Startforth is a Village in the county of County Durham.

Retail in Startforth

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

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

Startforth's best nearby towns can be found at Stockton-on-Tees, and Middleton-in-Teesdale.

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

Airports to visit near Startforth include Teesside International Airport.

Startforth History

There are some historic monuments around Startforth:

• Carved bedrock with cups and grooves 170m south east of The Rigg
• Carved rock and cairn in Rowley Intake, 410m south east of Cowclose House, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric settlement and associated remains including carved rocks and a stone circle 400m north west of How Tallon Cairn, Barningham Moor
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 440m ENE of Shooters Well
• A cup and groove marked rock, east of Woodclose Gill, 645m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Thorsgill Beck packhorse bridge
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m ENE of Shooters Well
• Roman shrine on Scargill Moor
• A rock with cups and rings in Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cairn and a carved rock on a prominent knoll, south of the road from Barningham to East Hope, 690m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock in West Pasture 385m south west of The Rigg
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 370m ENE of Shooters Well
• Greta Bridge
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 360m east of Shooters Well
• The Christening Stone, 160m east of Doe Park
• Carved rock 160m north west of Abbey Farm
• A Roman period native settlement, prehistoric carved rock and an iron smelting site on Knott Hill, 750m south of Stone Cross
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation, 365m east of Shooters Well
• Cairn south of Cross Gill, 645m south east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Carved rock and Romano-British settlement known as Greystone, 250m south of Moorcock Farm, Barningham Moor
• A cairn on the summit of a knoll, in the southwest corner of Scale Knoll Allotment,800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Area of carved bedrock 120m south of The Rigg
• Cup marked stone 18m south of Stone Man Plantation
• Two carved rocks east of West Pasture, 335m south west of The Rigg
• Prehistoric carved rocks and associated remains including cairns and a field system 800m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Roman Fort (Lavatrae)
• A cairn, a carved rock, and a rubble bank, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Whorlton suspension bridge
• Cairn, 650m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Cairn, 545m ESE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Unenclosed settlement, 260m south east of Cowclose House, Barnigham Moor
• Carved rock with one cup and four grooves 260m south west of The Rigg
• Penny Hill camp
• Carved rock north of Washbeck Green, 570m south of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock with one cup, at the east side of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Cairnfield partly enclosed by a bank, on the east side of Woodclose Gill, Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor, 550m south of Hurst Hill
• Medieval church site and churchyard cross, 10m south and 40m south east of St Michael's Church
• Barnard Castle: ringwork, shell keep castle, chapel and dovecote
• Cotherstone Castle
• Carved rocks, cairnfield and rubble banks on the terrace south of Scale Knoll Allotment, immediately east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 370m ESE of Shooters Well
• A rock with three grooves and five cups with rings, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 800m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cairnfield on a small knoll at Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• Carved rocks in Stobgreen Plantation
• Ring cairn on Gayles Plantation, 390m ENE of Shooters Well
• A cairn and a rubble bank in Scale Knoll Allotment, 510m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cairn, 625m SSE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Scargill fortified house, medieval settlement and associated field system
• Carved rock, cist and cairnfield 580m west of Hindon Edge
• A cairn, east of Scale Knoll Allotment, 260m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric enclosure on the west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 400m WSW of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Cup marked rocks and cairnfield at Bracken Heads, 380m north east of Folly Head
• Cairn near the summit of a low ridge, 850m south west of Cocker Stake Nook, Hope Moor
• Cup marked stone on Gayles Plantation 490m ENE of Shooters Well
• Deepdale Bridge
• Carved rock 380m ENE of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Prehistoric defended settlement 500m north west of West Holme House
• Cairnfield and associated remains, 250m south east of Bragg House, Barningham Moor
• Barnard Castle Bridge
• Prehistoric enclosure 530m and a rubble bank 500m east of Haythwaite in Scale Knoll Allotment, Barningham Moor
• A cairn and a carved rock west of Cowclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 460m west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• A cup marked rock with 13 cups and a groove, on a knoll in Scale Knoll Allotment, 700m north east of Black Hill Gate, Barningham Moor
• Medieval chapel 350m south east of Castle Farm
• Bowes Castle
• Four areas of carving on a rock outcrop 200m south west of The Rigg
• A carved rock and boulder walling, near the south wall of Scale Knoll Allotment, 500m north east of Black Hill Gate
• A cairn on a knoll east of Woodclose Gill, in Scale Knoll Allotment, 785m north east of Black Hill Gate
• Carved rock and prehistoric enclosure on west side of Scale Knoll Gill, 410m south west of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Greta Bridge Roman fort, vicus and section of Roman road
• A carved rock within a large enclosure, 800m north east of Badger Way Stoop, Barningham Moor
• A carved rock between The Stang Forest boundary wall and Woodclose Gill, 750m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• How Tallon round barrow and cup marked stones
• A rock with a cup and a groove, in the south west corner of Scale Knoll Allotment, 790m south east of Far East Hope, Barningham Moor
• Egglestone Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: inner precinct, monastic enclosures and post-medieval house
• Cairn on the summit of Arndale Hill, Hope Moor
• Remains of St Michael's Church, 50m north west of Dairy Bridge, Rokeby Park
• Ring cairn 350m east of Haythwaite, Barningham Moor
• Ring cairn at the northern end of Scale Knoll Allotment, 750m WNW of Haythwaite