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.

Don't miss Summerhill Force's waterfalls if visiting the area around Merrybent.

There are a several good towns in the Merrybent area like Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

The area close to Merrybent boasts some of the best country parks including Hardwick Country Park.

There are a several good airports in the area around Merrybent like Teesside International Airport.

Merrybent History

There are some historic monuments around Merrybent:

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