Lanchester is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Lanchester

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

The area around Lanchester's best waterfalls can be found at Summerhill Force.

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

Places near Lanchester feature a number of interesting country parks including Hardwick Country Park.

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

Lanchester History

There are some historic monuments around Lanchester:

• Castle Steads camp
• Whinfield coking ovens, 850m south east of Low Spen Farm
• Remains of Roman aqueduct
• Bobgins engine house 250m south west of New House, Causey
• Collierley Chapel
• Derwentcote steel cementation furnace, iron finery forge and drift coal mine
• Ebchester (Vindomora) Roman station
• Esh Cross 150m north of Esh Hall
• Friarside Chapel
• Hedleyhill Colliery coke works, 500m south west of Hazlet House
• Coke ovens at Inkerman Farm
• Causey Arch, Tanfield
• Old Hall
• Lanchester Roman fort (Longovicium)