Laithkirk is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Laithkirk postcode: DL12 0NS

Retail in Laithkirk

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

Places near Laithkirk feature a number of interesting waterfalls including Summerhill Force.

Laithkirk's best nearby towns can be found at Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

There are a several good country parks in the area around Laithkirk like Hardwick Country Park.

Teesside International Airport is one of Laithkirk's best, nearby airports to visit in Laithkirk.

Laithkirk History

There are some historic monuments around Laithkirk:

• Area of carved bedrock 120m south of The Rigg
• Pike Law lead hushes and mines
• Cairnfield on the north east slope of Ravock, Bowes Moor
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 310m west of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Carved rock in West Pasture 385m south west of The Rigg
• Cup marked rocks and cairnfield at Bracken Heads, 380m north east of Folly Head
• Rock with many cup marks on the east bank of How Beck, 450m north west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup marked rock 100m north of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock 80m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House
• Carved rocks in Stobgreen Plantation
• Cup and groove marked rock 590m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Carved rock with one cup and four grooves 260m south west of The Rigg
• Burnt mound at Knott Well 370m north east of Stotley Grange
• Cup and groove marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 920m south east of Pitcher House
• Medieval farmstead and two prehistoric carved rocks at West Loup's
• Romano-British and medieval settlement and field systems,leadmines and charcoal pit on Crossthwaite Common, south of Park End Quarry
• Cairn on a prominent knoll and cairnfield to its south east on Ravock, Bowes Moor
• Roman Fort (Lavatrae)
• Medieval iron industry and settlement and Bronze Age burial cairns extending from 260m north west of Eel Beck to 140m south east of Wash Beck
• Three prehistoric carved rocks on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m SSE Pitcher House
• Cairn on a low ridge on the east side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 860m west south west of West Stoney Keld
• Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 170m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• The Christening Stone, 160m east of Doe Park
• Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars 675m north west of Park End
• Cairn on the north side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 600m west of West Stoney Keld
• Cup and groove marked rock on the south bank of Scaletree Gill, 560m north west of Park House Farm, Baldersdale
• Burnt mound between Knottwell Sike and Bell Sike, 420m north east of Stotley Grange
• A palisaded hilltop enclosure, a carved rock and a small enclosure, 480m north west of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Burial cairns, burnt mound, Roman native settlement, medieval settlement with field system and iron industry remains, and five shielings on Holwick Fell
• Cup marked rock on the summit of the hill, 420m west of Howgill Grange
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m south east of Pitcher House
• Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg
• Roman aqueduct, prehistoric field systems, cairnfield, enclosure and round cairn on Ravock
• Prehistoric settlement, two burnt mounds and a burial cairn on the north bank of Blackmea Crag Sike, 570m south west of Middle Farm
• Roman period native farmstead at Hind Gate, 140m south of Green House
• Three cairns on Ravock, Bowes Moor, 830m north east of Ravock Castle
• Cotherstone Castle
• Burnt mound, cairnfield and bloomery at Eel Beck, 480m south of Blackmea Crag, Holwick Fell
• Bowes Castle
• Roman period native settlement and field system 260m west of Wynch Bridge
• Two carved rocks east of West Pasture, 335m south west of The Rigg
• A carved rock with at least 12 cups, 560m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup and groove marked rock 450m WNW of Howgill Grange, Baldersdale
• Cup and ring marked rock 130m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Medieval farmstead 390m south of Lodge Sike Farm
• Rock with one cup on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m north west of West Loups's
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House
• Two burnt mounds 350m north east of Stotley Grange
• Two Romano-British hut circles and three shielings on Holwick Scars 250m south of Hungry Hall
• Four carved rocks on Blake Hill, 520m NNW of Hill Gill Farm, Baldersdale
• A group of six shielings and tracks on Holwick Scars, 280m west of Hungry Hall
• Cup ring and groove marked rock outcrop at Toby Wall, 260m north east of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• A prehistoric carved rock with four cups 620m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup marked rock outcrop at the base of a wall 120m east of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Four areas of carving on a rock outcrop 200m south west of The Rigg
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 880m north west of Rovegill House
• Two burnt mounds south of Blackmea Crag Sike, 590m south west of Castle House
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg, 430m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Medieval farmstead 330m north west of Water Knott
• Coldberry lead mine and associated hushes
• Burnt mound on the south bank of Scar Beck, 510m south west of Mizzes House
• Medieval linear earthwork, enclosures and farmstead and Bronze Age burnt mound 110m and 420m north west of Heatherlea