Rookhope is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Rookhope postcode: DL13 2AU

Retail in Rookhope

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

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

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

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

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

Rookhope History

There are some historic monuments around Rookhope:

• Cambokeels medieval site
• Shildon Cornish engine house
• Middlehope Shield and Low Slit lead mines and ore works
• Hut circle settlement and field system, Romano-British settlement, hush and lead ore works, 750m north east of Burntshield Haugh
• Lead mining remains at Ramshaw
• Middle Greenlaws Level lead mine and ore works
• Stanhope Bridge
• Old Rookhope ore hearth lead smeltmill, 630m north west of Lintzgarth Plantation
• Burntshieldhaugh Fell prehistoric settlement and field system, 570m east of Ivy Pool
• Enclosure NW of Old Park House
• Market cross, 35m and 50m south of St Thomas' Church
• Cairnfield 730m south east of Burntshield Haugh
• Prehistoric hut circle settlement, farmstead and field system, 425m east of Burntshield Haugh
• Tower house in the churchyard of St James's Church
• Blanchland Premonstratensian Abbey
• Beldon lead mine and ore works at Beldon Shields
• Feldon Smelt Mill
• Pike Law lead hushes and mines
• Cairnfield on Crawley Edge, 500m north west of Hill Crest
• Camp at High Northgate
• Westgate Castle
• Brandon Walls lead mine and ore works