Ebchester is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Ebchester postcode: DH8 0PH

Retail in Ebchester

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

Waterfalls to visit near Ebchester include Summerhill Force.

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

Hardwick Country Park is a great place to visit close to Ebchester if you like country parks.

Airports to visit near Ebchester include Teesside International Airport.

Ebchester History

There are some historic monuments around Ebchester:

• Wheelbirks furnace
• Bywell Castle gate tower
• Allensford blast furnace
• Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine
• Romano-British settlement, 490m SSE of Apperley Dene
• Defended settlement, 400m south west of South Farm, Houghton
• Nafferton castle and tower house, 750m east of Nafferton Farm
• Defended settlement and field boundary on Horsley Hill
• Ryton village cross 160m south east of church
• Prudhoe Castle tower keep castle
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• Collierley Chapel
• Friarside Chapel
• Monastic grange at Priory Farm
• Motte, 50m north of Holycross Church, Ryton
• Remains of Roman aqueduct
• Lanchester Roman fort (Longovicium)
• Whinfield coking ovens, 850m south east of Low Spen Farm
• Ditched enclosure S of North View, Coalburns