Rainton Gate is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Rainton Gate

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

There are a number of waterfalls near to Rainton Gate including Summerhill Force.

The area around Rainton Gate boasts some of the best towns including Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Hardwick Country Park is a great place to visit close to Rainton Gate if you like country parks.

The area close to Rainton Gate boasts some of the best airports including Teesside International Airport.

Rainton Gate History

There are some historic monuments around Rainton Gate:

• Framwellgate Bridge
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Ludworth Tower
• Concangium Roman fort
• Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate
• Maiden Castle promontory fort
• Chapel of St Mary Magdalene
• Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring
• High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell
• Sherburnhouse Bridge
• Chester New Bridge
• Settlement SW of Harbour House Farm
• Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm
• Sunderland Bridge, near Croxdale
• Neville's Cross
• Bowes Railway
• Coxhoe medieval settlement, 170m south west of East House Farm
• The Water Gate
• Coal mining remains in Mallygill Wood
• Prior's Hall, Hallgarth
• Prebend's Bridge
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
• Finchale Priory Benedictine cell: hermitage, monastic precinct and site of priory watermill
• Maiden's Bower round cairn
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Elvet Bridge
• Croxdale medieval chapel and churchyard cross base
• Old Thornley medieval settlement, open field system and hollow way, 110m north of Thornley Hall Farm
• Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield
• Moated site at Low Butterby Farm
• Kepier Hospital
• Harbour House Chapel