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.

Merrybent is near some unmissable waterfalls like Summerhill Force,

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

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

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

Merrybent History

There are some historic monuments around Merrybent:

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