Merrybent is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Merrybent postcode: DL2 2LE

Retail in Merrybent

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

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

Don't miss Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale's towns if visiting the area around Merrybent.

There are a number of country parks near to Merrybent including Hardwick Country Park.

Airports to visit near Merrybent include Teesside International Airport.

Merrybent History

There are some historic monuments around Merrybent:

• Coniscliffe Road waterworks
• Coatham Mundeville medieval village, fishpond and areas of rig and furrow
• Medieval cross at Barton
• Skerne Railway bridge, 320m south east of Darlington Railway Museum
• Smotherlaw round barrow
• Ketton Bridge
• Small multivallate hillfort and tower mill on Shackleton Beacon Hill
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 235m south of Stanwick Hall Reservoir
• Packhorse bridge across Aldbrough Beck, immediately south west of High Green
• Medieval settlement of Dalton upon Tees and associated field system
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 600m south east of Park House
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary east of Langdale Rush
• Section of Scots Dike linear boundary north west of High Merrybent
• Legs Cross
• Remains of the Stockton and Darlington Railway
• Piercebridge Roman fort
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 250m north of Langdale
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary, 650m ENE of Park House
• Copper mine and medieval ridge and furrow north, north west and east of St Michael and All Angels Church
• Round barrow 340m east of Cliffe Hall known as Betty Watson's Hill
• Packhorse bridge
• Stanwick Late Iron Age oppidum, Iron Age and medieval settlement, early Christian church and sculpture and post-medieval emparkment
• Section of Scots Dike linear boundary north of Kirklands Farm
• Manfield shrunken medieval village and associated field system
• Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary in Low Wood, Langdale
• Five Hills round barrow
• Archdeacon Newton moated site, deserted manorial settlement and section of rig and furrow
• Deserted medieval village of Ulnaby
• Deserted medieval village at Walworth
• Moulton Neolithic henge, medieval settlement, field system and moated site
• Round barrow 190m south east of Cliffe Hall
• Roman bridge at Piercebridge
• Piercebridge Bridge
• Summerhouse moated site and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system
• Roman rural settlement 375m east of Chapel House Farm
• Section of Scots Dike linear boundary south of Kirklands Farm