Shotton Colliery is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Shotton Colliery postcode: DH6 2RF

Retail in Shotton Colliery

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

The area around Shotton Colliery's best waterfalls can be found at Summerhill Force.

Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale are some of Shotton Colliery best towns to visit near Shotton Colliery.

Places near Shotton Colliery feature a number of interesting country parks including Hardwick Country Park.

Teesside International Airport is a great place to visit close to Shotton Colliery if you like airports.

Shotton Colliery History

There are some historic monuments around Shotton Colliery:

• Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate
• Deserted medieval village, moated site, and early medieval timber building at Castle Eden, 200m south of The Castle
• Yoden medieval settlement
• Dalden Tower: a medieval fortified manor house and related earthworks
• Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield
• Old Thornley medieval settlement, open field system and hollow way, 110m north of Thornley Hall Farm
• Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring
• Ludworth Tower
• Sheraton medieval settlement and open field system
• Deserted medieval village and field system at Garmondsway
• Fishpond, enclosures and section of field system 165m north west of Elwick Hall
• High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell
• Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm