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.

Summerhill Force is one of Rainton Gate's best, nearby waterfalls to visit in Rainton Gate.

Rainton Gate has some unmissable towns nearby like Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Don't miss Hardwick Country Park's country parks if visiting the area around Rainton Gate.

Airports to visit near Rainton Gate include Teesside International Airport.

Rainton Gate History

There are some historic monuments around Rainton Gate:

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