Gainford is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Gainford

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

There are a number of waterfalls near to Gainford including Summerhill Force.

Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale are some of Gainford best towns to visit near Gainford.

The area close to Gainford boasts some of the best country parks including Hardwick Country Park.

The area around Gainford's best airports can be found at Teesside International Airport.

Gainford History

There are some historic monuments around Gainford:

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