Shildon is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Shildon

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

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

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

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

The area around Shildon's best airports can be found at Teesside International Airport.

Shildon History

There are some historic monuments around Shildon:

• Summerhouse moated site and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system
• Deserted medieval village of Ulnaby
• Packhorse bridge
• Small multivallate hillfort and tower mill on Shackleton Beacon Hill
• St Lawrence's Chapel, manorial settlement remains and dovecote
• Deer shelter in Auckland Castle deer park
• Sunderland Bridge, near Croxdale
• Deserted medieval village at Walworth
• Binchester Roman fort (Vinovia)
• Piercebridge Bridge
• Legs Cross
• Piercebridge Roman fort
• Newton Cap Bridge
• Archdeacon Newton moated site, deserted manorial settlement and section of rig and furrow
• Coatham Mundeville medieval village, fishpond and areas of rig and furrow
• Smotherlaw round barrow
• Remains of the Stockton and Darlington Railway