Sleightholme is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Sleightholme

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

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

Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale are great places to visit near Sleightholme if you like towns.

The area close to Sleightholme boasts some of the best country parks including Hardwick Country Park.

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

Sleightholme History

There are some historic monuments around Sleightholme:

• Cup marked rock on the summit of the hill, 420m west of Howgill Grange
• Cairn on a prominent knoll and cairnfield to its south east on Ravock, Bowes Moor
• Lead mines, ore works and smeltmills at Old Gang on Reeth High Moor
• William Gill 19th century colliery on Stonesdale Moor
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 880m north west of Rovegill House
• Rock with many cup marks on the east bank of How Beck, 450m north west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg
• Late prehistoric ditched, scarp-edge settlement 400m south-south-west of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• A prehistoric carved rock with four cups 620m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 310m west of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Romano-British settlement site to the east and south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock 170m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• A carved rock with at least 12 cups, 560m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Roman signal station 190m north west of Vale House Farm
• Beldi Hill Low Level lead mine and ore works
• Carved rock with one cup and four grooves 260m south west of The Rigg
• Rock with one cup on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m north west of West Loups's
• Cairnfield on the north east slope of Ravock, Bowes Moor
• Cup marked rock outcrop at the base of a wall 120m east of East Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cairn on the north side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 600m west of West Stoney Keld
• Romano-British settlement 740m WNW of Old Spital
• Cairn on a low ridge on the east side of Ravock, Bowes Moor, 860m west south west of West Stoney Keld
• Medieval farmstead 330m north west of Water Knott
• Carved rock in West Pasture 385m south west of The Rigg
• Three cairns on Ravock, Bowes Moor, 830m north east of Ravock Castle
• Three prehistoric carved rocks on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m SSE Pitcher House
• Cup and ring marked rock 80m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House
• Cairnfield on Ravock, 600m south east of Ravock Castle, Bowes Moor
• The Christening Stone, 160m east of Doe Park
• Lead mines and smeltmills at Moulds Side west of Langthwaite
• Cairn at West Moor Bottom, Mudbeck
• Gunnerside Gill lead mines and ore works
• Cup and groove marked rock on the south bank of Scaletree Gill, 560m north west of Park House Farm, Baldersdale
• The Blakethwaite Dams
• Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House
• Roman signal station and camp 270m north east of Bowes Moor Hotel
• Arkle Beck stone circle
• Two carved rocks east of West Pasture, 335m south west of The Rigg
• Cup and groove marked rock 450m WNW of Howgill Grange, Baldersdale
• Cup and groove marked rock 590m north of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 860m south east of Pitcher House
• Rey Cross, 670m west of Old Spital
• Four areas of carving on a rock outcrop 200m south west of The Rigg
• Two adjacent ring cairns on Low Moor, 310m north west of High Eskeleth
• Cup, ring and groove marked rock on Kearton Rigg, 430m south of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Late prehistoric walled settlement 200m south-south-east of East Mellwaters farmhouse
• Medieval farmstead and two prehistoric carved rocks at West Loup's
• Roman shrine on Scargill Moor
• Moss Dam
• Sir Francis Level ore works, Gunnerside Gill, west of Winterings Pastures
• Cup ring and groove marked rock outcrop at Toby Wall, 260m north east of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Ring cairn and adjacent round cairn on Low Moor, 460m NNW of High Eskeleth
• Cup marked rock 100m north of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor
• Cup and groove marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 920m south east of Pitcher House
• Blakethwaite Smelt Mill and dressing floors
• Cotherstone Castle
• Roman aqueduct, prehistoric field systems, cairnfield, enclosure and round cairn on Ravock
• Roman Fort (Lavatrae)
• A palisaded hilltop enclosure, a carved rock and a small enclosure, 480m north west of Brier Dykes, Baldersdale
• Four carved rocks on Blake Hill, 520m NNW of Hill Gill Farm, Baldersdale
• Cup and ring marked rock on Cotherstone Moor 520m north west of East Loups's
• Surrender lead smelt mill
• Bowes Castle
• Unenclosed hut circle settlement, two round cairns, medieval transhumance settlement and two pillow mounds, 360m south east of Rey Cross Roman camp
• Rey Cross Roman temporary camp and signal station, and prehistoric stone circle
• Area of carved bedrock 120m south of The Rigg
• Cup and ring marked rock 130m south west of West Loups's, Cotherstone Moor