Heighington is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Heighington

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

The area close to Heighington boasts some of the best waterfalls including Summerhill Force.

Heighington has some unmissable towns nearby like Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Heighington is near some unmissable country parks like Hardwick Country Park,

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

Heighington History

There are some historic monuments around Heighington:

• Round barrow 340m east of Cliffe Hall known as Betty Watson's Hill
• Skerne Railway bridge, 320m south east of Darlington Railway Museum
• Newton Cap Bridge
• Archdeacon Newton moated site, deserted manorial settlement and section of rig and furrow
• Deserted village
• Summerhouse moated site and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system
• Deserted medieval village of Ulnaby
• Roman bridge at Piercebridge
• Remains of the Stockton and Darlington Railway
• Coatham Mundeville medieval village, fishpond and areas of rig and furrow
• Binchester Roman fort (Vinovia)
• Deer shelter in Auckland Castle deer park
• Packhorse bridge across Aldbrough Beck, immediately south west of High Green
• Round barrow 190m south east of Cliffe Hall
• Deserted medieval village at Walworth
• Small multivallate hillfort and tower mill on Shackleton Beacon Hill
• Manfield shrunken medieval village and associated field system
• Piercebridge Bridge
• Piercebridge Roman fort
• Legs Cross
• Coniscliffe Road waterworks
• Smotherlaw round barrow
• Ketton Bridge