-le-Street is a Town in the county of County Durham.
There are great places to visit near Chester-le-Street including some great waterfalls, towns, country parks and airports.
Summerhill Force is one of Chester-le-Street's best, nearby waterfalls to visit in Chester-le-Street.
The area around Chester-le-Street features a number of interesting towns including Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.
Chester-le-Street is near some unmissable country parks like Hardwick Country Park,
The area close to Chester-le-Street boasts some of the best airports including Teesside International Airport.
Chester-le-Street History
There are some historic monuments around Chester-le-Street:
Places to see near Chester-le-Street
History of Chester-le-Street
Cade’s Road did not fall out of use but was hidden beneath later roads which became the Great North Road, the main route from London and the south to Newcastle and Edinburgh. The town’s location on the road played a significant role in its development, as well as its name, as inns sprang up to cater for the travelling trade: both riders and horses needed to rest on journeys usually taking days to complete. This trade reached a peak in the early 19th century as more and more people and new mail services were carried by stagecoach, before falling off with the coming of the railways. The town was bypassed when the A167 was routed around the town, and this was later supplanted by the faster A1(M).
