East Blackdene is a Village in the county of County Durham.

East Blackdene postcode: DL13 1RE

Retail in East Blackdene

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

There are a several good waterfalls in the area around East Blackdene like Summerhill Force.

Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale are great places to visit near East Blackdene if you like towns.

Hardwick Country Park is one of East Blackdene's best, nearby country parks to visit in East Blackdene.

Places near East Blackdene feature a number of interesting airports including Teesside International Airport.

East Blackdene History

There are some historic monuments around East Blackdene:

• Romano-British hut circle and enclosing bank and ditch immediately east of High Force Quarry
• Beldon lead mine and ore works at Beldon Shields
• Roman period native settlements and field system, hut circle, bloomeries, lead smelting site and charcoal pits immediately south east of East Force Garth
• Westgate Castle
• Roman period native settlement and a bloomery 160m north west of Bleabeck Force
• Middlehope Shield and Low Slit lead mines and ore works
• Iron Age cemetery, early medieval enclosure and medieval farmstead with a long boundary, Middle Hurth Edge
• Prehistoric settlements and cairnfield, medieval farmsteads, bloomeries and charcoal pits, 840m south of Cronkley on Bracken Rigg
• Coldberry lead mine and associated hushes
• Roman period native settlement at Calf Holm, immediately west of Dine Holm Scar
• Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works
• Medieval farmstead at Pasture Foot, 510m north west of Bleabeck Force
• Cambokeels medieval site
• Park Level lead mine with ore works on Killhope Burn
• Allenheads lead ore works
• Hut circle and enclosure 350m north west of Tarn Dub
• Camp at High Northgate
• Roman period native settlement and field system 260m west of Wynch Bridge
• Pike Law lead hushes and mines
• Enclosure NW of Old Park House
• Burnt mound 570m east of Widdy Bank Farm
• Medieval farmstead at High Knott, 380m west of West Force Garth
• Medieval farmstead, bloomery, charcoal pits and late prehistoric settlement at Pasture Foot, 300m west of Bleabeck Force
• Old Rookhope ore hearth lead smeltmill, 630m north west of Lintzgarth Plantation