South Hetton is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in South Hetton

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

Summerhill Force is a great place to visit close to South Hetton if you like waterfalls.

Towns to visit near South Hetton include Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

Places near South Hetton feature a number of interesting country parks including Hardwick Country Park.

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

South Hetton History

There are some historic monuments around South Hetton:

• Deserted medieval village and field system at Garmondsway
• Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate
• Defended settlement on Humbledon Hill
• Dalden Tower: a medieval fortified manor house and related earthworks
• Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm
• Hasting Hill cursus and causewayed enclosure, 600m south of Hasting Hill Farm
• Yoden medieval settlement
• Seven Sisters round barrow, Copt Hill, Houghton-le-Spring
• Round barrow on Hasting Hill, 230m west of Hasting Hill Farm
• Ryhope pumping engines
• High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell
• Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield
• Deserted medieval village, moated site, and early medieval timber building at Castle Eden, 200m south of The Castle
• Ludworth Tower
• Old Thornley medieval settlement, open field system and hollow way, 110m north of Thornley Hall Farm
• Prior's Hall, Hallgarth
• Coxhoe medieval settlement, 170m south west of East House Farm