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.

Waterfalls to visit near Heighington include Summerhill Force.

The area around Heighington features a number of interesting towns including Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

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

There are a number of airports near to Heighington including Teesside International Airport.

Heighington History

There are some historic monuments around Heighington:

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